Lisa Ammerman was once forced into female genital mutilation. The details and fine points mentioned are truly compelling and heartfelt. The procedure was done in an unsanitary place with animal skin on the floor. She constantly repeated that she was “becoming an adult”. As soon as she saw the razor in the circumcised hand she writes to explain in in depth the procedure, “i watched with honor as the blade cut into my flesh again and again, removing my clitoris”. Ammerman then goes in more detail, “each slide sounded the way a knife sounds cutting though rare meat, and my blood splatted all over me. I was covered with sweat, and i even peed on myself. It took five slices to remove my clitoris and labia. The pain was unbearable--I had no anesthesia”