She took to her Instagram page to share that she just found out that she was circumcised at 3 months old while educating her sisters about female genital mutilation (FGM).
She further revealed that her mother said that every female in her family was subjected to the same treatment. She also revealed the effects it has had on her while discouraging people from continuing the tradition.
She wrote:
“At 3 months old, my family cut out my cl*toral head (FGM1) because they didn’t want me to grow up to be promiscuous.
“This was never disclosed to me till I was an adult whilst I was educating my younger sisters about FGM and its implications.
“Naturally, I am curious about my body and I teach about sex and pleasure- I noticed that I didnt have a cl*toral head but never wanted to believe that it was due to FGM
“I assumed I just didnt have a thick cl*toral tissue even though direct stimulus to the cl*t hurts and I need to work around the cl*toris to find my pleasure spot since the external tissue where most of the pleasure spot is located was cut.
“I feel violated and incredibly hurt by this discovery but at the end – It has given me insight as to why I am where I am and why my message about violation against women is important to me.
“I am an igbo girl and this is common in igbo land. My mother said it was done to every girl she knows including her- mothers did it to their daughters.. some still do.
“I encourage you to speak to your mothers and ask if they cut you or go to a gynecologist to inquire.
“I share this because I need other young girls to see that FGM does not define us or our s*xuality.
We deserve pleasure!
You can work with your body to learn what gives you that pleasure no matter what!”
FGM… This was done to me.
The truth is they cut it off thinking they’re stopping you from being promiscuous when in the actual sense, they’re pushing you into it.
Some people keep up the promiscuity just to find pleasure.
She’s brave. Genital mutilation is abuse against women.