FGM Survivor: Leyla Hussein's Story

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2018
  • Leyla Hussein is a Somali-British activist, writer, and licensed psychotherapist. In 2013, she founded The Dahlia Project, the UK’s first therapy service for female genital mutilation (FGM) survivors - and a year later appeared in “The Cruel Cut”, a BAFTA-nominated Channel 4 documentary on FGM in the UK. Hussein is an FGM survivor - and this is her story. Want to know more about FGM in the UK, Canada, Germany and the US? Follow this link: www.globalcitizen.org/en/info...

Комментарии • 944

  • @soulbonds
    @soulbonds 4 года назад +1603

    If my mother had done this to me i’d never forgive her for it.

    • @adebayofamily4774
      @adebayofamily4774 4 года назад +68

      It was done to me, they do it in ignorance. For me I have nothing to forgive.

    • @Starpentine
      @Starpentine 4 года назад +7

      Flat Iron my dad and my brother don’t care. It’s not the same. They say they’re fine so shut up ignorant fool.

    • @grapenut6094
      @grapenut6094 4 года назад +6

      Not all women have a problem with it either tho

    • @user-du2tz3pi8m
      @user-du2tz3pi8m 4 года назад

      Flat Iron that is a hygiene thing sir literally can get infected if u don’t

    • @29yharsh
      @29yharsh 4 года назад +51

      @@user-du2tz3pi8m ya don't spread false information.

  • @shelleystinton2425
    @shelleystinton2425 5 лет назад +1160

    Only Seven. I can’t believe a woman who has had this done would do this to her own daughter.

    • @vanii4522
      @vanii4522 5 лет назад +74

      it is a shame, many women don’t want the practice to end, they have been raised to think that getting cut is a privilege

    • @yyy8963
      @yyy8963 4 года назад +25

      I had it done at 4 😭

    • @kxqali
      @kxqali 4 года назад +34

      Y yy omg! I’m so sorry this happened to you!

    • @csjary
      @csjary 4 года назад +26

      I don't think the mother has any choice in the matter. I imagine, it's a choice between losing their child or their own lives. I imagine it's a matter of survival for most of them.

    • @kxqali
      @kxqali 4 года назад +14

      Christine Jary but why is it a matter of survival?

  • @madelinekronerswomenshealt1230
    @madelinekronerswomenshealt1230 4 года назад +332

    "FGM is not a cultural tradition, it's child abuse."
    That statement is so powerful and 100% accurate. The biggest argument in support of this practice is that this is culture and who are we to change it? I didn't realize tradition means it is completely justified to completely violate a young girl's consent and permanently disfigure her.

    • @umaa2
      @umaa2 3 года назад +14

      FGM is peer pressure by dead men.

    • @aurakatie99
      @aurakatie99 3 года назад +7

      @@syus00 im so sorry. you should be ashamed of your family or anyone who allowed this to happen to you. be proud that you are wise enough to see the wrong in this and that this so called tradition has stopped with you. you are so strong

    • @JamzYamz7
      @JamzYamz7 2 года назад

      Fgm is an Islamic practice & all you western Islam apologists disrespect us survivors by defending that barbaric cult.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 2 года назад +1

      @Nomopoly 2 YT censored my comment I'll try again:

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 2 года назад

      @Nomopoly 2 It is mutilation, objectively seen, however many Western feminists have had their own children mutilated as they have been socially conditioned to see ...

  • @jillmortlock8439
    @jillmortlock8439 3 года назад +636

    Because her body only had worth as to what her husband wanted. This is heartbreaking and so outrageous. My heart goes out to her.

    • @rayonensb7945
      @rayonensb7945 2 года назад

      😂😂

    • @jillmortlock8439
      @jillmortlock8439 2 года назад +18

      @@rayonensb7945 that's a laughing emoji. Totally inappropriate.

    • @rayonensb7945
      @rayonensb7945 2 года назад +4

      @@jillmortlock8439 to each culture it’s own, they cut boys around the world as well !! Each culture has it’s own thing !!

    • @jillmortlock8439
      @jillmortlock8439 2 года назад +13

      @@rayonensb7945 aah the old abuse dressed up as culture trope. Abuse in one gender does not cancel our abuse in the other. It's all violent abuse. None of it is laughable.

    • @rayonensb7945
      @rayonensb7945 2 года назад

      @@jillmortlock8439 at least we Agree on that

  • @riverb8002
    @riverb8002 3 года назад +301

    “You can’t say every child matters and than pick and choose the ones that matter” 🤯🙌🏽

  • @beautywithki1776
    @beautywithki1776 3 года назад +443

    I’m a License aesthetician and at my job the European wax center I had a Somalian girl I wax and it was her first time ever getting waxed and when I was examining her before cleansing and powdering her I discovered this and I was so confused I wasn’t sure if she was transgender I didn’t know how to approach her or even ask so I just mind my business and as soon as I was finish I googled it and this is what had came up and now I fully understand it is so conniving and I hate this for any victim I’m so sorry, it’s a cultural shock to me & I wish & hope this gets stopped someday !

    • @ashleysalazar2012
      @ashleysalazar2012 3 года назад +37

      That's so sad.
      This girl I went to nursing school had this done to her.

