If you had to circumsize your daughter
If you lived in a country where FGM is sad reality and you'd have to do it to your own daughter, what age would you find the most proper for the surgery?
According to Waris' books, it's being done to little girls and her teenage sister was described as being already much older than an average girl undergoing this surgery.
I believe babyhood would be the best choice in this respect because:
a) The girl doesn't have any memories of this, unlike when it is done later.
b) Even if the girl died as a result of the surgery, it would be a bit easier to stand for her parents because when your child dies in babyhood, you didn't have time to develop ties of attachment to this extent as in the case of an older child and you didn't invest so much money and time devoted to your child, so your loss isn't so heavy as it would be a couple of years later.
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