Question

Using the concept of cultural relativism as a baseline, analyze the cultural practices of breast ironing and female genital mutilation.

Answer 1

Breast ironing is common in West and Central Africa, including Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Togo, Benin, Guinea-Conakry, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Zimbabwe. It's particularly prevalent in Cameroon: there, the number of girls who have been subjected to breast ironing is estimated be as high as one in three (around 1.3 million).