Thursday, June 29, 20062
The bizarre and savage practice of "breast ironing"
Barbaric:
BBC News on Friday examined the practice of "breast ironing" -- which some mothers do to their daughters in Cameroon in an attempt to prevent sexual advances of boys and men -- and a recently launched campaign to curb the practice. According to BBC News, breast ironing involves "pounding and massaging the developing breasts of young girls," most often with a wooden pestle and sometimes with heated bananas or coconut shells. Statistics show that 26% of girls in Cameroon undergo the practice during puberty, BBC News reports.
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Anonymous
Less a century ago, young women in this country had their chests bound tightly until they were 16, so that they looked like girls till they were supposed to look like women.
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Anonymous
True - but in this country, women's breasts were at least left intact. When they reached 16 or so, they HAD breasts. They may have been bound, but not burned or bludgeoned.
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