Concerns about reports of mass FGM ceremonies in Indonesia (distressing images in link)

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Soubriquet · 13/09/2026 17:43

Sorry for the daily fail link but thought this was something important that people needed to be aware of

There have been mass FGM happening in Indonesia particularly for girls between 3 months and 6 years old

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Inside Indonesia's brutal mass female circumcision ceremonies

Wearing a colourful gown and a golden headpiece, a little girl is surrounded by her gleeful relatives.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16096003/indonesia-mass-female-circumcision-ceremonies.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawUTsT5wZG9mA2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHqLS-mYXrmIc92lH8j3PGwTUV4Rda1VZhmo2yJbGxbAybX_inalrLOW7rW0a_aem__V4J3Ilq99ddcABG3Pe5CQ&ito=social-facebook

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Grammarnut · 14/09/2026 13:09

Soubriquet · 13/09/2026 19:04

It just shocks me that it’s women who do the procedure. Women who hold down the girls and likely the mothers to the children. I just can’t understand it

The mothers do it because they believe it to be a religious obligation and that their daughter will not be marriageable if it is not done - and she will be 'unclean'. They probably do not understand that problems they have had with the genital area are a consequence of FGM. The clitoris - which seems to be partially removed, or the hood removed in this version of FGM - is a complex organ that we now know wraps the vagina and messing with it will not only reduce or nullify sexual pleasure but have implications for childbearing.

nocoolnamesleft · 14/09/2026 12:53

Awful. Those poor girls.

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Soubriquet · 13/09/2026 19:04

It just shocks me that it’s women who do the procedure. Women who hold down the girls and likely the mothers to the children. I just can’t understand it

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roxyro · 13/09/2026 18:49

Just horrific. I can’t begin to imagine how painful this is and all because men decide women must not enjoy sex. I don’t really have the words.

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 13/09/2026 18:39

A natural part of body anatomy
It stays...ignorant,barbaric practice.

JackieQueen · 13/09/2026 18:36

Horrific 😪

Ipsevenenabibas · 13/09/2026 17:56

I'm not clicking that link....the photo is distressing enough.

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