An earlier version suggested incorrectly that the Economist supported clitoridectomy.

Bruce notices this clitoridectomy among the Abyssinians.

The least extreme form is known as clitoridectomy, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris.

Unknowingly, I went to the same clinic where the clitoridectomy was performed and the doctor shamed me with a booklet entitled The Sin of Self-Pleasuring.

The mutilation most often performed is Clitoridectomy or Excision - cutting off, without anesthetic, the clitoris and most of the external genitalia.