    • @Trollika_Devi
      @Trollika_Devi 3 года назад +10

      Omg.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +14

      This is the same as some reaction I have met from some nursery workers when they've been confronted with a cut boy for the first time and didn't know anything about it. Almost all get quickly over it and accept it as a norm but a few never do. There's a really eye-opening YT video where such a worker confronts the head of the ethics board who also happens to be a paeditrician, if this gets past the censor I'll make an effort to find it and post a translation.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +8

      Sorry the censor won't allow me to post it, we can't have a free debate on this issue on YT or any other major platform as they're all controlled by American companies protecting American culture.

    • @summerbrightbright4602
      @summerbrightbright4602 3 года назад +23

      I’m Eastern African and I’m very proud of my Tribe because they don’t circumcise women but as teenager I used to hear some Girls of my age at the time talking about how they discussion about being circumcised it always made me feel off it just didn’t sound right that you get circumcised but there you are that’s the world we live in

  • @KatGlos
    @KatGlos 4 года назад +454

    The worst thing about this is that it is done by people they trust, and people that have suffered through this themselves but still subject other girls to it!

  • @invinciblecucumber
    @invinciblecucumber 3 года назад +303

    It wasn't her nonexistent husband who's done that to her, it was her family, her mother and aunts.

    • @bexsaleem314
      @bexsaleem314 2 года назад +14

      oh let's blame the women, who in the he'll forced the first woman to be cut....a man!

    • @invinciblecucumber
      @invinciblecucumber 2 года назад +2

      @@bexsaleem314so because your agenda is to blame men for everything, you literally making excuses for those despicable women's who did this to her... You definitely need thorough reality check, cause you sound delusional.

    • @bexsaleem314
      @bexsaleem314 2 года назад +5

      really, who forced her aunt to, or her mother. her father, her brother, her uncle. where did these customs come from. a man! read your history. your the delusions one. its people like you who perpetuate the idea that women deserve it. you cannot see the bigger picture. mankind and his story! are men kind, do they tell an accurate his story. get your facts!

    • @BoltRunner
      @BoltRunner 2 года назад +2

      @@bexsaleem314 yeah but you say that but your still gonna cut your son you hypocrate

    • @JamzYamz7
      @JamzYamz7 2 года назад

      The root cause is men! Specifically Mohamed the prophet of Islam.

  • @saadali7977
    @saadali7977 5 лет назад +385

    I feel light headed from this
    This poor woman this is child abuse and should be illegal

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +5

      Very true and in most countries it is illegal, at least for girls, unfortunately not one when it comes to boys. Did this also happen to you?

    • @kellylappin5944
      @kellylappin5944 3 года назад +17

      @@fritnat Male circumcision is nothing like female genital mutilation!

    • @bruh1214
      @bruh1214 3 года назад +5

      @@kellylappin5944 I agree, but that also doesn't make it right. Adult males who get it done say it's the worse pain they've ever experienced, so why would it be ok for it to happen to a baby boy that can't make the decision for themselves.

    • @Peeti-Peetu
      @Peeti-Peetu 3 года назад

      @@bruh1214 for better hygiene, choose the pain

    • @abdilabdul8245
      @abdilabdul8245 3 года назад

      @@bruh1214 I was circumcised at 8 without any anesthesia because of my religion it’s hurtled for about 2 weeks and then I was fine. My family o fly does the male members of our family they’d stopped doing women a long time ago when they found the harmful affects it has even my grandma doesn’t have fgm

  • @p.w.9104
    @p.w.9104 5 лет назад +388

    Leyla, what a strong woman to speak out against this atrocity. Thank you for your words, for your hope, for your telling the world this MUST stop. I can't even imagine. I can't. I am so sorry for what has been done to you....and all the other women. My heart breaks. Keep fighting the fight to end this barbarism.

  • @ambercelt
    @ambercelt 3 года назад +183

    They would have done that to my daughters over my dead body, and I’d take a ton of them with me. I’m so sorry no one was protecting you. We HAVE to end this.

  • @ibtisamabdi4951
    @ibtisamabdi4951 4 года назад +339

    Im somali my older sis got cut, fortunately my lil sister and i didnt get cut bcus my dad refused it

    • @aurakatie99
      @aurakatie99 3 года назад +47

      im so sorry its actually insane. i couldn’t forgive my parents if they did that to my sister

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +1

      My comment was censored, I asked how about brothers?

    • @ibtisamabdi4951
      @ibtisamabdi4951 3 года назад +14

      @@fritnat they get cut but it dont affect males health

    • @maxinewarren3645
      @maxinewarren3645 3 года назад +53

      I’m sad your sister was cut, but I am so pleased your dad took a stand against this mutilation for you and your younger sister. Strong men like him are needed to turn the tide.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +12

      ​@@maxinewarren3645 What's really needed to turn the tide is for all cutting cultures to accept that the practice is a harmful cultural one that needs eradicating, and not just "non white" ones that affect only a small proportion of victims. Her father wasn't strong enough not to have his sons cut.

  • @waitwhat6056
    @waitwhat6056 3 года назад +25

    This is probably excruciatingly painful, and when you add the fact that it's ok'd done by family members and people you think would protect you makes it's so horrific and cruel.

  • @estherdsouza9996
    @estherdsouza9996 3 года назад +67

    I can't imagine the pain as a child to go through that. Yes we need more awareness to this issue.

