What is breast ironing?

Breast blessing is a practice involving the palpitations of the girl's chest entering puberty with heated objects to prevent or reduce breast development. This practice was most widely observed in the African Cameroon nation, where the 2006 studies indicated that up to one of four women and girls was exposed to breast ironing, usually a mother, even if some girls did it for themselves. People involve this practice in the belief that this will prevent people from viewing young women as sexually available, because breast development is often considered a signal that the girl is ready for sexual activity. These objects are heated and applied to the chest to damage the breast tissue. Breasts can be pounded or massaged to break further breasts. Complications may include permanent tissue damage, abscesses, infections and extreme pain for the patient. Some bears have expressed concern that this practice can also increase the risk of cancer by causing abnormal tissue changes that could eventually become RakovInova.

In Cameroon, as in other nations, the development of the breast is announced as a step into femininity. Girls can be forced to marry as soon as their breasts develop, and if they are not forced to marry, they are often excluded from school and sequested family members that they can bring the family to shame by involving sexual activity. Some mothers and daughters claim that this practice provides girls more opportunities by allowing them to complete school and avoid forced marriage at a young age.

Since the quality of life in Cameroon has improved, many women enter puberty at an increasingly age. Breast grip can begin at the age of eight or nine. Practice is physically and emotionally, traumatic. Human rights groups in Cameroon say that breast ironing should be forbidden and practice is regularly discussed in human rights reports from the region. Campaigns of awareness focusedThe common justification of breast ironing is used to encourage people to avoid practice.

Groups trying to end my breast ironing in Cameroon have led the campaign for related human rights issues, such as ensuring access to education for women and girls in Cameroon, ending children's marriages and introducing a better framework for processing sexual assaults and rape. These campaigns are designed to eliminate many arguments for breast ironing to lead to the end of the practice.