THE CUT: Passage to womanhood

"The Cut" is a short documentary about Mary (14 years old) and Alice (early 20's) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting.

Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting.

Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, she has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition.

Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the community around her, as to why circumcision is practiced. Mary, on the other hand, has no voice. She just goes through the preparations and rituals in silence.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Women
• girls
• Africa
• Kenya
• FGM
• Female genital mutilation
• female circumcision

[Dorcolac4ever]

@TheDefianz

Am not insane, am just very very realistic. In last few years, with arrival of more readical interpretation of Kuran in Bosnia, especially in the Bosnia villages, this become very frequent. If you love to live in lie, live, no problem, but let others to know the truth.

[Dorcolac4ever]

Horror!!

This is also often works in Bosnia muslims...

[SomaliNerdess]

In many parts of Africa, the people are attach too much importance to their ancestors' rituals and traditions. This is precisely why they don't move forward, there is no evolution in their living standards. They really need to educate themselves, like Alice in the documentary, understand the real consequences of such inhuman practice and discontinue it. And for God's sake, don't shave a woman's head off!!

[ilovewretch32]

they act like fkin animals , wearing a neckelace of goat intestines and drinking blood and celebrating their going to put somebody through torture seriousley wtf

[MIsfitsGraves]

@Cowoq69 can't tell if trolling or just a freaking idiot....

[fantard100]

Just want to say, poor goat and poor dog at 9:17, these people are fucked. Also, anyone here them say the ritual is passed down from God? Yeah, fuck religion and fuck your GOD.

[Cowoq69]

Circumcision is very good for any girls , I am sure , any girls must be circumcised.

[TheDefianz]

@Dorcolac4ever

Often!!! Are you insane...you must be radical serb nationalist (for a love of God, educate yourself before you comment anything alse)...please don't lie to people...Who ever do this to a women...be sure...that they are not muslims!?

[markmywords53]

@backtublive Well OK, *I* can't do that, because I'm not linked to any of these girls. But their parents can. Specifically, mothers arrange it, with the permission of their husbands, the girls' fathers. They do it because they believe it will benefit their daughters. Remember, almost every mother that arranges for her daughters to be cut has herself met the knife and been grateful for the cutting, and that is why she wants the same pleasures for her girls.