Ok, so I know what female circumsicion is (the removal of the clitoris in pre-teen girls as a ritualistic rite of passage), but I thought this terrible and barbaric practice was kind of a "remote backwater african village" thing.
Then I read this:
Egypt outlaws all female circumcision
...this is Egypt - one of what I generally consider in my limited knowledge of Africa to be one of the more put-together, progressive-leaning (relatively), stable countries.A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the country's women.
Ninety-fucking seven percent of the country's women have had their clitorises removed?
What the fuck is wrong with this world? I...just...can't...fathom this.