Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy was hard to put down, and just left me so pissed off and sad. I was talking about that book with someone at the hospital and they had the audacity to compare the U.S. male circumcision with female circumcision.

STFU. The parallel version of that would be if they removed the entire penis.

Why do they mutilate these women?

1. To prevent that they may have sexual desire and then go haywire like nymphomaniacs

2. To increase the pleasure for the husband (don't ask)

But if you ask them, its for "tradition."
Sorry, I respect different cultures and all, but when it's about a 3 year old little girl screaming her head off as they tear off her labia, remove her clitoris, and sew up so well that her future her husband will have to use a knife on their wedding night -- Well, I draw the line at "respecting other's cultures."