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Culture & Politics » soc.culture.china » Millions of Cameroon girls suffer "breast ironing"
| Millions of Cameroon girls suffer "breast ironing" [message #223798] |
Mi, 12 Juli 2006 18:37 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
By Tansa Musa
Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) - Worried that her daughters' budding
breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
bosoms with a heated stone.
"I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
breasts," Moungang said.
"They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
their own good."
"Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
practice in West Africa, experts say.
A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
"Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
"If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
"Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
disappearance of one or both breasts.
The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
"You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
for me to do to my own children."
The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
survey said.
Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
mutilation in Cameroon.
"A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
developed blisters and abscesses.
"I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
only 10 percent of women are affected.
"Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
"Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
"If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Millions of American girls suffer "breast siliconing" Re: Millions of Cameroon girls suffe [message #224172 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 09:34 |
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rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
>
> By Tansa Musa
> Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
>
> YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters)
Will Reuters do a report on how fear of their daughters' budding
breasts would not attract sexual harrasement or even rape, American
parents have their daughter's breasts cut open, and stuff known
carcenigens like silicone into the girls' breasts?
http://www.google.com/search?q=teenage+breast+implants
> - Worried that her daughters' budding
> breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> bosoms with a heated stone.
>
> "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> breasts," Moungang said.
>
> "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> their own good."
>
> "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> practice in West Africa, experts say.
>
> A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
>
> "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
>
> "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
>
> "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
>
> However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> disappearance of one or both breasts.
>
> The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
>
> "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> for me to do to my own children."
>
> The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> survey said.
>
> Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> mutilation in Cameroon.
>
> "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
>
> Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> developed blisters and abscesses.
>
> "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
>
> The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> only 10 percent of women are affected.
>
> "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
>
> "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
>
> For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
>
> "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Re: Millions of American girls suffer "breast siliconing" Re: Millions of Cameroon girls s [message #224196 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 10:18 |
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charles_liu [at] my-deja.com wrote:
> rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
> >
I find that kind of reporting by Reuters is nothing more than
holier-than-thou.
Basically, condemning any age old tradiition based on emotional appeal
without
doing any kind of cost-benefit analysis is not meaningful..
In Britain where girls are more educated and more capable to defend
herself. In
Britain, the judicial system is more developed and laws and more geared
toward
to protect the females. Yet, rape became an unpunished crime in
Britain.
http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=840
How likely is the Cameroon judicial system to protect young girls from
sexual
harassement or rape? How will the sex victims respond? Will some of
them
commit suicide?
> > By Tansa Musa
> > Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
> >
> > YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters)
>
> Will Reuters do a report on how fear of their daughters' budding
> breasts would not attract sexual harrasement or even rape, American
> parents have their daughter's breasts cut open, and stuff known
> carcenigens like silicone into the girls' breasts?
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=teenage+breast+implants
>
> > - Worried that her daughters' budding
> > breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> > rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> > bosoms with a heated stone.
> >
> > "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> > the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> > breasts," Moungang said.
> >
> > "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> > their own good."
> >
> > "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> > substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> > practice in West Africa, experts say.
> >
> > A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> > where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> > relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
> >
> > "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> > other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> > Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> > anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> > GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
> >
> > "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> > other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> > mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
> >
> > "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
> >
> > However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> > abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> > disappearance of one or both breasts.
> >
> > The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> > from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> > million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
> >
> > "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> > little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> > village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> > for me to do to my own children."
> >
> > The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> > because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> > abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> > survey said.
> >
> > Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> > about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> > years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> > mutilation in Cameroon.
> >
> > "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> > gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> > to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
> >
> > Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> > developed blisters and abscesses.
> >
> > "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> > to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
> >
> > The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> > country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> > only 10 percent of women are affected.
