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Female Mutilation: Another Way to Control Women? More than 20 years ago, a Somali woman named Waris Dirie had her sex stolen from her in an African ritual. Her story is not as rare as we would like to think. It is estimated that 135 million girls in the world have undergone female mutilation ( Out! Magazine). Despite the health and psychological affects on these women, it is still being done in more than 28 African countries. There are …

…mutilation practicing societies can not imagine a woman who had not had this procedure done. In these societies, a girl can not be considered an adult until female mutilation is performed. These countries need to realize that they are the only ones practicing this ritual. They need to be educated to where they understand that the female body parts are there for a reason; until they are, there is no way to reach these cultures.