This article analyses discourses on so-called female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) in Northern Ireland. We identify a tension between affected communities' need for improved supports and resources on the one hand, and the absence of resources and support, or inappropriate and sometimes harmful interventions, on the other hand. We conclude that this mismatch between requirements and actual provisions is one effect of the isolated politicization of FGM/C, in ways that reinforce global North gender norms. We argue that non-hypocritical transcultural engagements require critical assessment of how the (historically and culturally specific) gender binary organises global North perspectives on all forms of non-therapeutic genital cutting. Two significant barriers are identified. First, there is a lack of awareness in Northern Ireland of the origins of current double standards in the regulation of genital cutting. Second, the ‘two communities’ model of Northern Irish politics impedes the development of interlinked and contestatory publics.

本文分析了有关北爱尔兰所谓的女性生殖器切割或切割的论述。我们一方面在受影响的社区需要改善的支持和资源的需求，另一方面是缺乏资源和支持，或者是不适当的，有时是有害的干预措施之间发现了紧张关系。我们得出的结论是，要求与实际规定之间的这种不匹配是对女性外阴残割/女性隔离政治化的一种结果，从而强化了全球北方性别规范。我们认为，非虚伪的跨文化交往需要对（历史和文化上特定的）性别二元组织如何组织对所有形式的非治疗性生殖器切割的全球北方观点进行严格评估。确定了两个重大障碍。第一，在北爱尔兰，人们对生殖器官切割现行双重标准的起源缺乏认识。其次，北爱尔兰政治的“两个社区”模式阻碍了相互联系，相互竞争的公众的发展。