FGM still present in Somalia

[EternalLightX]

As a qualified nurse and having completed my dissertation on FGM, I needlessly created a demo scale study in my home country of Puntland, being ambitious that the trends in FGM are becoming positive I went in thinking that every young lady aged 15-27 has her parts intact. Even though I have only spoken to members privately within my emediate family it was quite alarming that FGM still flourishes despite the consant campaign's by WHO and UNICEF. although infibulation is in decline but what I understood through the grapevine is that Clitrodectomy still flourishes so much so that a woman who has not had her most treasured part torn away is ridiculed by being called "a big genital woman". It 's abhorrent and sad that I still in this present day witness a violation against women. Many young women are still affected by ancient traditions and customs unwilling to let go of the past, many older women go out and hunt innocent victims to defile and cut away what it means to be a woman. It is the women infact who drive FGM in Somalia not men !

I hope to continue my masters and get to the grips on why women cannot let go of this barbaric custom. And what we diaspora women can do to tackle this paramount issue hopefully ending many girls from being needlessly cut for selfish reasons.

 

[Striker]

i am scared of marrying a female with fgm..

how do i make sure she got her genitals removed...

please help me my penis is way too big to handle a tight vagina..

 

[TheLibertarianQuiche]

As a qualified nurse and having completed my dissertation on FGM, I needlessly created a demo scale study in my home country of Puntland, being ambitious that the trends in FGM are becoming positive I went in thinking that every young lady aged 15-27 has her parts intact. Even though I have only spoken to members privately within my emediate family it was quite alarming that FGM still flourishes despite the consant campaign's by WHO and UNICEF. although infibulation is in decline but what I understood through the grapevine is that Clitrodectomy still flourishes so much so that a woman who has not had her most treasured part torn away is ridiculed by being called "a big genital woman". It 's abhorrent and sad that I still in this present day witness a violation against women. Many young women are still affected by ancient traditions and customs unwilling to let go of the past, many older women go out and hunt innocent victims to defile and cut away what it means to be a woman. It is the women infact who drive FGM in Somalia not men !

I hope to continue my masters and get to the grips on why women cannot let go of this barbaric custom. And what we diaspora women can do to tackle this paramount issue hopefully ending many girls from being needlessly cut for selfish reasons.

I remember talking to doctors.

They tried to have a record of whoever gets pregnant in the city and then they go off and lecture them about FGM. They would do this weekly until she gives birth and then they do weekly checks to check whether they have done this for the first 2 months. After that its monthly, then yearly until they reach 5.

Most families lock their doors and pretend they're not home.

 

[Striker]

also if you want to decrease fgm maybe you should open an organization...

it's really a shame most of our women got a tight vagina

 

[EternalLightX]

I remember talking to doctors.

They tried to have a record of whoever gets pregnant in the city and then they go off and lecture them about FGM. They would do this weekly until she gives birth and then they do weekly checks to check whether they have done this for the first 2 months. After that its monthly, then yearly until they reach 5.

Most families lock their doors and pretend they're not home.

It is stern alpha women who dominate this ritual, my younger cousins have informed me that they go door to door and request to preform Clitrodectomy or excision, it is unacceptable that women are coerced into accepting this barbaric ritual of controlling female sexuality through shame and guilt. Many women are victims to these wolves in sheep's clothing. Perhaps a financial incentive is driving these women in practicing FGM ? Or the ancient cries of their ancestors still linger in their ears.

 

[TheLibertarianQuiche]

It is stern alpha women who dominate this ritual, my younger cousins have informed me that they go door to door and request to preform Clitrodectomy or excision, it is unacceptable that women are coerced into accepting this barbaric ritual of controlling female sexuality through shame and guilt. Many women are victims to these wolves in sheep's clothing. Perhaps a financial incentive is driving these women in practicing FGM ? Or the ancient cries of their ancestors still linger in their ears.

Its just habit.

They do this all the time: Men don't what happens with their kids. Its the mother's business and she feels FGM is right.

 

[EternalLightX]

Its just habit.

They do this all the time: Men don't what happens with their kids. Its the mother's business and she feels FGM is right.

