@@wickededogirl "We"? ... speak for yourself. Many more "do care". What a stupid response. Fortunately it's just an isolated emotional response from a shallow angry woman! ... 'guess no one ever advised you that nothing has to be a zero sum game. Go on then, fight alone, or with your white sponsors and let's see where that gets you!
At the 12 min mark there is a young man who says that culture trumps women's views but the interviewer never asks him what his culture says about the modern braces on his teeth...
Probably that his culture doesn't! Some african cultures say that some teeth have to be removed and young men have gaps in their teeth. A better question would've been if he was circumcised, he almost certainly was.
@@HusseinYGureyy How about MGM - male circumcision. in both cases the genitals are cut and sewn or clamped closed, disfiguring with functional loss? Surely all ritual genital cutting of children needs to be eradicated together?
What you saw with the woman claiming 100,000 mutilations and her prep and then methods is how some are continuing this practice currently. In times past, it was something I don't believe many people could witness. No anesthetic, any sharp instrument will do, the child is not anesthesised in any way, nothing for pain, no sedation of any kind, - and most 'traditional' of all, - the poor thrashing and screaming child is simply held down by as many 'humanists' as is needed. Then the devotee of human rights with filthy hands slowly begins to cut and then slice away anything and everything even resembling normal anatomy, - all on a dirt floor. Is this religion ? - or is it simply tradition, peer pressure ? - No, I must be very closed minded - naturally, it's just their culture. "It's a rite of passage; - it's just the way it's always been". Fabulous answer 😐. I must be an enemy of Anthropology I guess. It rather sounds to me like very sad depravity of the first order. 'Ethnocentrism' - I'm glad I've a strong stomach.
If it's done in the name of religion, don't they think god would have created them without it if he wanted it removed? Basically they are saying that god's creation is imperfect.
If you watched the documentary,you would have seen it was done for their ancient cultural practice. It is purely done to control women's sexuality,nothing to do with God.
It's a traditional and cultural practice and has not to do with religion. I'm of Muslim and this is not practice in my country or religion. Many Muslim countries do not practice this. So stop trying to blame Islam for this!
My thoughts exactly! What a horrendous custom . It's so barbaric . I'm grateful to have been born to a different culture . These poor women . So glad effort is being made to stop this .
@@mynameiswoman I don't think he/she mentioned your religion, why you think he/she accused Islam? He/she said god and there are more than 4 thousand gods known to humankind as of today
Hie 🤗 l lost touch with a friend in Sweden her name was Frida she visited an orphanage l grew up in some Time on 2000/1 . I not sure how l can go about looking for her..Help💕💕
Great documentary, wonderful work! FGM must stop now and for ever, it's outrageous! It's against nature, against God, against human rights, against life! Elly Amolem, don't ever doubt about your decision to run away from home and not being cut, it's the right thing to do, you are a brave woman and you are already great for what you are, what you represent as a woman, what your aspirations are. God bless your life and God bless all women who support women for NOT BEING CUT IN ANYWAY! Fatma Naib, you are a brave beautiful woman, thank you for your incredible input. Blessings 🌷
Gods Klanof Don’t call him a liar. If you did any research you’d know it’s NOT an Islamic practice. Yes, it’s done in Islamic majority countries, but to Christians as well. It’s not unique to Islam, so apologise for calling him a liar.
The woman at the start explaining how she has cut all of these girls.. It made me feel incredibly ill, hard to watch. She's speaking so casually about it, like she isn't causing so much trauma and even infection and other medical problems.
One of t he best documentaries I have ever seen. FGM MUST stop. Stop torturing baby girls and women and consigning them to a future of pain and suffering.
Deidra Taylor yes it’s sickening THATS her body it’s painful it’s like a female has to go through pain in order to satisfy the man it’s sad it’s like that through every aspect when a man takes your virginity it’s painful when he abuses you it’s painful it’s like a female wasn’t created to constantly go through pain so a mans desires and uncontrollable desires should be left alone and unnoticed like all we are as woman are objects 😔
@@user-or8bw8jw2p You lie! Do you have a "male one"? Who told you circumcised males experience "sexual pleasure" to the same extent as their uncircumcised peers? The devil is indeed a liar. Also, please do some research. You will find countless accounts of immediate and "later complications" my friend. Do not undermine the plight of male circumcision victims, only to promote your cause of female circumcision, while spreading falsehood about, and condoning male circumcision. Hypocrisy! They both are bad genital mutilations. That's why there are group's dedicated to, educating-about, and bringing awareness and an end, to male circumcision too. Inform yourself and others friend!
This is why I consider myself a feminist. Young girls and women should NOT have to go through such torture! May God save those beautiful and brave women and girls and change the views of those awful men
There are two kinds of feminists, those that fight for women and those that fight for sexual equality. If you were the latter you'd be just as concerned about the torture of baby boys.
A friend of mine is Masai, and her mother took her to live in the US because there was so much pressure to get her cut. Her mom felt like they were literally driven from Kenya by social expectations.
Yah. The Maasai, Turkana and other communities in my Kenya still do it but they do it discreetly since it has been banned by the govt. Though some huge strides have been made in ending FGM
This powerful documentary was enlightening, to understand exactly what FGM entailed, to feel anger that this barbaric mutilation still goes on, to applaud the women who speak out against it and the men who now protect their children from this appalling act. My heart went out to all the children who have been mutilated and those who will be, for nothing more than oppressing women sexually, a very emotive subject and a tradition that must be eradicated, thank you. Gill.
I swear if I was the one interviewing the young men who said "their CULTURE is more important than women's views," that interview could have turned ugly. I could have given him a clap that would have taken him to sleep.
Literally. I would have asked him how he would feel about beeing castrated? If he expects his future wive to give up hers he should hsve no problem giving up his.
