but women often perpetuate fgm. it's notjust something that the males do.es... they are brainwashed. slaves are always against slaves. it's a slave mentality. when you are oppressed, you oppress your children. especially your daughters. this is psychology. the point is we have to understand that why female genital mutilation or why male genital mutilation is still today still durable and it is still now. why are males circumcised? nobody asks. it's very much related to female circumcision. and it's related to monogamy for women and polygamy for men. in orderfor women to be monogamous, they must be circumcised, to be satisfied with one man, you know? so it's related to monogamy. there are other issues, you bring up monogamy and looking at the issue of marriage, i wanted to raise a particular case with you that is making a lot of headlines at moment, the case of noura hussein, a 19—year—old woman in the sudan, neighbouring. to egypt... and you were born in sudan. i was born there. you're absolutely right, dr el sadaawi. she has been condemned to death for sta