Vacation Cutting (Female Circumcision) – Interview With a Survivor

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Vacation Cutting (Female Circumcision) – Interview With a Survivor

We’ve talked about Vacation Cutting before – but it is not very often that you find a woman brave enough to talk about her experience as a survivor of female circumcision. I was honored to be able to sit down with her and tell her story. For the sake of her privacy, she has remained anonymous – but the story is just as powerful…

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Woman Head Down

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  • How old were you when you had the procedure done? Was it something you did willingly?

  • I don’t remember when it was done.

  • Where was the procedure/ritual done?

  • It was done in France

  • What was the explanation for why this ritual was done?

  • I didn’t get any explanation of how it was done.

  • Did the ritual affect your sex life in any way?

  • I wouldn’t know the difference between the before and after , but I do enjoy sex when it’s done right with the right person of course I have to teach the person what to do and how to please me but overall I do enjoy sex.

 

  • What are your thoughts on having it done?

  • Well, what’s done is already done but I wish I knew the difference.

  • Any feedback you would like to add for the readers?

  • It made me feel a little uncomfortable knowing that I am in a country where people know or heard about it but actually don’t understand it . Therefore it kind of make me uncomfortable to express my sexual desire and to always have to explain people about it.

  • Has there been any benefit at all to the procedure?

The only benefit out of it is it makes the vagina smaller.

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I still have a hard time looking at medical pictures of the procedure, but I was able to obtain a drawing that explains pretty clearly. This is a great opportunity for education and awareness.
Female Circumcision Drawing Diagram

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Share your thoughts – do you think these types of rituals should still be done?

Is tradition enough to justify continuing with female circumcision?

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