I was too young a girl to understand the photo or even the concept of girls being operated on without anesthesia, nor in a group, lying on the ground. What could possibly be happening to them? At the time, I was living with my siblings in an ordinary American Christian home, in the shelter of both parents, our extended family, the church, the neighborhood and the school; such things took place in parts of the world outside of Western civilization.
The photo, with its mysteriously incomplete caption, was stomach-churning, horrifying beyond imagination. But for the past fifty-plus years, it has not remained beyond memory. Only recently have I realized what it most probably depicted: a group of girls reaching puberty and undergoing ritual genital mutilation.
Nor does this barbarism affect only Africans, or only girls, although it affects them in horrific ways; and more girls are permanently mutilated beyond any hope of a normal life, or die from it, than do boys:
But remember:
"Diversity is our strength."
"All cultures are equal.
"Islam is a religion of peace."
Never in my wildest nightmares did I believe such barbarism could take place in Europe or the United States. But it is here now; and we must face the lies of multiculturalism before it is too late.
Female genital mutilation on the rise in the United States-report