Miles writes:
> Yes, it's hard to us to believe, but mothers do this
to their daughters willingly: according to their cultural
standards, this is what it means to be a good mother.
Willingly? Are women who practice genital cutting not under tremendous social pressure and traditional demands to engage in this practice? Couldn't these pressures and demands be seen as coercive, thereby, diminishing women's right to choose?
Also, all LBOsters should see Moolade, a film about women resisting this practice made by Ousmene Sembene.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister