In the news: Breast ironing
I had never heard of such a thing:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/07/07/cameroon.breastironing.reut/index.html
Excerpt:
Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls' bosoms with a heated stone.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/07/07/cameroon.breastironing.reut/index.html
Excerpt:
Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls' bosoms with a heated stone.
"I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the breasts," Moungang said.
"They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for their own good."
"Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional practice in West Africa, experts say.
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