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According to the movie "Warrior Marks", Female Genital Surgery/Mutilation as many may call it is a tradition that is usually performed on girls before puberty. Female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is a practice that involves the removal of part or all of the female external genitalia. It occurs throughout the world, but most commonly in Africa where they say that it is a tradition and social custom to keep a young …

…that this "tradition" causes more harm than any good, and that it should be banished forever. No woman deserves such treatment for the sake of preventing infidelity. She tries to bridge comparisons throughout all corners of the world by saying, "Your wound could be your guide". Whether you are a battered wife, a rape survivor or genitally mutilated woman, Walker concludes that a woman warrior learns that if she is injured, she can fight back.