  • @katyar4406
    @katyar4406 5 лет назад +230

    Sorry that happened to you. Stay strong

  • @mihikadeo
    @mihikadeo 3 года назад +96

    My goodness. I was getting goosebumps as she was recalling the whole incident. I can't even imagine the pain she must've gone through. And what I bow down to is the fact that she recounted all this without shedding a tear, as matter-of-factly as possible.

    • @positivekumar9122
      @positivekumar9122 3 года назад +3

      Blame Islam

    • @len_69
      @len_69 2 года назад

      @@positivekumar9122 no it is not compulsory to do it is their tradition

  • @Franzifii
    @Franzifii 3 года назад +27

    Only listening to this already hurts so much. I can't imagine how painful this must be in reality, physically and also for the soul and the social health. I have no words

  • @shanicepena9269
    @shanicepena9269 3 года назад +46

    I am currently studying to be a midwife and as a male I have met some adversity already, however, I have decided to do my extended project on FGM and the psychological and social effects of fgm. I found your video presentation very interesting and thought provoking to hear a voice talk about this procedure and watch the expressions on your face as you recounted this event in your early life. I want to thank you for publicly speaking about this controversial subject. All the best x

  • @sandyy-s4834
    @sandyy-s4834 7 месяцев назад +2

    So grateful that a woman like that is a therapist and advocate. Wow so inspiring.

  • @daliadannigur8645
    @daliadannigur8645 3 года назад +80

    My mom did this FGM to me. When I asked why she just said she didn't know back then. She said it was just the tradition that runs in this country. When I told her it was wrong she said she's so sorry for not knowing and letting my genital being cut. I think the problem is more about education. Lots of mom out there don't know that this FGM is bad things to do. Also I'm asian. This things happened mostly in growing country

    • @maevedaly9084
      @maevedaly9084 3 года назад +9

      I’m so sorry that this happened to you. You are very strong ❤️❤️❤️

    • @daliadannigur8645
      @daliadannigur8645 3 года назад +1

      @@maevedaly9084 thank you ❤️

    • @angelamalkin2266
      @angelamalkin2266 3 года назад +4

      Thank you for sharing your story.

    • @jonathanburmeister1946
      @jonathanburmeister1946 3 года назад +4

      I'm so sad for what happened to you. You are so brave.

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu 3 года назад +5

      Is your country Islamic? In the west it's only Islamic enclaves that practice it in secret despite it being against the law. Islam also spread the practice to parts of Africa that didn't already have an older tradition of it.
      So I'm really curious if your culture somehow developed this practice on it's own, or if it's another case of it spreading through Islam. Did your mother have it done to her, also?
      I'm very sorry you went through this.

  • @asadbarron8814
    @asadbarron8814 4 года назад +94

    I feel so bad for them. This needs to be banned now

  • @cindyballantyne
    @cindyballantyne 4 года назад +77

    If the boot was on the other foot and males went through what these beautiful females have had to suffer the practice would have stopped years ago. These women are brave for talking about what happened to them and for making a stand.

    • @zavionsteel2349
      @zavionsteel2349 4 года назад +26

      They do... male circumcision is super common in the US.

    • @zavionsteel2349
      @zavionsteel2349 4 года назад +3

      @Uni Corn type one and two are

    • @natashawigley5552
      @natashawigley5552 3 года назад +25

      @Joe Bang on. The only difference is the reasons. Both procedures are done without anaesthetic and result in a reduction of sensitivity. Nobody's body should be modified if they cannot or do not consent.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +10

      ​@@natashawigley5552 Actually the reasons given are pretty much the same and the actual reason is exactly the same, to brand the next generation as belonging to the community.

    • @upsetyou8374
      @upsetyou8374 3 года назад

      @@natashawigley5552 it’s refreshing to see a logical thinker. ❤️

  • @cbelanger59
    @cbelanger59 3 года назад +31

    This sickens me. The pain each girl goes through. I pray this changes.

  • @amberimmel1887
    @amberimmel1887 3 года назад +22

    Every 11 seconds..... Wow that is truly heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing your story and the education you have provided us

  • @sparklygato
    @sparklygato 3 года назад +53

    I don't think its fair to place this under the umbrella of black vs white. I'm white. I remember when i found out about fgm. I was outraged, how could they do that to a little girl?!? Why are we letting this happen?? The comeback was always something along the lines of it being a part of these girls religion or culture. That you cant just dictate how other people live or or practice their faith. Essentially, that it was nobody else's business. So its not for a lack of wanting to help. Its absolutely horrifying what is done to these poor girls. Horrifying.

    • @radioactivegum2298
      @radioactivegum2298 3 года назад +8

      Give me a break. It doesn't matter if its their culture or religion. Child abuse is unacceptable no matter what.

  • @MichaelPViola
    @MichaelPViola 3 года назад +40

    This is so tragic and widely culturally accepted which is crazy to me the same way I think about male circumcision that in the US people don’t even question.

    • @tinamariegonzalez8727
      @tinamariegonzalez8727 3 года назад +16

      Neither should be allowed

    • @MichaelPViola
      @MichaelPViola 3 года назад +8

      @@tinamariegonzalez8727 100%

    • @epifanijones3084
      @epifanijones3084 3 года назад

      💯💯💯

    • @marissaevans5184
      @marissaevans5184 3 года назад +5

      I'm so glad I questioned it and left my son whole!

