The function of freedom is to free someone else. ~Toni Morrison | #FreeHeartsFreeMinds |#FreeFromHijab | Think outside the 
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It is almost exclusively done by a woman. And even if it’s done by a man, a woman (mother) is usually the one taking the child. /1 https://www.unfpa.org/resources/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-frequently-asked-questions#who_performs …pic.twitter.com/p8gxmxLv59
But it’s not just #FGM-it’s child marriage, honor violence, forced hijab etc etc. Yes, men are involved in all those things. But at many points there are women involved too. If those women refused to go along w whatever the crime, it would make it a lot harder for the men. /2
My life would have been phenomenally different if I had a mother who stood up for me. But instead, like most mothers in those areas, she was an active participant in perpetuating the misogyny. Rather than stopping the cycle, she chose to pass it down to the next generation. /3
It was moms who bound their daughter’s feet in China.
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