‘He kicked me out because I couldn’t satisfy him in bed!’ Confessions of a circumcised woman

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A lot has been said about FGM or let’s just say female circumcision. It is bad, it is unhealthy and is the cause of immense pain and trauma for victims.

But somehow, some communities still find a reason to subject their daughters to this inhumane act.

Now a Masai woman has come out to confess, the pain she has gone through because of circumcision.

The woman said that she was kicked out of her matrimonial as her husband said she couldn’t satisfy him in bed because of circumcision.

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The woman – a teacher, whose name cannot be disclosed – said she is depressed because the issue has weighed her down “morally and mentally”. 

“Very many women are traumatised because of this FGM. Look at me now.  I have left my matrimonial home (in 2015) because of it. The man had given out cows to my parents and we had a traditional wedding,” she said.

“He said my private parts had been interfered with to the extent I cannot satisfy him in bed,” the 33-year-old mother of two said amid sobs.

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“One day he spit in my private parts and said he has got a young woman who is uncircumcised, and who has all a man wants.”

“One day he came home drunk and told me to leave his house and leave my two children with him. When I asked why, he took out a knife and told me if I ask more questions, he would enlarge my private parts with the knife,”

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