Thank you so much for your well thought out comment. I cannot claim to know the origin of these cultures but one thing is sure, they are backward and a source of pain to many women around the world. The least we could do as writers is to talk about it. As Wole Soyinka said in his book, The Man Dies, inter alia, "The man dies who keeps silent in the face of tyranny."

I appreciate your comment. All the best to you and yours, from Nigeria @linoo36.