The Moral Challenges of Female Genital Mutilation on the Stability of Marriage in Ebonyi State (2021)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Ikea,C. ,Onuh,N. and Emela,A
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: Impact of FGM on sexual life in marriage.
Objective: The aim of this paper is to examine the morality of female genital mutilation and its effect on the stability of marriages in Ebonyi state. The questions become,what is female genital mutilation? Is the practice morally justified and acceptable? Does it abuse the fundamental right of the woman? How does it affect the stability of marriages? These questions and many of its kinds surround the cultural practices of Female Genital Mutilation. This work is a contribution to the body of qualitative research,which explores the morality and effect of female genital mutilation on the stability of marriages,in Ebonyi state
Study Population: Some of the respondents to the questionnaires were married,divorced,unmarried,retired,employed,civil servants,unemployed and self-employed people. The questionnaires were given to different people from different works of life,from different areas of Ebonyi state,both rural and urban where FGM is prevalent. In other words,the questionnaires were designed in a simple way to include multiple choice questions and binary “yes/no” answers. It equally has “don’t know and others”,where participants could add individual comments
Findings: The researchers contend that female genital mutilation (FGM) has a negative impact on the sexual life for women and therefore impacts negatively on their marriage. Using the moral prism and spectacles of virtue ethics and human right theories to examine the cultural practice of FGM,it therefore concludes that it should be discouraged because it violates women’s rights to life,physical integrity,good health and social flourishing.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Nigeria