’FGM happened to me in white, midwest America’
▻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/fgm-happened-to-me-in-white-midwest-america
In 1947, when I was just three years old a doctor removed my clitoris. Female genital mutilation is mostly associated with African cultures, and non-Christian religions, but my FGM happened in white, midwest America. It took place in a church clinic that used a scalpel on girls who masturbated.