Quotes by Mutilation Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. Ashley Montagu mutilation ritual justification Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity. C.D. Payne mutilation ears faces The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work. Thorstein Veblen rendering mutilation purpose