Understanding the statistics and the other facts associated with circumcision, infibulations, sub incision and emasculation requires a conceptual approach to sex, gender and the study of gender relations that is far more complex and systemic than the simplistic explanations proposed by experts. As with any belief that is not supported, it is important to ask why individuals continue to believe when it is not true.

What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now. - Buddha