Around the globe, there are practices related to cultural dress, cuisine, religion, and gender roles that are different from your own. If you are unfamiliar with certain cultural practices or have little understanding of the origins of cultural practices, you might find it difficult to tolerate the practice.

 

1. Describe a cultural practice that challenges your limits of tolerance and explain why.

FEMALE GENITAL MUTATION

Female genital mutation(FGM) is a cultural practice that is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age of fifteen in African countries, middle east and Asia.this cultural practice challenges my tolerance limit because it involves a partial removal or total removal of external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organ for non-medical reasons. this practice is a violation of the human rights of girls and women of those countries. World Health Organization(WHO) have opposed all form of female genital mutation because this practice has a lot of short time and long time health complications. short time complications of this cultural practice are; urinary problem, infections, genital tissue swelling, wound healing problem, severe pain, excessive bleeding, and sometimes death and Longtime complication of this practice are; it increases the risk of childbirth complication like difficulty in delivery,excessive bleeding during childbirth. sexual problems like pain during intercourse or decrease satisfaction during intercourse is another effect of this practice. this practice also causes psychological problems, vaginal problems, and menstrual problems