Ayla_SquareTurtle

thank you Jim Gunn and Raw Alex for getting the points I wanted to make out there.

I have a hard time expressing my feelings about this because it's so disturbing to me but I have very firm opinions on it. I do not think the "culture" itself is completely "fucked up" although there are certainly more human rights issues than just female genital mutilation occurring in the areas where the practice is common. However, the practice itself is sickening and anyone who perpetuates it should be in prison.

Little children are being mutilated, having body parts removed and in some cases having their entire genital area sewn shut, and that goes beyond a simple cultural difference. It's wrong and deplorable no matter what country you are from or what religion you practice.

The pain these little girls go through gives me chills and makes me sick to my stomach just to think about it. The resulting infections and scar tissue cause many of them unbearable pain for their ENTIRE LIVES and there is often no medical care to deal with the disastrous results of the butchery they are subjected to.

There is no "excuse," cultural or otherwise, for what is being done. Period.

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