Are you in the healthcare field ? You seem to be will versed in this field, nonetheless you do realise the pain and suffering these women are subjecting to ? I could list a whole host of chronic issues related to FGM, it is unnatural, it is not stipulated in the religious scriptures, and it destroyes any satisfaction a woman may have for the rest of her life. It is barbaric and education has clearly failed as these women cannot break free from the claws of FGM. I am at a lose here in drawing up a solution to this problem, infibulation is decreasing but the Clitorus still remains the boogyman. Religious outcry must be demonstrated by the local shiekhs, as sadly many women value and listen to religious leaders rather than health care wokers. A summary or a report must be published outlining the trends at present. So that more can be done to tackle this. I cannot stand by and watch innocent women being defiled of their womanhood never to experience the pleasures of achieving sexual satisfaction. It is cruel of me to sit here smug in the west whilst my sister are defiled in such a manner.

 

[TheLibertarianQuiche]

Are you in the healthcare field ? You seem to be will versed in this field, nonetheless you do realise the pain and suffering these women are subjecting to ? I could list a whole host of chronic issues related to FGM, it is unnatural, it is not stipulated in the religious scriptures, and it destroyed any satisfaction a woman may have for the rest of her life. It is barbaric and education has failed as these women cannot break free from the claws of FGM. I am at a lose here in drawing up a solution to this problem, infibulation is decreasing but the Clitorus still remains the boogyman. Religious outcry must be demonstrated by the local shiekhs, as sadly many women value and listen to religious leaders rather than health care wokers. A summary or a report must be published outlining the trends at present. So that more can be done to tackle this. I cannot stand by and watch innocent women being defiled of their womanhood never ro experience the pleasures of achieving sexual satisfaction. How cruel of me to sit here smug in the west whilst my sister are defiled in such a manner.

I'm not in the medical field, I'm 18 and wish to be a lawyer.

I have worked with NGO's in Somalia with my parents and we collaborated with Hospitals alot.

My mother works in the health field and my great-uncle is doctor in Somalia who is from qurbajoog. He tells about the medical system and what not.

Either way, FGM will die out in Somalia. Its already in the process, its illegal and people are resorting to shady ways of doing it. Sooner or later when more young people from the west come back we will see a eradication of this phenomena.

 

[EternalLightX]

I'm not in the medical field, I'm 18 and wish to be a lawyer.

I have worked with NGO's in Somalia with my parents and we collaborated with Hospitals alot.

My mother works in the health field and my great-uncle is doctor in Somalia who is from qurbajoog. He tells about the medical system and what not.

Fantastic that there are people out there trying their best to tackle this issue, I will eventually play my part in solving this issue by analysing trend's year on year. Although my intrests lay in emergency healthcare or intensive care. Womens health is a deep intrest of mine, I share a sentimental attachment, as a woman as well as a nurse.

 

[Assata]

It is stern alpha women who dominate this ritual, my younger cousins have informed me that they go door to door and request to preform Clitrodectomy or excision, it is unacceptable that women are coerced into accepting this barbaric ritual of controlling female sexuality through shame and guilt. Many women are victims to these wolves in sheep's clothing. Perhaps a financial incentive is driving these women in practicing FGM ? Or the ancient cries of their ancestors still linger in their ears.

It's the constant disgusting reinforcement that if a woman has not been mutilated than she will be 'promiscuous' and 'loose' with herself.

As if the woman is incapable of making her own life choices and 'controlling' her urges and sexuality. Women are already under a huge amount of pressure not to 'shame' the family. And heaping the emotional and physical pains of FGM on top of that it creates an irrevocable amount of pain, damage, and unworthiness.

FGM will continue to live on so long as women in Somalia are seen as inferior. If women in Somalia are denied making choices in their own life and being forced to drop out of school in favor of getting married young this horrid practice will continue on. The day FGM dies out is the day women in Somali culture are seen as true equals to men in every sense.

 

[EternalLightX]

It's the constant disgusting reinforcement that if a woman has not been mutilated than she will be 'promiscuous' and 'loose' with herself.

As if the woman is incapable of making her own life choices and 'controlling' her urges and sexuality. Women are already under a huge amount of pressure not to 'shame' the family. And heaping the emotional and physical pains of FGM on top of that it creates an irrevocable amont of pain, damage, and unworthiness.

FGM will continue to live on so long as women in Somalia are seen as inferior. If women in Somalia are denied making choices in their own life and being forced to drop out of school in favor of getting married young this horrid practice will continue on. The day FGM dies out is the day women in Somali culture are seen as true equals to men in every sense.

