A Talk About Female Genital Multilation

A Talk About Female Genital Multilation



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What is female genital mutilation?

In simple words Fgm is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia and it is also called female circumcision due to the fact that it involves the removal of the skin cover of the genitalia. It is also called female circumcision. It is mostly done at an early age or in childhood. The removal of the external genitalia in female usually results to lots of impairement and difficulties, that are just not physical, but are sexual, psychological, emotional and medical.

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Female genitalia mutilation has been proven to be as a result of cultural beliefs and tradition of people from different societies. The reasons according to the beliefs are to prevent promiscuity and waywardness of girls or women in their society, protect family honor and reputation from being crushed, protect virginity and sexual beauty of their daughters. To ensure social and cultural control of women's sexuality in that society, secure the marital future of their daughters, promote male attraction rate and sexual pleasure.

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All these are misconception mostly due to ignorance that must be addressed if fgm is to be eradicated. Estimated 150 million women living today have undergone this ritual (2-3 million girls per year), widely practiced in Africa. Which is alarming.

Fgm is performed mostly in local villages, where the instruments used are are not sterilized. Infant and mortality rates are generally higher in those communities. FGM has no health benefits but many side effects like excessive bleeding, urinary infection, septicemia, tetanus, acute urinary retention, HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases. These diseases are transmitted due to the fact that the instruments used in performing the procedure are not sterilized. It has been noted that the risks and complications of FGM are adverse to an extent of high death rate, infertility and so many long term effects.

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