From David Wilkinson
Your article on female circumcision states: “In cut women the breasts were the most sensitive area, suggesting that sexual sensitivity is conserved” (5 October, p 10).
That this is illogical nonsense is either obvious – as removal of the most sensitive organ will always result in another organ becoming the most sensitive, irrespective of any change in overall sensitivity – or becomes so on seeing it is logically equivalent to the statement: “In men whose hands are cut off, the feet are most used for writing, suggesting that writing skills are conserved.”
Birmingham, UK
