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Gambian lawmakers have blocked an attempt to re-legalize female genital cutting after months of debate. The practice remains common in the West African country, despite the upheld ban.

Gambian lawmakers on Monday upheld a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), despite pressure from religious traditionalists in the West African country.

Lawmakers rejected a controversial bill, introduced earlier in 2024, that sought to enshrine "female circumcision" as a religious and cultural practice.

Following months of heated debate, legislators ended the bill's chances by rejecting all its clauses and blocking any further vote.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Agreed. I don't know where the idea that culture is sacred came from but the shit needs to die.

IMO your job, as a part of any new generation, is to take the grey plate of shit called culture your parents hand you, and scrape of the bit of spice off the top into a jar for your shelf. You know the good bits, the holidays, the food, the art. You keep it for when family, or friends come over.

Then you take the rest of that plate, you look your parents in the eye, and you throw that fucker as hard as you can into the trash where it belongs. Better yet douse it with gasoline, and chase the sonnuvaremoved with a match.

Anyone who says otherwise needs to do their part.

Edit: fucker is aight, but sunnovaremoved isn't?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I say this ironically but amen.

Fuck dragging this fucking bagged of corruption and hate along into the future.