#FGM Horror Many Wives Faceđź’”
I'm Hibaaq, from Jowhar in Somalia. Like many Somalian girls, I was infibulated when I was 8 years old.
When I got married, we tried for five days to get me opened but blood just poured out and in my pain, I wrestled with my husband out of bed!
We
I'm Hibaaq, from Jowhar in Somalia. Like many Somalian girls, I was infibulated when I was 8 years old.
When I got married, we tried for five days to get me opened but blood just poured out and in my pain, I wrestled with my husband out of bed!
We
visited a doctor, who said that along the years after my infibulation, the skin had grown together to partially cover the small hole left for me to pee and menstruate!
The doctor called it "spontaneous adhesion" and advised that I should have a surgery to open it, so that I could
The doctor called it "spontaneous adhesion" and advised that I should have a surgery to open it, so that I could
perform intercourse with my husband without pain.
But shockingly, my husband refused and said, "I will be the one to open her up; no one else. It's a shame for me not to be the one to open her up" THAT "how would I be seen as a man among my family and friends!"
I disagreed with
But shockingly, my husband refused and said, "I will be the one to open her up; no one else. It's a shame for me not to be the one to open her up" THAT "how would I be seen as a man among my family and friends!"
I disagreed with
him but he threatened me that, if he doesn't consummate the marriage by "personally opening me up" THAT he "will divorce me".
Out of shame for my family's name, we went back home.
I cannot describe the amount of pain when he did.
I was passing urine uncontrollably for two months!
Out of shame for my family's name, we went back home.
I cannot describe the amount of pain when he did.
I was passing urine uncontrollably for two months!
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