in deze thesis wordt nagegaan waarom de verschillende genitale aanpassingen juridisch verschillend behandeld worden. Dit wordt onderzocht vertrekkende vanuit het medische oogpunt. Hierbij worden ook operaties ( geslachtstoewijzing bij interseksualiteit en genitale plastische chirurgie) die in het westen worden uitgevoerd bij betrokken.

Vrouwenbesnijdenis anno 2013: een verhaal van rechten en plichten?“She was blindfolded, stripped, and laid on the ground. Heavy women sat on her arms, her chest, her legs. Her mouth was stuffed with a rag. Her clitoris was cut off with a crude knife. Despite profuse bleeding she was forced to walk, was beaten and had hot pepper water poured into her eyes.“My mother had always told me never to let anyone touch me there. I was scared and I tried to fight them off. Nobody talked to me but there was all this clapping, singing, shouting,” recalls Ms Turay.