The strength and perseverance of these women ...wow!! Have known for many many years about FGM, long before it became known in the West. And still I notice many people are deeply shocked when I tell them about the existance of this torture. Hope for the women and men of the countries where this still exists, that FGM will eventually be banned.
Auch die Mädchen sind oft erst dann schockiert, wenn sie sich vor der Beschneiderin hinlegen müssen und dann von mehreren Frauen festgehalten werden. Das wurde in einem Film gezeigt, in dem der Vater sagte, dass seine beiden Töchter den Wunsch geäussert hatten, beschnitten zu werden, weil sie sonst von ihren Freundinnen immer ausgelacht werden. Als das erste Mädchen sich hinlegen musste und festgehalten wurde, wollte es nicht mehr beschnitten werden und fliehen, wurde aber daran gehindert und von den Frauen als Feigling beschimpft. Obwohl es jetzt nicht mehr beschnitten werden wollte, musste es dennoch die fürchterliche Prozedur weinend und schreiend über sich ergehen lassen. Danach kam dann die Schwester dran, die nun ebenfalls nicht mehr wollte, aber keine Chance hatte. Ihr erging es dann wie zuvor ihrer Schwester.
My family owns a big Cattle and horse Ranch in Texas. After watching this I am considering donating cows if I could make sure no female mutilation is done.
I'm a woman and this traumatised me! I watched the entire thing with my thighs clenched tightly together. The screams of that 2yr old @ 22.40! Omggggg 😠😠😠😭😭😭😭😭😠😠😠
The cries of baby boys gettting circumcised is no different, try watching those videos and think about how the majority of victims of circumcision suffer.
@@fritnat In what country? I live in the western world and our male circumcisions are done WITH ANESTHESIA SO THE BOYS FEEL NOTHING DURING THE PROCESS. It's very humane. Yes, there'll be the post-surgery healing pain, like every other surgery,but all in all it's not life threatening.
@@briel7904 Would you like it better, and support the practice, in your "western" world, if only the girls are anesthetized first, then given pain killers? Will you say "very humane process" and "the girls feel nothing" then? ... I bet you will not answer!
5 years later today I'm watching this. Thank you! Beautifully done documentary on this very important issue. Much love and happiness to you for helpibg to end this needless suffering. ❤
Omg... that is absolutely terrible... I feel so bad for those women... blows my mind that its still happening even after they're educated on it I couldn't imagine how that must be for them
I'm 68 years old, and I had no idea this was a practice of any culture. The educational systems in the United States don't ever approach this topic on any level. I just stumbled on this topic and was mesmerized at the very notion of anyone enduring pain on that level. , and apalled that anybody could actually perform this act of disgusting, stupid tradition,,,, This documentary was very well done and thorough, I applaud the lady who took us on this journey .....
Thank you so much for this documentary.This is also a wake up call to every free women out there that it isn't a bed of roses for others out there.Lets all work and campaign towards end this heinous practices and cast them from the face of earth!
God bless all the beautiful men and women in this story. I wish someone would tell the young lady that ran away : you’re *already* an important person, honey. You’ve already touched so many lives. But that mother at the end 😢 she was so nonchalant about her cut. She didn’t want her daughter to hurt for her. She may not have suffered the worst FGM but she suffered a form torture and bless her heart for not wanting to place that burden of pain on her daughter. That’s what moms do. Always carrying the burden and shielding their babies from unnecessary pain. ❤
I believe that everyone can appreciate this documentary! I just believe the thumbs down are in regards to the people practicing FMG... Not that this was a bad documentary. I'm in constant prayer for all those that have faced FGM and that are soon to face FGM. May it all end now, in Jesus Christ mighty name. Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I can't express the enough the bravery of these women from these village's that have worked on their own to end this barbaric practice in their communities. Sadly, yes the practice continues but hopefully these women, along with some men realize what a profound change they have made by educating and changing peoples outlook on FGM.💟
Wow Kenya the man are so supportive here as compared to Somaliland, "Woman are woman's own enemy" this saying is very much relatable.....If all the woman come together no culture, no man, no religion can violate us because the society can't run without a woman, there is no Society if there is no woman
I wonder if her mom softened her answer in order to spare her pain? They said earlier that almost all the girls in that area got the pharoanic cut. And her mom was from a more traditional generation.
@@jonamere One of your great 'respected ' Judges claimed the Feds don't have authority to prosecute a case because the State has Jurisdiction , so the potential victims cannot be protected . And religious zealots can always legally argue it breaks their covenant and interferes with Freedom of Religion. Good luck trying to save women using Male Judges in a country where 50% to 80-% of men are genitally mutilated by the Medical Establishment .
Any man who honestly believes a woman being cut, and having a decrease in sexual desire, makes her more "appealing" sounds like a sick predator. You mean to tell me these "men" would rather be with a woman who has little to no desire to sleep with them (and will likely be in pain doing so) than with a woman who wants to sleep with them? Yuck.
Absolutely love the reaction of the tribe after watching the video. Education. More videos. So happy when that man said he would kill someone if they did that to his daughter. All parents should feel that way.
In 1983 a very dear friend of mine from Ghana came to my home. To make a little extra money, she sold bread every Friday, delicious white bread, we bought two loaves a week. We lived in university family housing, it was multicultural. She was visibly upset. I asked her in and she sat down and burst into tears. It was shocking, the only emotion she ever conveyed was joy, she was the most positive person I had met up to then. When she came to America with her husband to get his degree, she left 9 of her 11 children in Ghana, they were older teens or married. She told me her young daughter was in love and the man's family wouldn't allow the marriage without circumcision. I had no idea what she was talking about. She explained it to me through sobs. She didn't want her daughter to do it but wasn't there to fight for her. It was the first time I heard of FGM. I still tear up when I think of her pain, she said it had been done to her and made her life miserable. She fought for her daughters not to have it done.
When Fatma cried,I cried. So,so sad for all the women who have had this procedure. So,so wrong. It is another example of mans control over women's bodies. Disgusting and vile procedure that has absolutely no meaning or need,ever.