    • @anamariarodriguezsanchez5036
      @anamariarodriguezsanchez5036 3 месяца назад

      Ciertas religiones...le hacen la circuncisión antes de los diez de nacidos a los varones... a sangre fría..usan navajas , tijeras, y un saco de azúcar y licor en la boca del bebé para que no llore...bbs han muerto de dolor,infección y también los han mutilado...purificación la llaman..gran fiesta gran!! mucho licor y manjares.

  • @linchen008
    @linchen008 3 года назад +32

    The most dangerous place is home and family. This is the place were the most abuse and cruelty against children happened . Every where in the world also here in the west.

  • @foxolott8311
    @foxolott8311 3 года назад +8

    How do we fight this? I'm absolutely mortified for these poor children

  • @robertloderer6143
    @robertloderer6143 3 года назад +13

    Wow, it is sad that people do these horrible things still... It is a shame, nobody has the right to touch your body without your permission it's bad, you are such a beautiful woman stay strong

  • @elitemangudai1016
    @elitemangudai1016 4 года назад +42

    Anybody who does this is a criminal and should be tried and locked up for many years.
    No one should be robbed of his or her right to control his or her own body.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +3

      That would mean locking up a third of the world's population including most US Americans...

    • @bhalliwell739
      @bhalliwell739 3 года назад +3

      Eye for an eye there should be an equal amount of men made into eunach as well

    • @CS-yn2wg
      @CS-yn2wg 3 года назад

      @@bhalliwell739 Why should men suffer for a practice that’s performed by women?

    • @aneelasaeed6075
      @aneelasaeed6075 3 года назад +1

      @@CS-yn2wg agreed

    • @aneelasaeed6075
      @aneelasaeed6075 3 года назад +1

      There must be some legislation to stop this barbarous tradition.

  • @ShadesofSage
    @ShadesofSage 3 года назад +2

    Wow. This was absolutely heartbreaking hearing her story. But I’m so glad she shared it and is speaking out about it🙏🏿. Really helped me focus on what matters most in life tonight. Thank you❤️.

  • @purrtylilkbearmama
    @purrtylilkbearmama 3 года назад +13

    My goodness, it's so wrong on million levels!!
    End FGM!!!!!!! FOREVER!!!!!
    Prayers to women who went through this!!!!! I'm so sorry that happened to you!!!! 😭😭😭

  • @sif_2799
    @sif_2799 3 года назад +12

    Not only the abuse itself but the fact that it is the people closest to you who do it...just what does that do to a child...

  • @zoekenny3619
    @zoekenny3619 3 года назад +48

    In terms of the cultural relativism argument, no one should suffer for 'culture', no one's rights should be curtailed for 'tradition'. And anyway, most of the time those bleating loudest about 'preserving tradition' when it comes to FGM or other abuses are the men in power because ultimately its about protecting patriarchy not the real culture.

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu 3 года назад +6

      Name the culture. ISLAM

    • @DepakoteMeister
      @DepakoteMeister 3 года назад +2

      @@ANPC-pi9vu MGM is common in Judaism and Christianity. FGM common in Christianity.

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu 3 года назад +5

      @@DepakoteMeister Where is FGM common in Christianity? Not in the West, I can tell you that much. MGM is also uncommon in European Christians. In America and Africa MGM was pushed as a hygiene thing, which I do not see as valid.

    • @DepakoteMeister
      @DepakoteMeister 3 года назад +1

      @@ANPC-pi9vu FGM is common in Christian communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt amongst others.

    • @kellylappin5944
      @kellylappin5944 3 года назад +2

      @@ANPC-pi9vu Agreed. It has nothing to do with cleanliness for females. That doesn’t even make sense!

  • @PollyPatriot
    @PollyPatriot 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for speaking out. I’m so sorry you have to endure this pain.

  • @benotafraid3231
    @benotafraid3231 3 года назад +38

    I truly cannot conceive of why men hate women to the extent that they require this of women in order to be considered acceptable. I also can't conceive of how any woman could love that man or despise herself or her daughters that she would not only comply with this, but fully embrace and encourage it. Is it just me?

    • @she4136
      @she4136 3 года назад +5

      Its not just you sis. This is mutilation of the divine feminine body and her natural right to embrace and express that feminine energy.

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu 3 года назад +3

      It's a Muslim thing, not a man thing.

    • @satangel39039
      @satangel39039 3 года назад +5

      @@ANPC-pi9vu I can confirm you that it's not a Muslim thing at all.

    • @katmiller614
      @katmiller614 3 года назад +1

      @@satangel39039 wait don’t they do this to little boys too?

    • @saira_6151
      @saira_6151 3 года назад +2

      @@ANPC-pi9vu while it is found in some hadith also known as sunnah, which refer to narrations about the prophet and his sayings, it is nowhere to be found in the Quran. It is likely some men at some point after the prophets demise have included this into hadith but it is not islam.

