As a woman, imagine yourself lying down in front of some people, and you feel a cold metal object, a knife or some sort against your external genitals. All of a sudden you feel an unbearable pain, so painful that it is indescribable; words cannot even explain. You realized that the process of FGM started with the excision of your external genitals, and you somehow still have to bear the excruciating pain until your vaginal opening has been stitched, leaving space just for you to urine, and menstrual flow.

FGM otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation, is not practiced through religion, belief, or required by some parts of the country; but it's a tradition that many people practice even to this day. FGM is a tradition that continues to exist in twenty-five African countries, four Arabian peninsulas and in two Asian countries (Young 1130). FGM is basically the process...