I can’t believe this still happens 😱😱 just watching this made my lady part hurt I can’t imagine what those poor girls and women go through for men’s ego it has to stop now immediately it’s barbaric 😡😡😡
@@pog574 male circumcision is solely for the purpose of preventing uti’s and infection. It doesn’t hurt them when they’re older. They’re just cutting off extra skin. WOMEN however , they are cutting the entire nerve endings ! They can not feel pleasure , can not pee or menstruate. It’s not nearly the same. Have you watched the entire video ?
@@pog574What is it with men that even in a case as clear as this, there has to be one lousy example of yall that crawls out of the woodwork and is narcissistic enough to cry "what about me". Did you get half you manhood removed while you were wide awake? With a rusty knife and no anasthesia? No? (And even than you wouldn't suffer as much as woman who go through fgm, cause you wouldn't be expected to push baby after baby out of your mutilated body, which can often only be done by cutting again.) Than stfu, sit down, get educated.
when you get down to the basics of what is going on with this, the issue is with seeing women as objects or currency with virginity being more important that a woman's quality of life. It is also a way for women to be made to accept a culture of pain and being less than. Its about stealing any power she may ever want to have.
How hopeful and progressive and wonderful that there ARE peoples in these communities who understand how cruel, and how wrong a life of completely unnecessary pain is to women and everyone's daughters
excellent documentary on FGM. this is very good to use as educational material and it shows the fact that this tradition is still very strong in many countries such as Somalia/Somaliland.
It's ok for the guy to say " it's apart of our culture and we should stick with it " When he's not the one being cut Do they practise male circumcision there ? Maybe if they did the tradition wouldn't be as appealing
Every culture that practices FGM practices MGM as well. Cultures that normalize genital cutting usually dont discriminate on gender when it come to who's getting cur
@@lucoolio there is no MGM. There is no female circumcision. It's called fgm because it is mutilation. It's torture. It's more akin to castrating a boy than to circumcision. I'm not saying circumcision is right but let's please not insult these woman's suffering by equating the two...
This video has really been an emotional roller coaster for me. But mostly I was given so much hope and I really do see a brighter future for these young girls. I hope one day I can help these young women the way they did and help give back to my community.
Am against the this whole issue, and try to get a clear explanation about this. But family and some people say it is in the quran as a sunnah. But I refuse to believe because I have not seen this in the bible.
@@fatmatasamura8552 Definitely continue to refuse to believe that, please, for your own sake. I think the main reason is to prevent girls from having pleasure, so the husband can be more "sure" the wife isn't having affairs. If it's made painfull or just unpleasant for a girl, it makes it in the husbands mind more unlikely. Basically, in this documentary there is a young man saying the tradition is more important to him, than the fact that very tradition is hurting women. It's complete and utter nonsense, and I think he and others like him are being purely selfish. It's some men's selfishness that makes them think this way and sometimes they seem to manage to make it seem like "it's a tradition, so there should be nothing wrong seen in it by anyone"... Don't fall in the trap of believing such people🙂, please ask yourself, have they something to gain from lying to you.
12:27 So how about we start a cultural tradition where we extract the teeth of those with braces? It's surely a harmful thing but luckily culture is more important than people.
What I'm curious about is how that Masai lady activist had a video to show the men. Who was lunatic enough to film the anguish and pain of a 2 yr old child?
I think if parents could hear the pain of a newborn baby boy screaming in pain during their circumcision there would be less of those too !! I have been in the nursery at the hospital when their strapped down doing them one after another. So sad !!! 😢😢
Im so sorry domtilla for what happened to your cousin im sorry that you saw that may god comfort you with his peace and may he shield your mind from harm and may he strengthen you to keep on fighting against fgm
Just watching this and other videos have been traumatic for me so I can only imagine how traumatised those baby girls who are subjected to this atrocity are.
Its a really ancient custom in some parts of Africa( When gold mining human slaves revolted against the evil reptile god and attacked his genitals and the reptile god punished them back ) , but whatever its is , its a form of repressing Sexuality , both MGM and FGM , but shielded by the veil of religious freedom. FGM will hopefully end thanks to activism , but MGM will not end anytime soon , because well ,er try questioning religious belief.
Don’t try to ratifying what our creator has done .He has created a perfect body .sorry for all those girls , they have being through all is barbaric & sadistic practices.
I'm glad the lady with medical training is there to perform the FGM procedures. I dont agree with FGM and the medically trained women may not either. However, she is probably aware that FGM will continue until the general census within the community is FGM is harmful. She with her training can make it as safe as an unsafe practice can be and hopefully lessen the pain for the women that undergo this.
Can we not compare this male circumcision? Like how did you you watch this 48 minute documentary and come out wanting to say "but um men get that too "
One of the biggest differences is male circumcision has medical benefits... it helps prevent urinary tract infections, plus, stricture of the foreskin... it can also help prevent infections being passed to the female sexual partner (yeast infection) There aren’t usually any long term negative medical consequences with male circumcision as with female circumcision. Also, males are usually circumcised at 2-3 days of age... the nerves are not totally formed yet, and it is not as painful compared to having it done at an older age. It is not medically necessary for a male to be circumcised, but it can prevent later problems from developing.
It's because men can't ever let women be in pain or have injustices without trying to overthrow and I bet you most commenting that's the only time they've stood for "circumcision is bad" and haven't said a thing in their life.
This is a good documentary but it makes me think of an Egyptian woman who underwent FGM Omaima Nelson If you read her story on Wikipedia you might understand why I mentioned her in this post. This operation can affect in a negative way in the long run depending on the person. I saw her story on an episode of Snapped I sympathise with the pain that she went through and other girls have to experience to prove whatever the operation is intended to do depending on the people who practice it.
