Female Circumcision

Female circumcision is mainly practiced in Africa where young girls between the ages of four and eight are circumcised. This process is done mainly by tradition, it is said that she will not be considered a real woman until her genitalia is removed. For many women the thought of that occuring to them is quite frightning but for these girls it's more of a right of passage. Female genital mutalation is not a safe process because a girl will risk the possibilities of an infection, many times the obejects used are not always sterlized nor is there an adequate specialized person to assist in this procedure. Girls can also over bleed and in some cases even die from a so called tradition. The basic process of a female circumcision is the removal of the clitoris and the quite often the removal of the labia major and labia minora. The beliefes of such culutres are that when the clitoris is removed it as well removes the desire to have sex therefore, it will prevent sex outside a marriage and prevent a family from being dishonored. Regardless of such traditions the lives of many girls are being risked each day by this tradition.