被禁止的性行为与性暴力

性暴力: 性器官毁损: 方式: 阴户除扣锁与重扣锁

我们在此描述的这种极端形式的阴户切除同样可以是婴儿出生的障碍。过度的阴道瘢痕组织能阻碍甚或阻断婴儿的分娩，并因而在这关键的时刻会让婴儿缺氧。这可能窒息这个婴儿，进一步发展的后果，就是产妇的窒息或死亡。

当然，在阴户切除之前，这名女性可以先怀孕和生孩子，但是，阴户切除毫无疑问是要进行的。

阴户除扣锁

解开阴户扣锁的手术称为“阴户除扣锁（defibulation）”，它通常在婚礼之夜实施：已经被缝合在一起的阴户部位被再一次割开，因而阴道再一次开放。

阴户重扣锁

一旦这名妇女已经生育，为了保持身体早前的“纯洁”，她的阴户通常会再一次扣锁起来。这种手术就叫“阴户重扣锁（reinfibulation）”。但是，在数次生育以后，就没有留存下来足够的组织适合重新缝合阴道了。

阴户重扣锁可能在每一次生产之后被重复，而且，在这样的情形之下，为了每一次后续的计划内怀孕，将不得不实施阴户除扣锁。虽然阴户除扣锁并不比起初的毁损手术疼多少，我们也能够容易地想象到这种手术对于女性的性体验意味着什么。

Prohibited Sexual Behavior and Sexual Violence

Sexual Violence: Mutilation of Female Sex Organs: Forms: Infibulation 2

The radical form of infibulation described here can also become an obstacle to childbirth. Excessive vaginal scar tissue can hinder or even stop the baby’s delivery and thus, at crucial moments, deprive it of oxygen. This can kill the baby and, as a consequence of further complications, the mother.
Of course, before an infibulated female can become pregnant and give birth, the infibulation has to be undone.

Defibulation
The procedure of undoing an infibulation is known as “defibulation”, and it is usually performed on the wedding night: The parts of the vulva that had been sewn together are cut open again and thus the vagina is once more made accessible.

Reinfibulation
Once the female has given birth, she is usually infibulated again in order to restore her body to its previous “purity”. This procedure is called “reinfibulation”. However, after several births, there may not be enough suitable tissue left to sew the vagina up again.
A reinfibulation may be repeated after each birth, and, in that case, a defibulation will have to be repeated for each new desired pregnancy. While neither is as painful as the original mutilation, one can easily imagine what they mean for the female’s sexual experience.