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NAIROBI Cutting girls is something our people have done for hundreds of years, Nashiru, the senior FGM surgeon in the Maasai community of Ol Donyo Nyokie, told IRIN. No one can convince us that it is wrong.
Like all six FGM practitioners who carry out hundreds of procedures every year in and around the community, Nashiru sincerely believes in the virtues of FGM. The women believe that an uncut woman has sexual feelings for every man she comes across, and is likely to stray from her marriage. In fact, they see FGM as a tool to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in their community. When you cut a girl, you know she will remain pure until she gets married, and that after marriage, she will be faithful, Nashiru explained. But when you leave a girl uncut, she sleeps with any man and brings the disease into the community. Asked about cleanliness during the procedure, the women said nowadays they used a different disposable razor blade for each girl, instead of the traditional use of o