r her to have sex, the man will not be able to enter because of her own erection (Walker 23).When mothers were asked why they still continued to have this tradition performed on their daughters, they said that they thought what they were doing was helping their daughter (Gregory). This is believed due to the fact that uncircumcised girls are considered to be social outcasts. Forty-one percent of the women asked in the Sudan said that female genitalia mutilation is a good tradition, it improves a girls chance for marriage, it improves fertility and morality, and it protects virginity. This horrendous mutilation usually occurs on children between the ages of four and twelve (Marble). However, it has also been performed on infants and adults (Rushwan). Many times, if the midwife delivering a baby notices that the woman has not been circumcised, she will go ahead without the womans consent and perform the operation. Traditionally, the people who perform this procedure are birth attendants, midwives, or elderly woman in the village. All of these women have experience in doing the operation however; hardly any of them have medical training (Rushwan). Despite how unprepared, how unhygienic, or what problems, physical and mental FGM causes these families continue to perform this ritual due to social pressures and there culture....
