By TIMILEHIN OMOLEYE
Female genital mutilation also referred to as FGM is a very painful and destructive operation during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the goals of inhibiting a woman’s sexual feelings.
In Nigeria this practice is done in
adherence to a cultural belief that the uncircumcised woman Is promiscuous,
unclean, unmarriageable, physically undesirable and of potential risk to
themselves and to their children as there is a traditional belief that if a
male child’s head touches the clitoris he will die.
