This all sounds abusive, and torturing to hear about female circumcision in this day and age. Who would want to go through that? It is painful, traumatizing, outdated and definitely not cool! But tell it to the natives of parts of Africa and the Middle East. Female circumcision also known as female genital mutilation has become Britain's problem, as well as the world at large, as authorities try to stamp it out. If anything, it teaches us to learn about other cultures and to understand their belief system. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/10/britain.female.circumcision.ap/index.html