[Editorial] What counts as mutilation—and who should decide? Disrupting dominant discourses on genital cutting and modification

<p dir="ltr">Female, male, and intersex forms of genital cutting, surgery, mutilation and/or modification have, for several decades, been studied largely in isolation from one another, with scholars from different backgrounds publishing their work in different journals and attending different meetings and conferences. However, this is starting to change. Increasingly, it is argued that diverse genital cutting practices, including those affecting persons of different sexes and genders in cultures of the Global North and South, must also be analysed more collaboratively and holistically.</p>