[Margaret Pilkington]

Well of course, they are human, and subject to the desires of the flesh just like the rest of us......and it is OK for the men...there is nothing to test their virginity, but for a muslim woman it is a sin to have had carnal knowledge outside of marriage, and punishable by death....so called 'honour' killings. Brothers, uncles fathers..in fact any male relative feels it is their duty to absolve the sins of the girl by murdering her.

I would reckon that the 116 women who had this operation cited these thing to get it done on the NHS, but many others would raise the money somehow to have it done privately.

Muslim men can have their desires met, but women may not, because, due to physiology it is possible to tell if the woman has had previous experience....a very medieval concept.