Objective: To evaluate the reinforcing factors that supporting female genital
cutting among student nurses. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of
Nursing, Benha University. Design: A descriptive study was followed. Subject: male
and female student nurses whom attending the first academic year 2012. Size: 220
student nurses (80 male and 140 female). Tool: An Arabic interviewing questionnaire
was developed and used to assess the general characteristics, student nurses'
knowledge about concept, complication, consequences, and factors that affecting the
reinforcing of FGC among Egyptian male and female nurse students. Results: The
present study results revealed that, 52.5% and 80.7% of male and female students
respectively had incorrect knowledge regarding concept, complications and
consequences of FGC, the difference is statistically highly significant (p