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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Law Soc Rev. 2013 Oct 21;47(4):803–835. doi: 10.1111/lasr.12044

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Dimensions of Readiness to Change Female Genital Cutting. Individual preference for female genital cutting (FGC) and actual behavior regarding FGC combine to form five stages of change for FGC: willing adherent, contemplator, reluctant adherent, willing abandoner, and reluctant abandoner (after Shell-Duncan & Hernlund 2006).