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Aug 19, 2006 13:22:09 GMT -5
Post by Amy on Aug 19, 2006 13:22:09 GMT -5
From newsoftheweird.com
Despite education campaigns by women's groups, about one-fourth of girls in Cameroon still undergo ritual "breast-ironing" at puberty as their families attempt to squash their developing bosoms to make them sexually unattractive to boys and reduce their temptation to marry. The most popular "ironing" instrument is a heated wooden pestle, mashed painfully against the chest. Some girls are supportive, however, like the one who told BBC News in June that she just "wanted to (stay in) school like other girls who had no breasts." [BBC News, 6-23-06]
Does Victoria's Secret know about this? What an untapped market! They could create the "no wonder you're still in school and not married" bra.
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Aug 19, 2006 19:32:59 GMT -5
Post by kallietop on Aug 19, 2006 19:32:59 GMT -5
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Aug 19, 2006 19:35:46 GMT -5
Post by Amy on Aug 19, 2006 19:35:46 GMT -5
It is crazy what people will do just because that's what they've always done. Well, some customs/traditions just need to go. I'd put female castration and "breast ironing" in that category.
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Aug 19, 2006 19:42:32 GMT -5
Post by kallietop on Aug 19, 2006 19:42:32 GMT -5
no kidding - you need to let some of your customs go. i think an unpainful childhood is the first way to go about it!!!!!
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Aug 23, 2006 8:07:59 GMT -5
Post by Chris on Aug 23, 2006 8:07:59 GMT -5
LL!!! That is disturbing!! And sounds very painful. Someone should tell these girls that breasts aren't the only things that make a girl attractive to a boy.
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