  • @molkkang
    @molkkang 3 года назад +5

    So heartbreaking for this young girls going through this abusive doing... Hoping this will be end and no one will suffered again. 😢
    She is brave to speak up.. 💗

  • @sephinew3333
    @sephinew3333 3 года назад +4

    This is horrible. The male egos there must be so fragile to put women through this. Sorry not women...children! I'm so proud of you speaking out for other girls in your culture or in cultures where this occurs. What can we do to help? This has to stop. Omg 😥🥺

    • @Aakash_Goswami1
      @Aakash_Goswami1 3 года назад +1

      It wasn't her nonexistent husband who's done that to her, it was her family, her mother and aunts.

  • @CS-yn2wg
    @CS-yn2wg 3 года назад +19

    It’s not practiced by all religions.
    And it IS a Cultural practice.

    • @codename495
      @codename495 3 года назад +5

      Cultural practices that are literally abuse aren’t cultural, it’s just disgusting no matter what religion. It’s disgusting and they should face prosecution at minimum. Absolutely revolting.

    • @CS-yn2wg
      @CS-yn2wg 3 года назад +6

      @@codename495 A widely accepted and performed practice is culture.

    • @nishabelghoul1454
      @nishabelghoul1454 3 года назад

      Well technically it is practiced by members of all religions because it is not a religious thing but a culture from ancient Egypt what spreaded from there to African and some Asien country's

    • @CS-yn2wg
      @CS-yn2wg 3 года назад +7

      @@nishabelghoul1454 Incorrect. It’s practiced by Muslims only.

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu 3 года назад +2

      @@nishabelghoul1454 Are you a time traveler? Nowadays, it's only Islam that spreads this vile practice and defends it. In Western nations, it is illigal, but insular Islamic enclaves do it in secret.

  • @magdagaska4985
    @magdagaska4985 Год назад +1

    I am thankful to have heard this woman's story and I hope she can find personal peace in sharing this

  • @greekpeach69
    @greekpeach69 3 года назад +3

    I’m so sorry this happened to you. Much love & courage to you. ♥️

  • @JohnJohn-cu7nk
    @JohnJohn-cu7nk 3 года назад +14

    It's sick cutting boys and girls for no reason.
    What amazes me is it's their own parents.

    • @jasminemariedarling
      @jasminemariedarling 3 года назад +11

      Yes boys too!! Why do we still do this as a society, it's insane.

    • @tab4account128
      @tab4account128 3 года назад +1

      @@jasminemariedarling i am pretty sure it is for health for boys in my religion it is mandatory for guys to get cut you should search it up

    • @jasminemariedarling
      @jasminemariedarling 3 года назад +10

      @@tab4account128 I have looked into it, and the original claims were that it's to help keep it clean and infection free but research says it's easy to keep an uncircumcised one clean, so therefore it's barbaric, not right!

    • @rebeccaemma6293
      @rebeccaemma6293 3 года назад +7

      @@tab4account128 I don’t think anyone cares about tradition or culture. Child abuse should never have an excuse. No child should be getting mutilated over a religion/culture.

    • @ToLovelyJesus
      @ToLovelyJesus 3 года назад +2

      @@jasminemariedarling It’s not nearly as damaging as FGM.

  • @mairajalishaikh5569
    @mairajalishaikh5569 3 года назад +2

    OMG... She is so beautiful and strong. The world is cruel and we must fight to bad no matter how small your fight can be.

  • @Alexandra-xt1vf
    @Alexandra-xt1vf 3 года назад

    Thank you for speaking out🙏❤

  • @meliacofede
    @meliacofede 4 года назад +3

    Love her words at the end!

  • @sandrameesala6804
    @sandrameesala6804 3 года назад +9

    What's interesting is that a lot of men are asking "Hey what about circumcision?" But with the way of downplaying FGM. Like I get we should fight all mutilation but do you really want to be that guy who is going to look at girls being strapped to tables and say, "what about me?" Really?

    • @rayonensb7945
      @rayonensb7945 2 года назад

      You want to stop Female circumcision then you have to stop male circumcision that’s the only way it’s going to end !!

    • @z0kiss889
      @z0kiss889 2 года назад

      Thats males for ya, they dont gaf about women

  • @entertainmentquiz2826
    @entertainmentquiz2826 3 года назад +2

    If you cant trust your parents who can you trust??? So much strength to talk about this openly. Clearly.
    Can i just mention what beautiful eyes shes got

  • @vineetasharma7080
    @vineetasharma7080 3 года назад

    Omg it's so disheartening to hear that... Ur so strong.. Hats off for coming out so boldly.. I really wish it should end very very soon.

  • @anonstarstruck7973
    @anonstarstruck7973 3 года назад +6

    I just can't stop crying listening to this. I can't imagine. it's so wrong. you're so strong for going through this and then speaking up to put an end to it.

  • @Singlemummynet
    @Singlemummynet 5 лет назад +6

    What a strong woman.

  • @lindacassell5472
    @lindacassell5472 3 года назад +2

    Wow! I am so heart filled that this happens to anyone!!!

  • @shafiealwasifer1871
    @shafiealwasifer1871 2 года назад

    thank you for sharing your story :( I was just studying for my exam (medicine) and got my attention this topic. I never realized this issue before and I hope it will be resolved as fast as possible!! I am sorry for what happened to you that's completely unfair!!

