9/2/2017 Dismantling the ManMade Myths upholding Female Genital Mutilation: Health Care for Women International: Vol 0, No ja http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07399332.2017.1289211 1/20 Friday 10th – Monday 13th February: Payment facilities will be unavailable on Taylor & Francis Online during this period due to scheduled maintenance. Latest Articles Journal Health Care for Women International 24 Views 0 CrossRef citations 2 Altmetric Original Articles Dismantling the Man-Made Myths upholding Female Genital Mutilation , Ismael Jiménez Ruiz & Pilar Almansa Martínez Carolina Alcón Belchí Page 00 | Received 13 Feb 2016, Accepted 27 Jan 2017, Accepted author version posted online: 02 Feb 2017 Download citation http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1289211 Accepted author version Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Abstract FGM is internationally considered an a೬ront on human rights and an act of violence against women and young girls. Furthermore, it hierarchizes and perpetuates inequality and denies women and girls the right to physical and psychosexual integrity. The aim of this study is to detect the weak points and false premises underlying male justi೬cation of FGM and to present demythologization as a health education tool. We used a qualitative methodology with an ethonursing focus via semi-structured individual and group interviews in 25 men associated with FGM. Our results found nine myths and their possible demythologization are presented through the masculine voices of those associated with this tradition. These myths are used as justi೬cation by men and women in order to uphold the practice of FGM. Demythologization as a nursing intervention based on reorienting or restructuring models of cultural care allows us to work against the false premises making up the myths which act to protect this tradition. Disclaimer As a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before ೬nal publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could a೬ect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. The Word Health Organization (WHO) de೬nesFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM) as “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genital organs or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural, religious or any other non-medical reason” (WHO, 2015). Full Article Log in | Register In this article