MwalimuZawadi
JF-Expert Member
- Sep 1, 2007
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Oooh ABT, this issue is always very sad for me. Yaani huwa haina huruma ata kidogo.
It's very sad and disturbing the way they do it, no anaesthesia, no sterile equipment, bleeding to death, problems nyngi.
I always say that this cultural belief imepitwa na wakati. It is useless.
The argument is that it lowers the libido in women so that they do not cheat on their husbands or inapunguza passion or intensity kwa wanawake.
what i know is FGM or no FGM, when a woman wants to cheat they will...end of story. In this age of temptation, no one is spared.
We have to evolve, get rid of practices that do more harm than good. Instead come up with better options of initiation.
the churches are now doing something different for the boys that is christian based and they take the kids to hospital, teach them all about the "birds and bees" and how to respect themselves.
Mkuu Nyaralego
Sipingi hoja hizi ila nataka tuweke haya mambo wazi na sawa.
FGM ni neno la kiuanaharakati zaidi. Female Genital Mutilation ni kukata kata uchi wa mwanamke bila utaratibu wakati wenye kazi yao wanasema wanakata kwa utaratibu-tohara (circumcision).
Ni vizuri wakati wa kupambana na tatizo kutoweka hisia ndani yake kwani inaweza kusisitisha au kufifisha mbinu za kukabili tatizo. Ukweli kukata kinembe/kisimi ni tatizo tena kubwa, hivyo tuseme wasikikate bila hiari ya mkatwa kulingana na sheria. Pia tuwe tunatoa mbadala wa kila tunachoondoa (kama mila zilizopitwa na wakati) kwani ukiacha ombwe (vaccum) hata takataka (mbaya zaidi ya ulizoondoa) zitajaa kuziba ombwe