Fgm is also known as female carstration,yet when men go through it they dont get everything removed yet when girls go through fgm most of the time they get everything chopped off i wonder how men would feel if they were to have everything chopped off
@@kaiwestbrook5150 Yes, I think both cutting boys and girls is wrong unless there are serious medical reasons, but you have to seriously also keep in mind fgm is done SOLELY to make girls not feel pleasure, and to even make intimate affairs painful for them "to prevent them from having the desire to have extra marital affairs", so common sense dictates certainly much more is being chopped off from them, since preventing boys from feeling pleasure the same way would be instantly frowned upon and men would quickly forbid their pleasure from being ruined by such practices... . So if you aren't a troll, can you at least try to have it in your heart to try to understand, it's the equivalent of completely chopping off your "man part" and you bleeding out from it and then being expected to have frequent, ongoing painfull marital intercourse with the same mutilated painfull man part because of nerve damage and the inability to be turned on and the actual nonexistency of said "man part". Maybe you can imagine or perhaps it's all the same to you, when a girl can't be turned on because of mutilation, "making love" if you can call it that, is going to allways be painfull for her. Please at least have the decency to go discuss to a video about mgm or male circumcision and stop belittling female genital mutilation. May I remind you the topic here in this video is in reality, actually fgm. It's like the equivalent of you going to a video about cancer, shouting "Well what about diabetes, we should also discuss that here and compare it to cancer, it's so wrong we aren't discussing both." Honestly, I feel like in every issue women try to discuss, some men are there to belittle and compare problems and say "We should steer the attention from womens problems to men's problems, we can't possibly try to be humane and have some empathy for women, no we absolutely must belittle their problems in some way, shape or form"... It's no wonder there was a study done where it was revealed women without a husband live longer.... I was wondering about that but I wonder no more😓
Amazing documentary Fatima.There is something we can all do to eradicate this practice.Bit by bit and through proper education on the issue I believe with time FGM practice will be extinct.Those of us living in the society where it is still practised,please don't sit back but be an advocate to educate the society on the dangers of FGM ps in a nice and empathetic manner.
Women like this, who educate other women in their countries, are the solution to this problem. Very good and courageous work.
Don't forget the boys whose foreskins are mutilated without consent either!
@@ocir9893 as you can see *we do not care* just like boys don't care when women are being maltreated
@@wickededogirl "We"? ... speak for yourself. Many more "do care". What a stupid response. Fortunately it's just an isolated emotional response from a shallow angry woman! ... 'guess no one ever advised you that nothing has to be a zero sum game. Go on then, fight alone, or with your white sponsors and let's see where that gets you!
@@ocir9893 do not compare the two there very different
@@acgraphics1139 Because YOU say so, or ...?
This procedure is Satanic
I wish the men would get the head of their punishment chopped off & see how long it'd end?? Right away for sure.
Rest in peace, Clementine, aged 11 and never having had the chance to get older - due to the cutting.
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@@juniperabbott2614 bro wtf?
@@thegodofthegods1084it's a crying face.
Mutulation. It's muder.
At the 12 min mark there is a young man who says that culture trumps women's views but the interviewer never asks him what his culture says about the modern braces on his teeth...
Yes I wished she would challenge him a bit more on his ignorant views.
Probably that his culture doesn't! Some african cultures say that some teeth have to be removed and young men have gaps in their teeth. A better question would've been if he was circumcised, he almost certainly was.
His friend though I like.. he's more concerned about pleasing his future wife. He's a smart young man
@@mimi_n_emi8382 I'm the one you are mentioning. Thank you for your warm encouragement. Really FGM hurts our girls future and it has to be avoid.
@@HusseinYGureyy How about MGM - male circumcision. in both cases the genitals are cut and sewn or clamped closed, disfiguring with functional loss? Surely all ritual genital cutting of children needs to be eradicated together?
The noise of the crying baby from the video 😢 absolutely heart breaking im a mother and ive never heard a child cry like that 💔
That 2 year old baby didn’t need to be cut and passed over into womanhood. These ppl are sick to the 10th degree
Gods Klanof not Islam. It's culture. Don't mix culture with Islam
People doing such vile acts need to be put before a firing squad.
@Gods Klanof im not even Muslim but Ethiopia apractices FGM and they are Christians!
@Gods Klanof You are not the sharpest knife in the drawer my friend.
@Gods Klanof Try and think and study. Plus you need some compassion and less anger.
I can't imagine anything so horrible. It's sickening.It's so hard to watch.The pain must be unbareable.
What you saw with the woman claiming 100,000 mutilations and her prep and then methods is how some are continuing this practice currently. In times past, it was something I don't believe many people could witness.
No anesthetic, any sharp instrument will do, the child is not anesthesised in any way, nothing for pain, no sedation of any kind, - and most 'traditional' of all, - the poor thrashing and screaming child is simply held down by as many 'humanists' as is needed. Then the devotee of human rights with filthy hands slowly begins to cut and then slice away anything and everything even resembling normal anatomy, - all on a dirt floor. Is this religion ? - or is it simply tradition, peer pressure ? - No, I must be very closed minded - naturally,
it's just their culture. "It's a rite of passage; - it's just the way it's always been". Fabulous answer 😐. I must be an enemy of Anthropology I guess. It rather sounds to me like very sad depravity of the first order. 'Ethnocentrism' - I'm glad I've a strong stomach.
Hearing the 2 year old cry made me nauseous it broke my heart and made me wanna cry I just can’t believe it 💔
If it's done in the name of religion, don't they think god would have created them without it if he wanted it removed? Basically they are saying that god's creation is imperfect.
If you watched the documentary,you would have seen it was done for their ancient cultural practice. It is purely done to control women's sexuality,nothing to do with God.
It's a traditional and cultural practice and has not to do with religion. I'm of Muslim and this is not practice in my country or religion. Many Muslim countries do not practice this. So stop trying to blame Islam for this!
Exactly!!!
