“Girls as young as ten are being sent to initiation camps in Malawi to be taught about how to have sex and in some cases lose their virginity.
The girls are told by their families they are attending a camp with their friends, but when they arrive they are shown how to have sex and told they must lose their ‘child dust’ as soon as they can or they will get a skin disease.
The horrifying practice is not new – it is a time-honored ritual passed through generations and the girls are sent by their families to make sure they are accepted into their communities as adults.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.
*Read more here from Jill Reilly / Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552195/The-sex-initiation-camps-Malawi-ten-year-old-girls-sent-families-lose-virginities.html
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