This was a tough decision for me. When I realized I was mutilated, I quarreled with my mum for her ignorance. This is the pain a young woman is forced to endure because her mother was unaware of the dangers of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). I have experienced men leaving me because of this. The nurse or whoever mutilated me must have been unprofessional. I don’t even feel like a woman at all, I thank God my husband understood, and we struggled through it. This is the reality of about 115–130 million circumcised women worldwide, with an estimated 32.76 million women in Nigeria alone who have fallen victim to FGM. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nigeria has a population of approximately 150 million, with women making up 52% of the population.  The national prevalence rate of FGM stands at 41% among adult women. This means that more than 32 million Nigerian women have undergone this harmful practice. Most of us get amused when people say sex is sweet,...