Ironing Breasts?



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Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: "HVAC"
Date: 07 Jul 2006 04:05:06 PM
Object: Ironing Breasts?
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) -- 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.
Where I live we just use a 12 gauge-
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