Originally Posted by
Tark
So your problem with female circumcision is the way the procedure is practiced?
It’s not a scapel by today’s western standards. I have seen tones of people who live there lives not knowing what is a real doctor… people that think sorcery is a legitimate disease. To the point that they will actually abandon there kid because some fucked up “Dr” said the kid was a witch. So tot hose people this “primitive tool” is good for the practice.
You cannot impose the western ways in Africa it just doesn’t work that way… let them deal with there more important problem instead of putting pressure to ban something that they have been doing for 4000 years.
Look, I already stated that I realize this is a tradition I can't begin to understand. That being said, part of my gripe about it is YES, the way the procedure is practiced, most often in very unsanitary conditions that cause terrible infections and disfigurements because the procedure wasn't done "properly". That and the fact that MOST of these procedures have been performed without any form of painkiller or anesthesia. Some of the different types of FC involve cutting ALL of the external genitialia. That's a whole lot of flesh to cut off. The other element that bothers me is a few of the reasons WHY they do it. Sure, some of the reasons involve tradition for traditions sake, but some of them are for nothing more than to control a woman's sexuality-to remove all elements of sexual pleasure she may experience. That's fucked up in my opinion. That's all I have to say about it.
I just hope this is a progressive move by their govenment. :shrug: