Mutilation Quotes

Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society.

The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work.

Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.