March 10th, 1994. On this Geraldo program we meet a women who had her clitoris removed and then her vagina sewn shut.
“You can’t have sex..it’s like …birth control where you cannot have sex before marriage…”
Filmmaker Soraya Mire discusses her experience and her film, a clip of ‘Fire Eyes’ is shown. Her work shines light on the reality women across America, as the cultures they come from consider these procedures a rite of passage. Later in the segment we meet Sherice who describes the abuse suffered in her relationship which included being nailed shut inside a house.
Domestic abuse remains an issue in America, and cultures around the world still practice female circumcision.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.