Female Genital Mutilation: The International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM

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Today is the day!

The WHO announced On the UN International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation that efforts will redouble to bring an end to the practice of female circumcision

Good luck, we have been debating the subject for a long time here, here and here.

Let’s use the day to listen to the other side of the story, what’s the opinion of females who enjoy the practice of FGM.

Here’s a quick list of the most arguments,

• Westerners trying to impose a “zero tolerance” policy fail to re alize that these religious rites are generally enacted not by men but by women who believe it is a cosmetic procedure with aesthetic benefit.
• Americans and Europeans outlawing FGM, when they enforce their own forms of genital modification, like the circumcision of boys or the cosmetic surgery for women like genital piercing or breast augmentation.
• In general, if the practice is one that is done with full consent of all concerned, then it is hard to argue against the doing of such a procedure
• Female circumcision is shared with joy and jubilation, a sign of womanhood, and a sure sign of compliance with the teaching of mothers and grandmothers.
• It’s our culture, our religion, you have no right to change it, or your multiculturalism is of double standards. Say No to Americanization of the world.
• The West best help is to provide more anesthia and abundance of sterilised blades to reduce infections and complications. Whoa?

Sometimes, I feel we will give up and probably start legalizing these outdated cultural values