Commentary
Adults can do what they wish when it comes to surgically altering their bodies, but Western society has long considered the genital mutilation of children—particularly young girls—to be a heinous crime.
Cutting and destroying the sexual reproductive organs of young girls to satisfy the religious and ideological marital demands of controlling men caused a scandal when it began appearing in the streets of first-world nations following mass migration from majority Muslim nations and those with rural tribal cultures.
FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) remains classified by the World Health Organisation as a violation of human rights for women and girls. They state:…