Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.
Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.
To put a stop to this, we need to first banish the thought that it’s okay if the child/infant is male. It’s a form of sexism and it’s honestly pretty ugly.
The dialogue should generally go that all genital mutilation of infants and children is wrong for any reason excepting bona fide medical necessity as determined by spiritually/religiously/politically neutral medical providers. And that anyone supporting infant genital mutilation, even if it’s only for one sex/gender, race, religion, whatever, should be seen as the same as someone supporting infant genital mutilation for anyone.