> >
> > "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> > can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> > secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
> >
> > "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> > sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
> >
> > For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> > of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
> >
> > "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> > to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> > they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Re: Millions of American girls suffer "breast siliconing" Re: Millions of Cameroon girls s [message #224836 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 15:35 |
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ltlee1 wrote:
> charles_liu [at] my-deja.com wrote:
> > rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
> > >
>
> I find that kind of reporting by Reuters is nothing more than
> holier-than-thou.
> Basically, condemning any age old tradiition based on emotional appeal
> without
> doing any kind of cost-benefit analysis is not meaningful..
>
> In Britain where girls are more educated and more capable to defend
> herself. In
> Britain, the judicial system is more developed and laws and more geared
> toward
> to protect the females. Yet, rape became an unpunished crime in
> Britain.
>
> http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=840
>
> How likely is the Cameroon judicial system to protect young girls from
> sexual
> harassement or rape? How will the sex victims respond? Will some of
> them
> commit suicide?
LT, we are talking about a different world, a different country where
customs are still back in the 19th or even earlier centuries. The
Cameroon judicial system can not even take care of itself, let alone
care about a little girl's protection. The family elders must provide
the protection for all young members of the family. In Cameroon, it's
a country where "dog eat dog".
>
> > > By Tansa Musa
> > > Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
> > >
> > > YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters)
> >
> > Will Reuters do a report on how fear of their daughters' budding
> > breasts would not attract sexual harrasement or even rape, American
> > parents have their daughter's breasts cut open, and stuff known
> > carcenigens like silicone into the girls' breasts?
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=teenage+breast+implants
>
>
> >
> > > - Worried that her daughters' budding
> > > breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> > > rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> > > bosoms with a heated stone.
> > >
> > > "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> > > the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> > > breasts," Moungang said.
> > >
> > > "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> > > their own good."
> > >
> > > "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> > > substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> > > practice in West Africa, experts say.
> > >
> > > A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> > > where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> > > relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
> > >
> > > "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> > > other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> > > Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> > > anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> > > GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
> > >
> > > "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> > > other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> > > mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
> > >
> > > "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
> > >
> > > However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> > > abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> > > disappearance of one or both breasts.
> > >
> > > The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> > > from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> > > million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
> > >
> > > "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> > > little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> > > village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> > > for me to do to my own children."
> > >
> > > The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> > > because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> > > abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> > > survey said.
> > >
> > > Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> > > about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> > > years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> > > mutilation in Cameroon.
> > >
> > > "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> > > gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> > > to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
> > >
> > > Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> > > developed blisters and abscesses.
> > >
> > > "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> > > to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
> > >
> > > The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> > > country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> > > only 10 percent of women are affected.
> > >
> > > "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> > > can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> > > secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
> > >
> > > "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> > > sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
> > >
> > > For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> > > of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
> > >
> > > "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> > > to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> > > they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Re: Millions of American girls suffer "breast siliconing" Re: Millions of Cameroon girls s [message #224838 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 15:39 |
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charles_liu [at] my-deja.com wrote:
> rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
> >
> > By Tansa Musa
> > Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
> >
> > YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters)
>
> Will Reuters do a report on how fear of their daughters' budding
> breasts would not attract sexual harrasement or even rape, American
> parents have their daughter's breasts cut open, and stuff known
> carcenigens like silicone into the girls' breasts?
Well, as I have said before, "airport" has its own natural beauty.
Today, young girls can use bra padding to get any and all curves Mother
Nature missed. There is no need to implant anything unnatural into
one's body.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=teenage+breast+implants
>
> > - Worried that her daughters' budding
> > breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> > rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> > bosoms with a heated stone.
> >
> > "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> > the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> > breasts," Moungang said.
> >
> > "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> > their own good."
> >
> > "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> > substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> > practice in West Africa, experts say.
> >
> > A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> > where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> > relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
> >
> > "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> > other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> > Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> > anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> > GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
> >
> > "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> > other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> > mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
> >
> > "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
> >
> > However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> > abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> > disappearance of one or both breasts.
