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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:08 AM Jun 2014

Female Genital Mutilation -- Misogyny, Madness and Homophobia

As I have stated over and again, misogyny and homophobia are so intrinsically bound that the battle against them must be fought along a united front. Religious leaders, both Christian and Muslim, have joined with political leaders to exploit both in order to maintain and expand popular support. We've seen ample evidence of this in countries such as Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon. Yet the following article, written about FMG in Gambia by a regional reporter, illustrates more clearly and horrifically how misogyny and homophobia are combined to create a madness all its own....

http://allafrica.com/stories/201406051585.html
Gambia: FGM - Should We 'Drop the Knife' or Hold On to It?
BY HALIMATOU CEESAY, 5 JUNE 2014

(excerpt)
Can we as people take our minds to lesbianism, which is not only bad but against the laws of nature and the continuity of the human race? "Girl to girl or woman to woman", they would say.

The most important and sensitive organ used by lesbians is the clitoris which they used to rub against each other while doing the act.

That being the case, in a civilised African society, a society that is against lesbianism, the only remedy to stop lesbianism "can be female circumcision or partial removal of the clitoris".

If the situational analysis of women and children in The Gambia (SITAN) November 2001 report on FGM does not rate FGM as bad as the women and human rights activists of the country are rating it, then should we ask our 'nyangsingbaa' to drop the knife or hold on to the knife?


THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSE for institutional or cultural misogyny and homophobia. Further, no one can look upon the anti-gay persecution in places like Nigeria and Uganda with a detached eye. The oppression and persecution of any persons, be it on the basis of race, gender, gender identification et al has wide-ranging repercussions for all. ALL. No quarter can be given to any religious or political leader who fails to speak out against misogyny and homophobia.

If this is not madness, then I'm at a loss to define it.

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