Unregistered
April 25th, 2012, 03:10
Mali 93.7%
Somalia 90 - 98%
Eritrea 90%
Sierre Leone 80 - 90%
Sudan 50 - 90%
Guinea 98%
Gambia 60 - 90%
Sources: U.S. Department of State, 1 June 2001. Momoh, Comfort. "Female Genital Mutilation", Radcliffe Publishing, 2005, p. 6 (figures from 1987-1999).
We tend to think of genital mutilation as something only for the males. The truth is that intact women ought to be equally grateful about being genitally whole as their intact men counterparts. As a whole it's the luck of the draw whether or not you make it to adulthood intact, regardless of your sex.
Somalia 90 - 98%
Eritrea 90%
Sierre Leone 80 - 90%
Sudan 50 - 90%
Guinea 98%
Gambia 60 - 90%
Sources: U.S. Department of State, 1 June 2001. Momoh, Comfort. "Female Genital Mutilation", Radcliffe Publishing, 2005, p. 6 (figures from 1987-1999).
We tend to think of genital mutilation as something only for the males. The truth is that intact women ought to be equally grateful about being genitally whole as their intact men counterparts. As a whole it's the luck of the draw whether or not you make it to adulthood intact, regardless of your sex.