The factions of patrachial hiercharhy has been known to oppress women in every shape or form, it is where men are kings and women are obedient in which such cruel displays of female suffering occur. It is no fault of Somalia at present, it is infact a systematic historic display of female domination. Somalia has not gone through a woman's movement, no suffragettes has suffered to chant the cries of equality. Women in Somalia display a strong and independent role in child rearing and household duties due to their ancestrial roots as nomads. However in modern times women's are victims of rape, religious extremism and utter control of their sexuality. Marriages are a sign of economic prosperity in certain families, hence the need for younger marriages. Unforunately this cannot be changed until the economic fabric of Somalia replinishes to that of a first world country.

 

[EternalLightX]

Again with portraying the men as the perpetrators,we all know that is the women who propagate this sort of stuff

It is the men who control what women wear, how they eat, how they deffacate etc. Don't deny this, women have a role to play in subverting the lies chanted by their men. Women are like snakes their bite is highly poisonous and once bitten you are forever in servitude. Society demands for women to be subjected to oppression. Fall out of line of what is expected of you and you will be thrown out of the crowd, it 's a cult and one in which you cannot defy so easily.

 

[Striker]

womens in somalia are enjoying a great life of freedom

matter of fact somalia has been ranked number 1 for rights of women

we are also very protective and we help their sexual arouse everyone

god bless somali men

 

[EternalLightX]

womens in somalia are enjoying a great life of freedom

matter of fact somalia has been ranked number 1 for rights of women

we are also very protective and we help their sexual arouse everyone

god bless somali men

Your broken sentences do not convey a constructive argument. You are using your own fictitious lies to fabricate a world that is only preserved in your mind. What do you mean arouse women ? How is that possible if FGM is involved ?She will be crying instead of enjoying herself. Thanks to the inherent displays created by man in dominating and withholding a woman from her sexuality. You are in a state of perpetual sleep unable to comprehend the true evils of this world.

 

[Transparent]

@AbdiJohnson
Can you block @Transparent and @dhulbahante from replying to this thread they're obviously trolling and trying to derail this serious thread. They have nothing of worth to contribute to this serious issue.

Thank you.

How the hell am i trolling is this blind,i clearly asked a question that is indeed relevant to the topic.So if someone disagrees with your notion of what is correct then he is in fact trolling. What kind of shit is this

 

[Transparent]

And stop dickriding abdijhonson he clearly doesnt like your people

 

[EternalLightX]

It's not our fault that you guys are the weaker sex.Although i do agree with many of your points shouldnt women who have experienced the trauma attributed to fgm prevent that from happening to their progeny,i mean let's face it anyone with two functioning brain cells knows it's a barbaric ritual.My question is why would women subject the same violence they had previously gone through to their young ones.And dont give the it is all because of dee maaaaan

It is through fear of society branding their young innocent little girls as s with big penises. Societal demands have a strong presence in the minds of the weak. Women are suceptible to gossip they will do anything to stop their neighbour Amina from spouting lies. Even if it means relaying their traumatic experiences to their children.

 

[Assata]

How the hell am i trolling is this blind,i clearly asked a question that is indeed relevant to the topic.So if someone disagrees with your notion of what is correct then he is in fact trolling. What kind of shit is this

You are trolling you have nothing of substance to contribute. And you're making this thread seem as if we're trying to bash men. And you're in return victim blaming.

I hope you get banned of this thread.

Goodbye.

 

[Transparent]

It is through fear of society branding their young innocent little girls as s with big penises. Societial demands have a strong presence in the minds of the weak. Women are weak to gossip they will do anything to stop their neighbour Amina from spouting lies. Even if it means relaying their traumatic experiences to their children.

Then the solution is that women should collectively aim to eradicate this disease of -shaming each other and spreading rumors to tarnish another females reputation.Correct me if i'm wrong but i believe that it is the women who are more inclined to spread this sort of mischief more so than men,Both parties are involved in the development and growth of this disease and both parties should stop blaming each other and work hand in hand to try and eradicate this problem FGM HA DHIMATO

 

[Striker]

i know this question sounds stupid but can fgm victim masturabe?

please asnwer this question because i've never seen a fgm vagina but may god help them..