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Female Circumcision: Good Tradition or Not Traditions often make positive contributions to a culture or society, but sometimes fall short and need to be reevaluated. The African tradition of female circumcision is one of the few traditions that needs to be reevaluated. Originally, female circumcision was practiced to ensure female virginity until marriage. Today people are educated, and more open to the fact that women are not possessions, they are able to make their own …

…she wants to have this done to her. She is taken by the other women of the town and is held down against her will for the procedure. Female circumcision is an excellent example of a tradition that was adapted for the good of the people at that time. Now the procedure is no longer needed. Female circumcision is a dangerous and barbaric this tradition is. It is unacceptable for the moral standards of today.