My thoughts exactly! What a horrendous custom . It's so barbaric . I'm grateful to have been born to a different culture . These poor women . So glad effort is being made to stop this .
@@mynameiswoman I don't think he/she mentioned your religion, why you think he/she accused Islam? He/she said god and there are more than 4 thousand gods known to humankind as of today
FGM stories have never been told in such a good and informative manner, without necessarily showing the procedure. Great film Fatma
"Educated girls can pay for their own cows" - epic
Ai Sam yassss
I actually wrote this down, I think I'm going to print it on a t-shirt. I love my people.
I am a 14 year old girl from Sweden and I can't even imagine having to go trough this, and see my sisters going trough the same pain.
Hie 🤗 l lost touch with a friend in Sweden her name was Frida she visited an orphanage l grew up in some
Time on 2000/1 . I not sure how l can go about looking for her..Help💕💕
Of all the many many things we take for granted, imagine being grateful we can pee?
Absolutely horrendous. Seriously troubling. Barbaric!
Great documentary, wonderful work! FGM must stop now and for ever, it's outrageous! It's against nature, against God, against human rights, against life! Elly Amolem, don't ever doubt about your decision to run away from home and not being cut, it's the right thing to do, you are a brave woman and you are already great for what you are, what you represent as a woman, what your aspirations are. God bless your life and God bless all women who support women for NOT BEING CUT IN ANYWAY! Fatma Naib, you are a brave beautiful woman, thank you for your incredible input. Blessings 🌷
The problem is old generation. Forcing young girls.
The problems is the submission to extremely virulent and overtly sexist ignorance.
Abdirahman Hussein and man 😒
Gods Klanof Don’t call him a liar. If you did any research you’d know it’s NOT an Islamic practice. Yes, it’s done in Islamic majority countries, but to Christians as well. It’s not unique to Islam, so apologise for calling him a liar.
Sadly it's not. There still are young (!) men only wanting to marry cut women.
The woman at the start explaining how she has cut all of these girls.. It made me feel incredibly ill, hard to watch. She's speaking so casually about it, like she isn't causing so much trauma and even infection and other medical problems.
One of t
he best documentaries I have ever seen. FGM MUST stop. Stop torturing baby girls and women and consigning them to a future of pain and suffering.
Bonnie Sherwood IF they live through it.
This is traumatising
the brother who carried his dying 11 yr old sister 8 miles to hospital... beautiful and tragic. heroic
Listening to this and other videos on FGM, it seem this is just for the man’s pleasure and ego. For him to believe the women won’t cheat on them. Smh
Deidra Taylor yes it’s sickening THATS her body it’s painful it’s like a female has to go through pain in order to satisfy the man it’s sad it’s like that through every aspect when a man takes your virginity it’s painful when he abuses you it’s painful it’s like a female wasn’t created to constantly go through pain so a mans desires and uncontrollable desires should be left alone and unnoticed like all we are as woman are objects 😔
@@rasheedamartin3104 not invovled
@@rasheedamartin3104 Breathe dear. Breathe! ... Save energy to fight female and male circumcision!
@@ocir9893 female and male is different, the male one doesn’t take away sexual pleasure and it doesn’t cause complications later on in life.
@@user-or8bw8jw2p You lie! Do you have a "male one"? Who told you circumcised males experience "sexual pleasure" to the same extent as their uncircumcised peers? The devil is indeed a liar. Also, please do some research. You will find countless accounts of immediate and "later complications" my friend. Do not undermine the plight of male circumcision victims, only to promote your cause of female circumcision, while spreading falsehood about, and condoning male circumcision. Hypocrisy! They both are bad genital mutilations. That's why there are group's dedicated to, educating-about, and bringing awareness and an end, to male circumcision too. Inform yourself and others friend!
That girl in her village is a rockstar, changing an entire village in such a short period of time 2012. AMAZING ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is why I consider myself a feminist. Young girls and women should NOT have to go through such torture! May God save those beautiful and brave women and girls and change the views of those awful men
There are two kinds of feminists, those that fight for women and those that fight for sexual equality. If you were the latter you'd be just as concerned about the torture of baby boys.
@Flat Iron you're not well informed
@Flat Iron are you dumb?
@@brylie.myers2028
What do you think about male circumcision?
@@thegodofthegods1084 I think it’s equally as disgusting.
A friend of mine is Masai, and her mother took her to live in the US because there was so much pressure to get her cut. Her mom felt like they were literally driven from Kenya by social expectations.
Yah. The Maasai, Turkana and other communities in my Kenya still do it but they do it discreetly since it has been banned by the govt. Though some huge strides have been made in ending FGM
This powerful documentary was enlightening, to understand exactly what FGM entailed, to feel anger that this barbaric mutilation still goes on, to applaud the women who speak out against it and the men who now protect their children from this appalling act. My heart went out to all the children who have been mutilated and those who will be, for nothing more than oppressing women sexually, a very emotive subject and a tradition that must be eradicated, thank you. Gill.
I swear if I was the one interviewing the young men who said "their CULTURE is more important than women's views," that interview could have turned ugly. I could have given him a clap that would have taken him to sleep.
“Educated girls can pay for their own cows” ✌️
*PERIODT* 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
that guy with brown top just boiled my blood imagine if he had yo go through such brutal things
Literally. I would have asked him how he would feel about beeing castrated? If he expects his future wive to give up hers he should hsve no problem giving up his.
The strength and perseverance of these women ...wow!!
Have known for many many years about FGM, long before it became known in the West.
And still I notice many people are deeply shocked when I tell them about the existance of this torture.
Hope for the women and men of the countries where this still exists, that FGM will eventually be banned.
