Each culture should be left as we inherited it. Withold, Switzerland Female circumcision is a heinous crime. It is like robbing a woman of her womanhood and making her someone who has to submit to the wishes of a man. I grew up in Malawi in a rural area where both female and male circumcision is common and compulsory. Boys are always circumcised between the ages of 13 and 14 whilst with the girls it could be much earlier.
Circumcision is seen as a traditional practice.
I rebelled because I did not see the benefits of this traditional event. Boys and girls who were circumcised ended up in early marriages. Girls from my village and other villages were forbidden to go out with me because I was not circumcised. I vehemently disagree with those who think circumcision is a mere African tradition. It is practised elsewhere in the world and does not deserve all this fuss and controversy.