Activists & Masai Warriors Join Forces To End Female Genital Mutilation

Activists & Masai Warriors Join Forces To End Female Genital Mutilation

3. The famous Masai men are acclaimed for being feared and accomplished warriors.  Pictured here, Ole Lelein Kanunga, the leader of young Masai tribal warriors in Entasopia, “a lush oasis of trees and pasture in the otherwise desert flats of this part of southern Kenya”, says that in the month of December, circumcisions will end.You see, December is the month when girls are cut in Kenya, a rite of passage that often results in their not returning to the classroom and marrying instead, with babies on the way.

This article is unique in articulating the primary reason for FGM/FGC — which is NOT prescribed in Islam, although most people believe it is. Experts in the field know that it is a tribal custom — one advocated by men to keep women from ‘straying’.

Masai warriors believe it keeps their wives “off heat” and uninterested in sex, therefore faithful while they are off in the bush for months on end hunting, raiding and fighting.