Auch die Mädchen sind oft erst dann schockiert, wenn sie sich vor der Beschneiderin hinlegen müssen und dann von mehreren Frauen festgehalten werden. Das wurde in einem Film gezeigt, in dem der Vater sagte, dass seine beiden Töchter den Wunsch geäussert hatten, beschnitten zu werden, weil sie sonst von ihren Freundinnen immer ausgelacht werden. Als das erste Mädchen sich hinlegen musste und festgehalten wurde, wollte es nicht mehr beschnitten werden und fliehen, wurde aber daran gehindert und von den Frauen als Feigling beschimpft. Obwohl es jetzt nicht mehr beschnitten werden wollte, musste es dennoch die fürchterliche Prozedur weinend und schreiend über sich ergehen lassen. Danach kam dann die Schwester dran, die nun ebenfalls nicht mehr wollte, aber keine Chance hatte. Ihr erging es dann wie zuvor ihrer Schwester.
My family owns a big Cattle and horse Ranch in Texas. After watching this I am considering donating cows if I could make sure no female mutilation is done.
Thank you Debbie
I'm a woman and this traumatised me! I watched the entire thing with my thighs clenched tightly together.
The screams of that 2yr old @ 22.40! Omggggg 😠😠😠😭😭😭😭😭😠😠😠
Yeah I broke down and cried myself.
The cries of baby boys gettting circumcised is no different, try watching those videos and think about how the majority of victims of circumcision suffer.
@@fritnat In what country? I live in the western world and our male circumcisions are done WITH ANESTHESIA SO THE BOYS FEEL NOTHING DURING THE PROCESS. It's very humane. Yes, there'll be the post-surgery healing pain, like every other surgery,but all in all it's not life threatening.
Her screaming was so disturbing, I have a two year old and can never imagine this being done to her.
@@briel7904 Would you like it better, and support the practice, in your "western" world, if only the girls are anesthetized first, then given pain killers? Will you say "very humane process" and "the girls feel nothing" then? ... I bet you will not answer!
Fatma, great work. Your documentary will change the lives of our girls
A sickening practice
5 years later today I'm watching this. Thank you! Beautifully done documentary on this very important issue. Much love and happiness to you for helpibg to end this needless suffering. ❤
Omg...
that is absolutely terrible...
I feel so bad for those women...
blows my mind that its still happening
even after they're educated on it
I couldn't imagine how that must be for them
I'm 68 years old, and I had no idea this was a practice of any culture. The educational systems in the United States don't ever approach this topic on any level. I just stumbled on this topic and was mesmerized at the very notion of anyone enduring pain on that level. , and apalled that anybody could actually perform this act of disgusting, stupid tradition,,,, This documentary was very well done and thorough, I applaud the lady who took us on this journey .....
Did you know that it was legal to circumcise girls in the USA up until 1997
Gosh those cries of that two year old girl gonne haunt me forever
Haven’t women suffered enough?!
the 2 year old...
Yes
When it comes to circumcision, men suffer more.
@@fritnat *shut up*
@J K he is
Thank you so much for this documentary.This is also a wake up call to every free women out there that it isn't a bed of roses for others out there.Lets all work and campaign towards end this heinous practices and cast them from the face of earth!
God bless all the beautiful men and women in this story. I wish someone would tell the young lady that ran away : you’re *already* an important person, honey. You’ve already touched so many lives.
But that mother at the end 😢 she was so nonchalant about her cut. She didn’t want her daughter to hurt for her. She may not have suffered the worst FGM but she suffered a form torture and bless her heart for not wanting to place that burden of pain on her daughter. That’s what moms do. Always carrying the burden and shielding their babies from unnecessary pain. ❤
I believe that everyone can appreciate this documentary! I just believe the thumbs down are in regards to the people practicing FMG... Not that this was a bad documentary.
I'm in constant prayer for all those that have faced FGM and that are soon to face FGM. May it all end now, in Jesus Christ mighty name. Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
My stomach turned when she explained how the procedure is performed. My god.
I can't express the enough the bravery of these women from these village's that have worked on their own to end this barbaric practice in their communities. Sadly, yes the practice continues but hopefully these women, along with some men realize what a profound change they have made by educating and changing peoples outlook on FGM.💟
The thought makes my stomach churn.
Wow Kenya the man are so supportive here as compared to Somaliland,
"Woman are woman's own enemy" this saying is very much relatable.....If all the woman come together no culture, no man, no religion can violate us because the society can't run without a woman, there is no Society if there is no woman
Not much to oppress either
I wonder if her mom softened her answer in order to spare her pain? They said earlier that almost all the girls in that area got the pharoanic cut. And her mom was from a more traditional generation.
This is such an informative video. People in 2019 still need to talk about this topic more and for what's more, educate themselves. Thank you, really.
Tack för en bra dokumentär Fatma. Ingen mer fgm någonsin!!
God Thanks for a good documentary Fatma. No more FGM ever!!
Such an interesting documentary! Hopefully this practice can end everywhere in the world!
Im so glad to have not been born in that part of the world . The United states has its problems but still....
But it is rare and it is prosecuted.
@@jonamere As it should be.
OliviaNewtronBomb right
It happens in a massive way in USA, only its male new borns who suffer!
@@jonamere One of your great 'respected ' Judges claimed the Feds don't have authority to prosecute a case because the State has Jurisdiction , so the potential victims cannot be protected . And religious zealots can always legally argue it breaks their covenant and interferes with Freedom of Religion. Good luck trying to save women using Male Judges in a country where 50% to 80-% of men are genitally mutilated by the Medical Establishment .
Nobody should undergo any kind of cutting on those sensitive areas, nor boys neither girls. What sickening tradition. 😢
Any man who honestly believes a woman being cut, and having a decrease in sexual desire, makes her more "appealing" sounds like a sick predator. You mean to tell me these "men" would rather be with a woman who has little to no desire to sleep with them (and will likely be in pain doing so) than with a woman who wants to sleep with them? Yuck.
who ever thought this was a good idea?
The women
Men
the Phorahs from Egypt
Absolutely love the reaction of the tribe after watching the video. Education. More videos. So happy when that man said he would kill someone if they did that to his daughter. All parents should feel that way.
