Female genital mutilation (FGM) cripples millions of children every year.
You would think it simple to pass a few laws and be done with it.
Think again.
I thought I had a decent grasp of the salient issues until I learned what I didn't know.
And now you're going to learn why this problem is a beast to be reckoned with.
I thank Brian Earp and Rebecca Steinfield for their scholarly analysis on which this episode is based and you may access their essay Gender and Genital Cutting: A New Paradigm here
Dr Marco Pelosi III can be reached at DrMarcoPelosi.com
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