"Female circumcision has come to constitute a site of a number of emotionally charged debates around cultural relatvism, international human rights, racism and westren imperialism"(Duncan and Hernlund). In some counries in Africa female genital mutilation is a tribal tradition; however, to Westernized philosophy it;s viewed as barbaric.

`This issue is so heavily debated internationally that some countries have promised to refuse aid to those who still practice Female genital manipulation