Clitoraid

April 26, 2007 9:54 PM

Restoring a sense of pleasureThe Raelian movement has been discussed here before . Clitoraid is their latest scam and you can donate now to adopt a clitoris and help them build the Pleasure Hospital in Ouagadougou.
posted by theemperorhasnoclotheson (21 comments total)

Y'know, if they're actually doing this, I can't really see it as a bad thing.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:02 PM on April 26, 2007

Clitoraid

That's the new energy drink for porn actresses, right?
posted by jonmc at 10:04 PM on April 26, 2007

Is it even possible to provide such a service to the victims of female circumcision? I'd think that once the nerve endings are gone they're gone for good.
posted by aladfar at 10:08 PM on April 26, 2007

It would certainly appear so.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:13 PM on April 26, 2007

I can really get behind this. Yeah, baby!
posted by spacewrench at 10:13 PM on April 26, 2007

Bad name, good idea, wierd orginzation.
Clitoris circumcision is horrible for a woman...
posted by IronWolve at 10:27 PM on April 26, 2007

I saw an ad for this on a bulletin board at the university where I work. On the face of it, it sounds a worthy cause, but the Raelians running it certainly adds to the scam probability. What evidence do you have for it to be a scam, theemperorhasnoclotheson?
posted by aeschenkarnos at 10:30 PM on April 26, 2007

Dubious. How many women are there who have had the mutilation, but whose family circumstances are now so different that it would be allowable for them to do this? Not many, I should think. And how would they get there?
posted by Methylviolet at 10:32 PM on April 26, 2007

Weird cults AND female circumcision?

This will surely wendell.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:33 PM on April 26, 2007

If I needed to have my clitoris repaired, I don't think I'd trust wacky cultists to do the job.
posted by amyms at 10:44 PM on April 26, 2007

Yeah really, Amyms!
Next the Sc***tologists will be getting in the act: FREE personality test and labial rejuvenation!
posted by Methylviolet at 10:51 PM on April 26, 2007

Here is a poem on the subject of female circumcision by a young female Nigerian Poet which goes well with [the] paintings [of female circumcision - SFW, I guess, by Burkina Faso painter, Suzanne Ouedraogo].
posted by UbuRoivas at 10:55 PM on April 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Next the Sc***tologists will be getting in the act: FREE personality test and labial rejuvenation!

I wonder if that includes a free clitoral E-meter reading?
posted by amyms at 10:56 PM on April 26, 2007

No specific evidence on this one, aeschenkarnos, but Rael's previous stunts (human cloning, perpetual orgasms) have had a high hoax calibre.
posted by theemperorhasnoclotheson at 11:10 PM on April 26, 2007

This is excellent news. I'm going to volunteer straightaway for Plaisir Médecins Sans Frontières.
posted by boo_radley at 11:13 PM on April 26, 2007

Perpetual orgasams are not a hoax. Just sayin'.
posted by Jimbob at 11:33 PM on April 26, 2007

Methylviolet writes 'Yeah really, Amyms!
'Next the Sc***tologists will be getting in the act:'

What, the Scatologists have got their own cult now?

"Behold, our rich brown substance! Every spoonful swallowed brings you one step closer to God!"
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:09 AM on April 27, 2007

And I'm supposed to trust a Raelian doctor?
posted by Samizdata at 12:36 AM on April 27, 2007

Jimbob writes 'Perpetual orgasams are not a hoax. ".'

Not if your man keeps on hittin' the bottom and working the sides, they aren't.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:53 AM on April 27, 2007

amyms sez - If I needed to have my clitoris repaired, I don't think I'd trust wacky cultists to do the job.

That's a fair point, really. What irks me is the name... I mean, people are getting mutilated: try a little harder not to appear like you're on the Crazy Bus.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:19 AM on April 27, 2007

something smells fishy about this, but I can't put my finger on it.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 2:56 PM on April 27, 2007