> >
> > The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> > from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> > million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
> >
> > "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> > little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> > village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> > for me to do to my own children."
> >
> > The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> > because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> > abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> > survey said.
> >
> > Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> > about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> > years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> > mutilation in Cameroon.
> >
> > "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> > gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> > to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
> >
> > Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> > developed blisters and abscesses.
> >
> > "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> > to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
> >
> > The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> > country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> > only 10 percent of women are affected.
> >
> > "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> > can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> > secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
> >
> > "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> > sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
> >
> > For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> > of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
> >
> > "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> > to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> > they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Re: Millions of American girls suffer "breast siliconing" Re: Millions of Cameroon girls s [message #224848 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 15:58 |
|
rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> ltlee1 wrote:
> > charles_liu [at] my-deja.com wrote:
> > > rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
> > > >
> >
> > I find that kind of reporting by Reuters is nothing more than
> > holier-than-thou.
> > Basically, condemning any age old tradiition based on emotional appeal
> > without
> > doing any kind of cost-benefit analysis is not meaningful..
> >
> > In Britain where girls are more educated and more capable to defend
> > herself. In
> > Britain, the judicial system is more developed and laws and more geared
> > toward
> > to protect the females. Yet, rape became an unpunished crime in
> > Britain.
> >
> > http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=840
> >
> > How likely is the Cameroon judicial system to protect young girls from
> > sexual
> > harassement or rape? How will the sex victims respond? Will some of
> > them
> > commit suicide?
>
> LT, we are talking about a different world, a different country where
> customs are still back in the 19th or even earlier centuries. The
> Cameroon judicial system can not even take care of itself, let alone
> care about a little girl's protection. The family elders must provide
> the protection for all young members of the family. In Cameroon, it's
> a country where "dog eat dog".
Exactly my point.
Under this circumstance, the parents and/or close relatives are in the
best
position to decide what is best for their girls.
>
> >
> > > > By Tansa Musa
> > > > Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
> > > >
> > > > YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters)
> > >
> > > Will Reuters do a report on how fear of their daughters' budding
> > > breasts would not attract sexual harrasement or even rape, American
> > > parents have their daughter's breasts cut open, and stuff known
> > > carcenigens like silicone into the girls' breasts?
> > >
> > > http://www.google.com/search?q=teenage+breast+implants
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > - Worried that her daughters' budding
> > > > breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> > > > rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> > > > bosoms with a heated stone.
> > > >
> > > > "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> > > > the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> > > > breasts," Moungang said.
> > > >
> > > > "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> > > > their own good."
> > > >
> > > > "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> > > > substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> > > > practice in West Africa, experts say.
> > > >
> > > > A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> > > > where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> > > > relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
> > > >
> > > > "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> > > > other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> > > > Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> > > > anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> > > > GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
> > > >
> > > > "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> > > > other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> > > > mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
> > > >
> > > > "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
> > > >
> > > > However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> > > > abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> > > > disappearance of one or both breasts.
> > > >
> > > > The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> > > > from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> > > > million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
> > > >
> > > > "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> > > > little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> > > > village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> > > > for me to do to my own children."
> > > >
> > > > The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> > > > because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> > > > abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> > > > survey said.
> > > >
> > > > Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> > > > about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> > > > years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> > > > mutilation in Cameroon.
> > > >
> > > > "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> > > > gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> > > > to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
> > > >
> > > > Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> > > > developed blisters and abscesses.
> > > >
> > > > "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> > > > to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
> > > >
> > > > The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> > > > country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> > > > only 10 percent of women are affected.
> > > >
> > > > "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> > > > can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> > > > secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
> > > >
> > > > "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> > > > sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
> > > >
> > > > For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> > > > of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
> > > >
> > > > "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> > > > to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> > > > they think is making her attractive to men."
