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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).