In 1983 a very dear friend of mine from Ghana came to my home. To make a little extra money, she sold bread every Friday, delicious white bread, we bought two loaves a week. We lived in university family housing, it was multicultural.
She was visibly upset. I asked her in and she sat down and burst into tears. It was shocking, the only emotion she ever conveyed was joy, she was the most positive person I had met up to then. When she came to America with her husband to get his degree, she left 9 of her 11 children in Ghana, they were older teens or married. She told me her young daughter was in love and the man's family wouldn't allow the marriage without circumcision. I had no idea what she was talking about. She explained it to me through sobs. She didn't want her daughter to do it but wasn't there to fight for her.
It was the first time I heard of FGM.
I still tear up when I think of her pain, she said it had been done to her and made her life miserable. She fought for her daughters not to have it done.
This breaks my heart, those poor little girls and women 😢
please do more documentaries about FGM.
When Fatma cried,I cried. So,so sad for all the women who have had this procedure. So,so wrong. It is another example of mans control over women's bodies. Disgusting and vile procedure that has absolutely no meaning or need,ever.
A very inspirational work, no doubt.
MASHA ALLAH.
True 💕💕💕
Lord! I feel so unworthy compared to these brave young women. I wish I could pay for all of them to continue their education.
No wonder this documentary won an award, the author has done a great job
the singing is beautiful. fatima, make a documentary on traditional singing!!!
As somali this really angers me so much I am very grateful there are woman and girls fighting against this evil behaviour it is against Islam
This is beyond horrific..God help these poor women!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I think id rather be born dead then go through fgm
Such a wonderful documentary, very engaging.
I can’t believe this still happens 😱😱 just watching this made my lady part hurt I can’t imagine what those poor girls and women go through for men’s ego it has to stop now immediately it’s barbaric 😡😡😡
Do you feel the same way about male genital mutilation?
@@pog574 It's not nearly the same.
@@pog574 male circumcision is solely for the purpose of preventing uti’s and infection. It doesn’t hurt them when they’re older. They’re just cutting off extra skin. WOMEN however , they are cutting the entire nerve endings ! They can not feel pleasure , can not pee or menstruate. It’s not nearly the same. Have you watched the entire video ?
@@pog574What is it with men that even in a case as clear as this, there has to be one lousy example of yall that crawls out of the woodwork and is narcissistic enough to cry "what about me". Did you get half you manhood removed while you were wide awake? With a rusty knife and no anasthesia? No? (And even than you wouldn't suffer as much as woman who go through fgm, cause you wouldn't be expected to push baby after baby out of your mutilated body, which can often only be done by cutting again.) Than stfu, sit down, get educated.
when you get down to the basics of what is going on with this, the issue is with seeing women as objects or currency with virginity being more important that a woman's quality of life. It is also a way for women to be made to accept a culture of pain and being less than. Its about stealing any power she may ever want to have.
Watched this shocking documentary with legs very firmly crossed. Barbaric beyond words.
How hopeful and progressive and wonderful that there ARE peoples in these communities who understand how cruel, and how wrong a life of completely unnecessary pain is to women and everyone's daughters
This bring all the pain back to me. I was cut too😭😭😭💔💔💔
I am so sorry & I hope your suffering is somehow alleviated...
excellent documentary on FGM. this is very good to use as educational material and it shows the fact that this tradition is still very strong in many countries such as Somalia/Somaliland.
Yes it is. I think many people, myself included, thought that FGM was rare and dying out. I realize now that is not the case.
Uneducated, sexist Troll! Such disrespect for women.
It's ok for the guy to say " it's apart of our culture and we should stick with it "
When he's not the one being cut
Do they practise male circumcision there ?
Maybe if they did the tradition wouldn't be as appealing
Every culture that practices FGM practices MGM as well. Cultures that normalize genital cutting usually dont discriminate on gender when it come to who's getting cur
@@lucoolio there is no MGM. There is no female circumcision. It's called fgm because it is mutilation. It's torture. It's more akin to castrating a boy than to circumcision. I'm not saying circumcision is right but let's please not insult these woman's suffering by equating the two...
This just made my blood pressure rise!
This video has really been an emotional roller coaster for me. But mostly I was given so much hope and I really do see a brighter future for these young girls. I hope one day I can help these young women the way they did and help give back to my community.
Love ur work Aljazeera
I feel so bad that these girls and women have to deal with all this pain. And to have to live their 1 chance at life like that.. it's so sad..
I'm using this for a paper that I am writing and it is so overwhelming that I am actually crying.
Am against the this whole issue, and try to get a clear explanation about this. But family and some people say it is in the quran as a sunnah. But I refuse to believe because I have not seen this in the bible.
@@fatmatasamura8552 Definitely continue to refuse to believe that, please, for your own sake. I think the main reason is to prevent girls from having pleasure, so the husband can be more "sure" the wife isn't having affairs. If it's made painfull or just unpleasant for a girl, it makes it in the husbands mind more unlikely. Basically, in this documentary there is a young man saying the tradition is more important to him, than the fact that very tradition is hurting women. It's complete and utter nonsense, and I think he and others like him are being purely selfish. It's some men's selfishness that makes them think this way and sometimes they seem to manage to make it seem like "it's a tradition, so there should be nothing wrong seen in it by anyone"... Don't fall in the trap of believing such people🙂, please ask yourself, have they something to gain from lying to you.
12:27 So how about we start a cultural tradition where we extract the teeth of those with braces? It's surely a harmful thing but luckily culture is more important than people.
There are already african cultures where teeth are extracted however the guy with braces is most likely cut, isn't that enough?
its 2023 now and im watching this docu and I hope it stoped by now
Im gobsmacked a woman could do this to another woman i really am, its sickening
What I'm curious about is how that Masai lady activist had a video to show the men. Who was lunatic enough to film the anguish and pain of a 2 yr old child?
