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Whitey Ford
01-26-2019, 07:31 PM
Thanks muddaland africa for bringing this vibrant and culturally enriching practice to Europe!


Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK
Perpetrators consider it a traditional measure to stop unwanted male attention (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/26/revealed-dozens-of-girls-subjected-to-breast-ironing-in-uk)
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An African practice of “ironing” a girl’s chest with a hot stone to delay breast formation is spreading in the UK, with anecdotal evidence of dozens of recent cases, a Guardian investigation has established.

Community workers in London, Yorkshire, Essex and the West Midlands have told the Guardian of cases in which pre-teen girls from the diaspora of several African countries are subjected to the painful, abusive and ultimately futile practice.

Nappy Meal
01-26-2019, 07:50 PM
That right there is that Super High Tech Wakandan Medicine.