  • @afeefacellularhamzacellula4730
    @afeefacellularhamzacellula4730 3 года назад +33

    This has really nothing to do with race or religion but culture

    • @robertromero9488
      @robertromero9488 3 года назад +9

      No it also has to do with Islam. This happens in mostly Muslim countries

    • @victoriasmith490
      @victoriasmith490 3 года назад +7

      @@robertromero9488 well , it's not Islamic to cut girls like that ,I wish they'd understand that.

    • @afeefacellularhamzacellula4730
      @afeefacellularhamzacellula4730 3 года назад +5

      @@robertromero9488 you wrong bro, I am muslim and that is not any part of Islam, maybe in African Islamic countries it might be a part of their culture for Muslims it definitely is not any way a part of our religion.

    • @Yayakoshii1990
      @Yayakoshii1990 3 года назад

      Agree, I hate when people blame race; while I understand what she is fighting for and hope women never have to go through this she lost my attention when she played the race card.

    • @cristinewithnoh840
      @cristinewithnoh840 3 года назад

      @Viral Informations yea in Islam they don't say to cut women but for men it is mandatory

  • @jennymulhall816
    @jennymulhall816 3 года назад +4

    I worked with Nigerian ladies and they told me about this. I thought they were having a big joke at my expense. My mind couldn’t fathom this at all. I was very shocked that it was mother’s and grandmothers who did this. My colleagues were nonchalant about it, which was very shocking to me. Beautiful, smart, funny, hardworking ladies with all of their future pleasure in marriage taken away when they were wee girls. It’s a crime.

  • @jaimeweingart9778
    @jaimeweingart9778 3 года назад

    You absolutely count! I am so sorry that this horrible act happened to you. You have my love and prayers. Please stay strong 💪

  • @AfsahBuraaq
    @AfsahBuraaq 2 года назад

    this women is real definition of courage and strength, hats off madam!

  • @pillu2458
    @pillu2458 5 лет назад +18

    you are so so so beautiful!!!! and being that strong to end evil actions from the world makes you even beautiful!! :*

  • @sallysayi4705
    @sallysayi4705 3 года назад +31

    My boyfriend dumped me when he found out I am a victim 😔

    • @Freiya2011
      @Freiya2011 3 года назад +21

      Then he wasn't worth being together with you! You'll find somebody who'll value you as the person you are!

    • @rosy_chan283
      @rosy_chan283 3 года назад +9

      He didn't even feel bad for you??

    • @sallysayi4705
      @sallysayi4705 3 года назад +8

      @@rosy_chan283 no he didn’t

    • @lonnisplace1459
      @lonnisplace1459 3 года назад +13

      F that guy. Sorry this happened to you. He doesn't deserve you

    • @sallysayi4705
      @sallysayi4705 3 года назад +7

      @@lonnisplace1459 I have moved on

  • @minwade5436
    @minwade5436 2 года назад

    We are born with these pieces within our body for a reason. Thank goodness for a survivor to step forward.

  • @cc-ft8gq
    @cc-ft8gq 3 года назад

    Studying for my Political science Degree, I studied these things. 20 yrs ago and I still see it and feel it. So heartbreaking 😪♥️♥️🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @sabihadaya6348
    @sabihadaya6348 3 года назад +11

    I have never heard of FGM until i was in secondary school and read about it in an African English literature book. I didn't pay much attention to it as this is not practice in the part of the world i live. I am sure majority of my fellow countrymen don't know if such a practice exist around the well. What i can say it is a barbaric practice and i have a six years old daughter, as a mother i think it unthinkable how a mother can let a daughter undergo through such barbaric process.

  • @catherineinghram2044
    @catherineinghram2044 5 лет назад +99

    What she said about how it mostly happens to young black girls is really on point. It shouldn't matter, it's horrific no matter who is being so terribly abused like this, but unfortunately she's probably right, if it were little white girls, it probably would have stopped already. So sickening.

    • @amrita3000
      @amrita3000 4 года назад +51

      But, are you saying white girls' problems were solved by black women/men? Nope. Every culture has to recognize its own faults and correct it themselves. White people evolved and corrected many of their ills. Black people need to do the same and not blame white people for fgm. I am NOT white, before you assume.

    • @youngxmama2804
      @youngxmama2804 3 года назад +37

      @@amrita3000 Thank you soooo much. I really felt for this women and her story, still do. But was soooo disappointed and turned off when she started hating on white women. Tell your story without dragging other races into it that have nothing to do with what happened.

    • @amrita3000
      @amrita3000 3 года назад +27

      @@youngxmama2804 No idea what white people have got to do with FGM that is practiced by some other race because it is their culture.

    • @modisedaeswatiniprincess6944
      @modisedaeswatiniprincess6944 3 года назад +14

      This is not a "black problem", it's all of us. Literally all races of women go through this, this happens in Asian and Africans countries, it happens in Australia and islands🤦🏽‍♀️ ain't got none to do with race

    • @youngxmama2804
      @youngxmama2804 3 года назад +15

      @@modisedaeswatiniprincess6944 PREACH. Sick traditions are sick traditions. Nothing to do with colour.

  • @chccooperider1377
    @chccooperider1377 Год назад

    Thank you for telling your story.

  • @marinae1495
    @marinae1495 3 года назад

    Why does this video not have a million views...it's been 3 years!!!

