Female genital cutting (FGC) is a human rights violation which all girls should live free from. Watch & share the true story of Aissata & her inspiring community, who chose to leave FGC behind. #EndFGC @Tostan @PosNegOrg
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Male circumcision doesn't have the same consequences as female circumcision. It makes sex painful for women and has a decent amount of side problems. Male circumcision is another conversation. Saying women have this problem isn't the same as saying men don't have problems
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http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation … Here's a link with more details of the health risks that follow female circumcision. There's not room enough in a single tweet to list them all.
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So my grandmothers and their sisters who underwent this rite of passage giving birth to our mothers and subsequently me did not face these risks? Sounds like the case of “close your eyes to prayer” and our land was taken by bible wielding colonials. Choice an option?
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I'm sorry but I don't really understand what you're trying to say? I don't know your grandmother or your mother and what they've been through personally. If they have been circumcised then I'm sorry for them as they had no choice in that decision.
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And how would you know they had no choice? They were and are happy for the cultural significance of the rite. Let us be!
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You really cannot claim that no women experience pain or complications later in life through this procedure just because your grandmother didn't or says she didn't. Some women and young girls are forced to get it done and that's not okay, that's what the original tweet was about.
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Men feel pain as well as women. The pain was intended to be test of character. Have you ever interrogated the reasoning behind the rite rather than the action? Is genital piercing for jewelry one of those that offend you as it is common in the west? Again choice??
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You refuse to actually consider the feelings of those women who wish they hadn't had it done to them and coming with senseless counter. points. This conversation is about female genital mutilation not piercings. I refuse to spend more time on you. I hope you learn empathy.
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No i don’t refuse. But I want a woman that is allowed the choice. Mmmmm.....piercing and mutilation! Point made and just lost!!!!
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Still it is unacceptable to cut in baby boys genitals. And there are problems...
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MGM is in fact far worse becuz of its prevalence & the routine nature it is performed. Further it has many complications, not least painful erections, erectile dysfunction & as more men become aware of it, the anger at having had this done without their consent as babies.pic.twitter.com/1qvezuzDtB
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