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The research examines how medical professionals understand and frame female genital cosmetic procedures, focusing on ethical implications.

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Functional need or personal choice: Medical professionals' understanding and framing of performing female genital cosmetic procedures.

HBHannelore Van BavelVrije Universiteit Brussel AHAnne-Mette Hermans

Key Points

The research examines how medical professionals understand and frame female genital cosmetic procedures, focusing on ethical implications.
Conducted a qualitative analysis of discursive dynamics surrounding FGCPs.
Explored framings related to health, choice, and cultural aspects.
Identified tensions between function and aesthetics.
Framings by medical professionals help legitimize FGCPs as ethical care.
Key tensions highlighted include autonomy versus clinical judgement.
The acceptance of FGCPs exists within a contested ethical landscape.

Abstract

MPs frame FGCPs in terms of women's health and choice, helping to legitimise them as ethical care. These framings, however, obscure key tensions - between function and aesthetics, autonomy and clinical judgement, and medical versus cultural motivations. Examining these discursive dynamics reveals how FGCPs are made acceptable within a contested field.

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Bavel et al. (Sat,) studied this question.

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