  • @anthonywest4173
    @anthonywest4173 5 лет назад +30

    BEAUTIFUL BRAVE WOMAN.

  • @thecartoonfactor3552
    @thecartoonfactor3552 4 года назад +5

    That's horrible!!!! I shall spread awareness!!! And I will make efforts to help end this barbaric act against humanity! Even if it kills me!!! I don't know how yet, but it must end!!!!

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +1

      Start with your own culture's acceptance of their brand of cutting practice.

    • @danielbryce6072
      @danielbryce6072 2 года назад

      You can help by opposing ALL child GM.
      If you have to put a gender in front of “genital mutilation, you’re part of the problem. It happens to children of all genders.

  • @caibra88
    @caibra88 3 года назад +2

    That was a terrible thing to happen to you and your family. I can't imagine the terror of going through that and then the rage afterwards when you're expected to just act like they didn't just do that to you. Like oh we are at the beach after they just mutilated my body, you're a true queen! Tough as nails!

  • @reneebush2399
    @reneebush2399 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for working to save girls from this abuse. It’s important that we recognize how global this is. It’s being in done in America, Europe etc. as well as other countries. Are there any activists that can give us advice on ways to help with this mission?

  • @thecartoonfactor3552
    @thecartoonfactor3552 4 года назад +7

    Share this video with everyone! We must spread awareness!!!!!!!

  • @jayay5881
    @jayay5881 3 года назад +10

    It definitely is disgusting and should be abolished

  • @sasiarun1
    @sasiarun1 3 года назад +1

    This brutal practice has to end! I feel sorry for the kids who went through so much pain & suffering.

  • @jamiekirsch222
    @jamiekirsch222 2 года назад

    You are very brave. I and many others admire you very much.

  • @parissksks5338
    @parissksks5338 5 лет назад +12

    I’m so happy my family never done this to me 💀

  • @RealWomenRealStories
    @RealWomenRealStories 5 лет назад +13

    Very sad.

  • @Just_ice19
    @Just_ice19 3 года назад

    I have no words.
    So sorry dear lady 😢

  • @maryduffy2086
    @maryduffy2086 3 года назад

    I pray that this is stopped, Here presents a serious need for education. I'm so sorry this happened to you. Thank you for sharing.

  • @keep_it_real_1
    @keep_it_real_1 3 года назад +4

    I feel for these girls..i do hope this can be stopped..it's horrendous...I cannot imagine what these poor girls go through and then what follows as a woman.. horrifying to me

  • @mizulightblue
    @mizulightblue 3 года назад +44

    I am with her until at 2:44. The world has tackled FGM many times and still does. How often do people try to educate those people and even leaders have been exchanged for this reason? I think, on a daily basis, people try to solve this problem and even africans don't like it. It is just culture and a horrible one. If it would happen with white people, it would be exactly the same. Also as women we still don't have the status as men have, which is a big problem too. So white or black does not really matter here. It just happens in the black community, and I can't say that it doesn't happen to white girls either. She said, no one listens to black people on this matter. Again, this is not true, there are many organisations who try to have this goal that this stops, but again, because culture is so strong and their believe, it is difficult. Many black men don't even want that their woman is cut, and this goes from woman to woman. The cutter is a woman too, mostly the mom or grandmother. Another small thing on the side, why is it fine to cut boys? We do that a lot in the west, right? It doesn't damage so much as it does to women, but there is literally no point to this, unless it's health related. Otherwise this is only done because of culture and religion. And little boys suffer from that too and it bleeds. So why is that okay to do?

    • @gigistacey724
      @gigistacey724 3 года назад +13

      She lost me at that point, too.

    • @TooLateForParachutes
      @TooLateForParachutes 3 года назад +11

      I agree that we need to stop male circumcision as well. It's still genital mutilation. It's done everywhere in the western world by white families in every class. It's done only for culture and religion. It's cruel and should stop. I view it the same way I view genital mutilation in these African countries.

    • @awoocow6026
      @awoocow6026 3 года назад +12

      I mean, it’s not really an issue that white people can solve anyway. Their cultural leaders/neighbors/families are African and their practices are not because of lack of white intervention. A lot of westerners are horrified and disgusted with the practice.

    • @Username-wh8pv
      @Username-wh8pv 3 года назад +3

      @@TooLateForParachutes male circumcision is a lot different and actually has medical benefits FGM is just extreme violence that greatly worsens a eomans quality of life

    • @daisychainz9813
      @daisychainz9813 3 года назад +5

      @@Username-wh8pv It is not in any way beneficial unless it needs to be done for medical reasons. It carries many risks and should not be performed unless medically necessary. Please do not spread misinformation.

  • @DrSaritaSRao
    @DrSaritaSRao 3 года назад

    Omg!!!! It's so tragic.. Incredibly saddening!

  • @annachetnik1889
    @annachetnik1889 3 года назад +2

    This is the most horrifying form of child abuse.

  • @ms.hotdoglegs614
    @ms.hotdoglegs614 3 года назад +7

    This is a cultural thing, not about race or religion. Forgot to mention where you are from and your family origins. That would explain why this practice is still ongoing.

    • @robertromero9488
      @robertromero9488 3 года назад +2

      Islamic nations are the biggest culprits

    • @victoriasmith490
      @victoriasmith490 3 года назад +1

      @@robertromero9488 because of culture though , it's really not an Islamic practice to do that to poor girls, it's awful.

