A sad revelation

Yesterday, practically today at 4 in the morning (hey come on it's a weekend!) as I was surfing the net I landed on the WHO website of the prevalence of female genital mutilation. Initially it sounded ridiculous to me reading about it but later as I read the whole article I was shocked to see there were figures of the mutilations accounting to about some 140 million girls having had undergone this , especially in the African and Asian continents. An average of about 4 girls a minute continue to be mutilated.

To add to this misery the age group affected are the children. It is a very painful procedure and can have immediate effects like infection, bleeding profusely leading to shock and death.It can also lead to tetanus, Hepatitis and the fearsome HIV. But most importantly when these kids survive to grow into mature, oppressed adults they have problems related to pregnancy and other gynaecological problems.

Although I do not validate male circumcision too, but in comparison this is extremely painful.

One of the various reasons given for this very atrocious act is culture. Some people believe that the culture needs to be kept alive and the so called educated people also tend to promote it. Others believe that it keeps the female from getting sexually aroused which is considered horrendous for a girl, well unlike a male! It ensures  pre-marital virginity and inhibits extramarital sex because it reduces women's libido. And she becomes ‘clean’. Some link it to religion although no religious text says anything in particular about it.

OH how I wish I could be this tiny little worm who could get into these people’s brains and change the misplaced screws within! RELIGION IS ALWAYS AN EXCUSE FOR HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE and is very sad.

Being children it does not mean you can harm them. This is a human rights violation.

I strongly believe that a universal judicial system is required for such acts. Educating about it in places where it is practiced from an early age would also be helpful.

Au Revoir.