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Comment on FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, ALIVE IN ZAMBIA by ProudAfrican

ProudAfrican — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:07:45 +0000

I am a Zimbabwean of Bemba maternal ancestry. My mother DID NOT tell me that this practice is imperative in any sense of establishing or maintaining a husband and in all honesty I doubt that it is (then again I’m not married). But I can understand the sentiment of the first contributor to these comments. A lot of African men, be it Zambian, Zimbawean, Ugandan etc … expect their women to have this, particularly the less exposed ones. If they enjoy sex with a woman with this kind of vagina, I think its fine. We need to understand first and foremost that our culture is rich, diverse and also in a lot of ways conservative. Our mothers are reluctant to explain the sexual needs of men to a 9 year old girl… do you blame them? However, I’ve heard a lot of women that have had issues with men when they got married because they didn’t have them. So is it their fault that they want to protect us from future heart break? Imagine you’re a girl from the rural areas, when you got married it will be a prominent disgrace to your family for not instilling this education in you. It might be mutilation (albeit less cringe-worthy), but I am yet to see justified research on the effects it has on infection and HIV etc. Culture is what makes us diverse and beautiful. I agree that you should not be forced if you don’t feel comfortable with this. However, I don’t think it deserves such a negative article. Being informed is good, but being ignorant on why our people find the practice important and why their reservations are relevant, defeats the purpose of being informed.

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Comment on GENDER AND HIV IN ZAMBIA by fnihi

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Comment on FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, ALIVE IN ZAMBIA by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:36:20 +0000

dont get carried away,try to understand what female mutilation really is before you compare with labia stretching, what are you after? charity?

Comment on THE RESULTS OF UNSPOKEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:37:45 +0000

You’re a true inspiration…..giving a voice to the voiceless by exposing some of the ills of our society!! We can no longer afford to keep quiet while lives are lost. Well done!