!!Come on Africa!!
KUNGANI NGINGAKUSIZA?!
(Please don’t read this if you are a sensitive person)
Last night I watched America’s Next top Model, the new season has started, and ofcourse I am hooked (as we all know!).. I was really touched and greatly disturbed by the Somalian girl’s story that she had been circumcised when she was 7 years old. I had heard of this many times in my life, as it’s a normal practice in certain African cultures (particularly in Muslim sections of the population apparently).. I used to think that it was the partial cutting of a girl’s private area in order that she will not experience pleasure during intercourse for the purpose of avoiding infidelity during marriage.
I do not agree with this practice in any measure, but to be honest, never did much research on the subject either. I have now come to the knowledge that it is a much more severe practice than I had thought!!
Female circumcision is the total cutting away of the external female genitalia and “sewing” together certain parts so that no pleasure would be experienced by the woman, this has been practiced for centuries in parts of Africa, generally as one element of a rite of passage preparing young girls for womanhood and marriage. Often performed without anesthetic under septic conditions by lay practitioners with little or no knowledge of human anatomy or medicine, female circumcision can cause death or permanent health problems as well as severe pain.
This is completely outrageous and unacceptable!!!!!!!! How do I speak out against this practice?? I find this appalling, and a complete violation of a woman’s right to be what God created her to be!
Last night I watched America’s Next top Model, the new season has started, and ofcourse I am hooked (as we all know!).. I was really touched and greatly disturbed by the Somalian girl’s story that she had been circumcised when she was 7 years old. I had heard of this many times in my life, as it’s a normal practice in certain African cultures (particularly in Muslim sections of the population apparently).. I used to think that it was the partial cutting of a girl’s private area in order that she will not experience pleasure during intercourse for the purpose of avoiding infidelity during marriage.
I do not agree with this practice in any measure, but to be honest, never did much research on the subject either. I have now come to the knowledge that it is a much more severe practice than I had thought!!
Female circumcision is the total cutting away of the external female genitalia and “sewing” together certain parts so that no pleasure would be experienced by the woman, this has been practiced for centuries in parts of Africa, generally as one element of a rite of passage preparing young girls for womanhood and marriage. Often performed without anesthetic under septic conditions by lay practitioners with little or no knowledge of human anatomy or medicine, female circumcision can cause death or permanent health problems as well as severe pain.
This is completely outrageous and unacceptable!!!!!!!! How do I speak out against this practice?? I find this appalling, and a complete violation of a woman’s right to be what God created her to be!
As an African and more importantly a woman - I have decided to pursue this as a course to fight against from this day forth!!!
Please join me in stopping this abuse...
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