Fgm: Female Genital Mutilation :: essays research papers

FGM Female Genital Mutilation     Female genital mutilation has been practiced in countrys around theworld for thousands of years, and will continue to be practiced, until thosethat practice it decide to stop.      some(prenominal) mint who live in countrys that be more industrialized, like theU.S.A., tend to think that no ones believes on right and wrong is correct,except their own. That is what comes up in conversation about FGM.Person all(prenominal)y, I am non pro-FGM when it comes to its practice. However, I believepeople who want to practice it, should be allowed to, without a bunch of"activists against the practice of FGM" coitus them to stop, or even"informing" them about the potential health risks. The reason I am againsteven explaining the health risks to the people that practice this is, becausewhenever you have people that believe enough in something to base their entirelife around it, there is nothing you can d o or say that will abide them to changeit would be like talking to a wall. They will only change when the peoplethemselves that live by these traditions get fed up with all the side-effectscaused by the practice of FGM. It is every person and communitys right todecide for themselves, without the intervention of outsiders, to decide to dowhatever they want to do to their bodies and minds.     I know, "these women that are macrocosm circumcised, arent freely decidingon this to be done to them, they dont know any better, theyve beenbrainwashed". I have two responses to this. The first is, if they have grownup in this culture all their lives, and this procedure has been done to theirmothers, sisters, great grandmothers, etc. on the fear that if it is not done,something tearable will happen, there is no way they would not want it done nomatter how much pain it causes, and besides those that are able to break awayfrom the thought of why it must be done, will do so with or without the help ofoutsiders. But if theyre that committed to the tradition, they will changefor no one. The second point is, when you decide you are dismissal to educatethese people about how their traditions are wrong and unhealthy, that is sayingyou know better. You may think they are stupid for preforming FGM, but youmust remember, they think you are just as stupid for not performing it.Perhaps, these people that perform FGM have philosophy classes too, where they