FEMALE GENITAL MUTJLATION: AN OVERVIEW.
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a contentious and
controversia11ssue. It has generated a lot of arguments in favour of
and against 1t. Female genital mutilation is a harmful tradition'al
;practice against women. It should be stated categorically that female
genital mutilation (FGM) is notthe most lethal o the practices affecting
women health, hut is still theme>st humiliating accompanied by severe
physical and mental torment for women Thou h he practice has
been abolished in the western world, it is s ill a source of terror for
Afr.ican women. In most communities in "' ica, female genital
mutilation is seen as rite of passage from • i ood to adulthood
and, hence, their resolve not to do away wit e harmful practice.
The present study, which is a general ove ~"' ,' of female genital
mutilation , is designed to sensitize the ge e:a o ·c especially the
t~ ~male folks about the issues surroundrng · cumcision.
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B Philosophy (General), BF Psychology