Mutilating Our Little Girls

It's amazing how many violent and horrible things are being done to women all over the world and little we know about it in the U.S. Topics like rape, and torture like female genital mutilation are often touched upon on talk shows and new shows but we really don't do anything about them. Maybe we feel bad for moment that we are being told these horrible stories, but that's all. The reason that feminism comes in waves and dies out is because we as women don't stick together. We don't see each other as sisters, as a team. We're all in competition against each other and that's the way it has been since the beginning of time.

But when there is something as evil and degrading going on in other parts of the world, we forget that women really need to be united because it is our mothers, sisters, and daughters out there who are being tortured and rights for one group is a step in the right direction for everyone.

The topic of female genital mutilation is extremely important to EVERY woman in the world and the actual procedures involved are not often clear. However, the first step in improving a this situation is being aware of it and unless you watch Oprah you probably don't know all that is involved in this type of torture.

The young underaged girl is held down and forced to undergo the procedure either for cultural or religious beliefs but is the removal of most of a woman's sex organs necessary to honor god? I know lots of people have done crazy things in the name of religion but is destroying our natural bodies a sign of devotion?

Mothers are involved in letting this happen to their daughters; none of the women have a choice. Can you listen to your daughter screaming and struggling as she is being cut into- a torture that will only inflict more torture for the rest of her life because she is risking all types of infections and not to mention painful intercourse and child births

The first step to making a difference in the world is obtaining the knowledge; so even you inform one more person about the horrible acts that are being inflicted on women, you have already made a difference.