Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.

    • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      10 hours ago

      Whataboutism.

      Both are bad and should be illegal. However FGM is by far typically more brutal, invasive, unsanitary and deadly.

      • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        8 hours ago

        It’s not “whatabout” it’s “this too.” That circumcision isn’t brutal, invasive, unsanitary, and deadly just shows how fucked things get when genital mutilation is normalized