Editing Mutilation (section)

==Usage==
Some ethnic groups practice ritual mutilation, for example, [[burn]]ing, [[clitoridectomy]], or [[flagellation]], sometimes as part of a [[rite of passage]]. In some cases, the term may even apply to treatment of dead bodies, as in the case of [[scalping]], when a person is mutilated after they have been killed by an enemy. [[Castration]] is also a form of mutilation. The traditional Chinese practice of [[foot binding]] is a form of mutilation. Another form of mutilation that has captured the imagination of Westerners is the "long-neck" people, a sub-group of the [[Karen people|Karen]] known as the [[Kayan people (Myanmar)|Padaung]] where women wear brass rings around their necks to artificially make them longer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiangdao.com/chiangmai/karenlongneck.htm|title=Karen Long Neck hilltribe - Padaung, Northern Thailand|publisher=Chiangdao.com|access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref>  

A joint statement released by the [[United Nations]] and numerous other international bodies opposes [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>{{Cite book | title = Eliminating Female genital mutilation - An interagency statement | year = 2008 | publisher = [[World Health Organization]] | isbn = 978-92-4-159644-2 | url =https://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/fgm/fgm_statement_2008.pdf }}</ref>