The federal prosecution of FGM cases in Detroit came to a probable end today.
An undoubted horror we are sure to see more of, sadly.
In the meantime, increasingly-common and legal versions of child genital mutilation were given further protection in one-seventh of America.
An undoubted horror we are sure to see applauded, sadly.
A difference being that the latter will be lavishly-funded and lucrative for the doctors and corporate suppliers involved.
Good luck trying to have it both ways, dying empire of empty men.
The eyes are not here
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms
In this last of meeting places
We grope together
And avoid speech
Gathered on this beach of the tumid river
Sightless, unless
The eyes reappear
As the perpetual star
Multifoliate rose
Of death's twilight kingdom
The hope only
Of empty men.
Genital mutilations are not new. Many parents were advised to decide for their hermaphroditic infant. It happens.
ReplyDeleteParental notification is a two-edged thing. Might be more likely a parent might insist on an abortion. Many have made that call for "mutilation" at birth, then some person is left with scars and sometimes underperforming organs as an adult.
Unfortunately we live in a very aggressive society. Bullies abound, and while I think it might be best for surgeons to have hands off until a person is of age to decide, unfortunately I see why this development has happened. I'm not applauding. I'm shaking my head and booing the shamers in schools, families, and churches.