    • @danielbryce6072
      @danielbryce6072 2 года назад

      @@robertromero9488 don’t blame it on just one religion/culture.
      Genital mutilation of boys, girls, and intersex happens throughout the world, even in supposedly “advanced” western countries.

  • @RaccoonKat27
    @RaccoonKat27 4 года назад +5

    Hearing this gives me pain

  • @edithokodogbe1639
    @edithokodogbe1639 Год назад

    An amazing speech

  • @baddiesthatslay
    @baddiesthatslay Год назад +1

    I’m sobbing :(

  • @keithkogane7958
    @keithkogane7958 3 года назад +19

    This is just so wrong! It is indeed abuse, it should stop as soon as possible 😭😔

  • @allthingswavy6420
    @allthingswavy6420 3 года назад +4

    In Western culture we often think if this abuse as a male-propagated practice, so to know that it was sanctioned by the women in her family is even more disturbing.

  • @nickysanders4761
    @nickysanders4761 3 года назад

    My heart breaks 😔 I'm so sorry this happens.

  • @anniecalavritinos1497
    @anniecalavritinos1497 3 года назад +1

    Omg you are so beautiful inside and out. You are so strong

  • @erinc6997
    @erinc6997 3 года назад +13

    Outrageous... But its not because black girls are cut and not white girls would strike a different reaction, absolutely not... Its cause the mentality "we should except all cultures" and "who are we to judge someone else's culture"

  • @helenbradford2569
    @helenbradford2569 3 года назад +3

    That is disgusting. Of course men never seem to go through abuse on their bodies as much as women. This is an outrage and need to stop.

  • @lightbulb888
    @lightbulb888 3 года назад

    I'm crying...

  • @shivambhattacharya3039
    @shivambhattacharya3039 2 года назад +2

    I am a man and I feel pain in my genitals AND MY HEART OBVIOUSLY

    • @danielbryce6072
      @danielbryce6072 2 года назад

      Please oppose ALL child GM.
      If you have to put a gender in front of “genital mutilation, you’re part of the problem. It happens to children of all genders.

  • @kimsteinke713
    @kimsteinke713 4 года назад +10

    I circumcise my son at 8 days after because I thought it was a biblical thing to do. And now I think it was insane and naive. Your journey will teach you so much, only through trial and error...Time gives you truth. The sad thing is we don't have a lot of time. Especially if you're at the hand of these things. Reparative therapy conversion therapy. And mutilation of the and on and on and on.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад +1

      Sorry for you but the main fault is with your country which failed to protect your son's basic human rights as it has a duty to do. Make up for it by demanding that your country bans all genital mutilation of children.

    • @amandadassonville4043
      @amandadassonville4043 3 года назад +1

      Not the same thing at all. Hello, anybody home? 🐝

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat 3 года назад

      @@amandadassonville4043 Yaeh I'm hemo, I'm jsut uednr a lot of ceirosnng and d'ndit get any nottacifiion here. Abstuloely the smae tnihg epecxt gelarenly wsroe for byos as msot of tiehr sauxel onagrs are exnretal and so vulbarenle. Wtih tehm it invairably mnaes the lsos of a vrey sigcifinant prat of the pines wtih srevee disemerugifnt. Wtih glris it tylaciply donse't inlovve the lsos of any sigcifinant prat of the geatinls and no disemerugifnt. I hvae a lot mroe to add but as I wtore I am bnieg ceerosnd.

    • @danielbryce6072
      @danielbryce6072 2 года назад

      I’m so sorry for both you and your son that you learned too late. 😞. At least your eyes are opened now, and you can hopefully save your grandsons. ❤️

    • @danielbryce6072
      @danielbryce6072 2 года назад

      @@amandadassonville4043
      Absolutely not the same thing at all!
      One mutilates girls. The other mutilates boys!
      TOTALLY different! 🙄

  • @markuk7935
    @markuk7935 3 года назад +5

    I want to say something, but I just can't find the words!! This human being is thinking of you right now..
    That's all I can say. Xx

  • @ZomBabeZoe
    @ZomBabeZoe 3 года назад

    I'm so truly sorry that you had that done to you

  • @afoxcatartvideos4877
    @afoxcatartvideos4877 2 года назад

    it hurts more to see people who hurt the most is people you love 😭

  • @georgestamatelis7812
    @georgestamatelis7812 3 года назад +5

    I agreed with her until 2:40+ . The reason it's not beeing tackled is not because of racism . Quite the opposite actually. If someone calls the people that do such procedures savages etc and asks them to change , they are called RACIST

  • @gilansaad1761
    @gilansaad1761 3 года назад +3

    I agree its terrible, surely circumcision could also be seen as a similar approach. Both men and woman go through this, none should be okay unless consent is given by the child at a reasonable age

  • @salsabila786
    @salsabila786 3 года назад

    Absolutely heart breaking, she states it's not a religious thing but a cultural thing. I'm sure most if not all major religions would be against this practice. I hope the awareness put a pressure to stop this and we can soon say this is an ancient practice no longer followed

  • @peopledisappointme18
    @peopledisappointme18 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely sickening, how could anyone do such a thing to their child.