I think if parents could hear the pain of a newborn baby boy screaming in pain during their circumcision there would be less of those too !! I have been in the nursery at the hospital when their strapped down doing them one after another. So sad !!! 😢😢
Why are you talking about a baby boy ,they don't cut his penus off, they actually destroy a girls genitals,
Im so sorry domtilla for what happened to your cousin im sorry that you saw that may god comfort you with his peace and may he shield your mind from harm and may he strengthen you to keep on fighting against fgm
Harmful practices should be overcome. No human body should be tortured for any reason.
thanks fatima , it it very interesting program , do more documet films about all problem in africa especially in eritrea ,
Just watching this and other videos have been traumatic for me so I can only imagine how traumatised those baby girls who are subjected to this atrocity are.
Horrific and sickening 😠😡
Awful.
This is not approved by the Creator.
Its a really ancient custom in some parts of Africa( When gold mining human slaves revolted against the evil reptile god and attacked his genitals and the reptile god punished them back ) , but whatever its is , its a form of repressing Sexuality , both MGM and FGM , but shielded by the veil of religious freedom. FGM will hopefully end thanks to activism , but MGM will not end anytime soon , because well ,er try questioning religious belief.
This is NOT representative of ISLAM!!! This is culture NOT Religion.
Maybe not in Africa but everywhere else it is islam and islam is part of culture!
@Turanshah Hafizovitch Muradabubakarov it's not mentioned in the Quran or anything to do with Islam
Don’t try to ratifying what our creator has done .He has created a perfect body .sorry for all those girls , they have being through all is barbaric & sadistic practices.
I'm glad the lady with medical training is there to perform the FGM procedures. I dont agree with FGM and the medically trained women may not either. However, she is probably aware that FGM will continue until the general census within the community is FGM is harmful. She with her training can make it as safe as an unsafe practice can be and hopefully lessen the pain for the women that undergo this.
A very interesting interviews. So glad Girls are getting the courage to speak up against this barbaric act against them
Can we not compare this male circumcision? Like how did you you watch this 48 minute documentary and come out wanting to say "but um men get that too "
One of the biggest differences is male circumcision has medical benefits... it helps prevent urinary tract infections, plus, stricture of the foreskin... it can also help prevent infections being passed to the female sexual partner (yeast infection) There aren’t usually any long term negative medical consequences with male circumcision as with female circumcision. Also, males are usually circumcised at 2-3 days of age... the nerves are not totally formed yet, and it is not as painful compared to having it done at an older age.
It is not medically necessary for a male to be circumcised, but it can prevent later problems from developing.
It's because men can't ever let women be in pain or have injustices without trying to overthrow and I bet you most commenting that's the only time they've stood for "circumcision is bad" and haven't said a thing in their life.
Female genital mutilation is horrible. So is male genital mutilation (circumcision).
Thank you
Nice from Kenya -AMAZING and a great leader ❤️
This is a good documentary but it makes me think of an Egyptian woman who underwent FGM Omaima Nelson If you read her story on Wikipedia you might understand why I mentioned her in this post. This operation can affect in a negative way in the long run depending on the person. I saw her story on an episode of Snapped I sympathise with the pain that she went through and other girls have to experience to prove whatever the operation is intended to do depending on the people who practice it.
Rusty3197 sounds interesting will look it up. Poor lady I couldn't even imagine
Egypt does that too? Omg
Really like the way Elly spoke about her experiences and choices.
Education can stop fgm but only after men and women change their mindsets
STOP FGM NOW!!!
RIP clementine ur an angel and you were beautiful
Fgm is also known as female carstration,yet when men go through it they dont get everything removed yet when girls go through fgm most of the time they get everything chopped off i wonder how men would feel if they were to have everything chopped off
Like I said, you’re stupid the man needs the foreskin for more sensitivity parents have no right to circumcise him when he’s a baby.
Actually no there are different types of FGM. Most of the time not "everything" is removed. Both male and female genital cutting is wrong.
@@kaiwestbrook5150 Yes, I think both cutting boys and girls is wrong unless there are serious medical reasons, but you have to seriously also keep in mind fgm is done SOLELY to make girls not feel pleasure, and to even make intimate affairs painful for them "to prevent them from having the desire to have extra marital affairs", so common sense dictates certainly much more is being chopped off from them, since preventing boys from feeling pleasure the same way would be instantly frowned upon and men would quickly forbid their pleasure from being ruined by such practices... . So if you aren't a troll, can you at least try to have it in your heart to try to understand, it's the equivalent of completely chopping off your "man part" and you bleeding out from it and then being expected to have frequent, ongoing painfull marital intercourse with the same mutilated painfull man part because of nerve damage and the inability to be turned on and the actual nonexistency of said "man part". Maybe you can imagine or perhaps it's all the same to you, when a girl can't be turned on because of mutilation, "making love" if you can call it that, is going to allways be painfull for her. Please at least have the decency to go discuss to a video about mgm or male circumcision and stop belittling female genital mutilation. May I remind you the topic here in this video is in reality, actually fgm. It's like the equivalent of you going to a video about cancer, shouting "Well what about diabetes, we should also discuss that here and compare it to cancer, it's so wrong we aren't discussing both." Honestly, I feel like in every issue women try to discuss, some men are there to belittle and compare problems and say "We should steer the attention from womens problems to men's problems, we can't possibly try to be humane and have some empathy for women, no we absolutely must belittle their problems in some way, shape or form"... It's no wonder there was a study done where it was revealed women without a husband live longer.... I was wondering about that but I wonder no more😓
Amazing documentary Fatima.There is something we can all do to eradicate this practice.Bit by bit and through proper education on the issue I believe with time FGM practice will be extinct.Those of us living in the society where it is still practised,please don't sit back but be an advocate to educate the society on the dangers of FGM ps in a nice and empathetic manner.