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| Re: Millions of Cameroon girls suffer "breast ironing" [message #224888 ] |
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I think the optimal way of doing things as far as breast is concerned
is to make it socially acceptable at whatever size, big or flat. But of
course the commercial influence has done enough a harmful job. There
was once a big ad hanged out on the subways of HK in which a flat chest
girl shouts out aloud "so what!". I wish more girls in China can heed
this advice. In China now, many girls are subject to the big tit
influence of the commercials and go a great length to have their breast
enlarged. One of the ways by which they do it is very harmful. They
allow an injection of chemcal into their breasts and this chemical is
now proven having caused decay flesh inside the body. About a month
ago, a HK reporter was attacked trying to visit a hospital that did
that sort of operation. The police did not give a damn until the whole
thing was on HK TV. I suppose the local news reporters don't have the
courage to do it and they need outside reporters to expose the
problems.
rst0wxyz [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/hl_nm/breast_ironing_dc ;_ylt=AvVur17dICPZEILSb1lR0zus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNl YwM5NjQ-
>
> By Tansa Musa
> Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET
>
> YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) - Worried that her daughters' budding
> breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even
> rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls'
> bosoms with a heated stone.
>
> "I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take
> the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the
> breasts," Moungang said.
>
> "They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for
> their own good."
>
> "Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other
> substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional
> practice in West Africa, experts say.
>
> A new survey has revealed it is shockingly widespread in Cameroon,
> where one in four teen-agers are subjected to the traumatic process by
> relatives, often hoping to lessen their sexual attractiveness.
>
> "Breast ironing is an age-old practice in Cameroon, as well as in many
> other countries in West and Central Africa, including Chad, Togo,
> Benin, Guinea-Conakry, just to name a few," said Flavien Ndonko, an
> anthropologist and local representative of German development agency
> GTZ, which sponsored the survey.
>
> "If society has been silent about it up to now it is because, like
> other harmful practices done to women such as female genital
> mutilation, it was thought to be good for the girl," said Ndonko.
>
> "Even the victims themselves thought it was good for them."
>
> However, the practice has many side effects, including severe pain and
> abscesses, infections, breast cancer, and even the complete
> disappearance of one or both breasts.
>
> The survey of more than 5,000 girls and women aged between 10 and 82
> from throughout Cameroon, published last month, estimated that 4
> million women in the central African country have suffered the process.
>
> "You ask me why I did it?" said Moungang. "When I was growing up as a
> little girl my mother did it to me just as all other women in the
> village did it to their girl children. So I thought it was just good
> for me to do to my own children."
>
> The practice is now more common in urban areas than in villages,
> because mothers fear their children could be more exposed to sexual
> abuse in towns and try to suppress outward signs of sexuality, the
> survey said.
>
> Its findings have prompted a nationwide campaign to educate mothers
> about its dangers and to try to eradicate it. A similar campaign some
> years ago helped drastically to reduce rates of female genital
> mutilation in Cameroon.
>
> "A girl...has to be proud of her breasts because it is natural. It is a
> gift from God. Allow the breasts to grow naturally. Do not force them
> to disappear or appear," said a leaflet from the campaign.
>
> Moungang said she stopped ironing her daughters' breasts after one girl
> developed blisters and abscesses.
>
> "I took her to the hospital and the doctor scolded me and advised never
> to do it again because it could ruin my daughter," she said.
>
> The practice is most common in the Christian and animist South of the
> country, rather than in the Muslim North and Far North provinces, where
> only 10 percent of women are affected.
>
> "Massaging the breasts with hot objects is painful, very painful, and
> can completely destroy the breasts," said Bessem Ebanga, executive
> secretary of women's rights group RENATA, herself a former victim.
>
> "Some girls could be traumatized throughout their lives and their
> sexual behavior could be disturbed forever."
>
> For Ndonko, the campaign is a battle to respect the physical integrity
> of young girls -- with broader implications for human rights.
>
> "If nothing was done today, tomorrow the very parents may even resolve
> to slice off the nose, the mouth or any other part of the girl which
> they think is making her attractive to men."
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