female circumsicion
Female circumcision, better known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), is an ugly monster finally rearing its head from out of the depths of time. It can attack a girl at any age, with a little prompting from her society, and the aid of an unsuspecting human wielding a knife. Usually, it is performed from a few days after birth to puberty, but in some regions, the torture can be put off until just before marriage or the seventh month of pregnancy (Samad, 52). Women that have gone beyond the primary level of education are much less likely to fall victim to the tradition ("Men's...", 34). The average victim is illiterate and living in a poverty-stricken community where people face hunger, bad health, over-working, and unclean water ("Female...", 1714). This, however, is not always the case. As one can see in the following story of Soraya Mire, social classes create no real barriers. Soraya Mire, a 13-year-old from Mogadishu, Somolia, never knew what would happen to her the day her mother called her out of her room to go buy her some gifts. When asked why, her mother replied, "I just want to show you how much I love you." As Soraya got into the car, she wondered where the armed guards were. Being the daughter o
McCarthy, Sheryl. "Fleeing mutilation, fighting for asylum." Ms., July 1996: 12-16. "Female genital mutilation." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 6, 1995: 1714-1716. women, whose profession provides them with a degree of public esteem rarely enjoyed by women in male-dominated societies" (Brownlee, 58). A better, but still not logical reason for women to promote FGM is life. Soraya Mire remarks, "[It] is proof of your
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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