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Article: COLUMN: FGM's violent history runs deep
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- October 27, 2005
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Dante Eglin
University Wire
10-27-2005
(The Daily Cougar) (U-WIRE) HOUSTON -- Imagine the horror of being led into a secluded area, being blindfolded and stripped naked. Envision the dread and terror of being forced to lie down on your back while a trusted individual sits on your chest and forces a piece of cloth into your mouth. Consider the resulting unbearable pain that follows, the shock of blood being everywhere, while the individuals you entrusted with your safety dance and celebrate, staggering, half-drunk with alcohol.
Initially, it sounds like the horrific recollection of a rape, when in actuality it is an account of an infamous cultural rite of female circumcision that has been ...