Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female "circumcision" has also been used a long time. "Duration" or commonality of a practice is no gauge of health. Such rites are used to degrade people and make them subject to a cultural identity more dominant than an individual identity. That's a reason such cultures like to do it to kids at around 12 or 13. At a basic level tats and mods are also self degradation and its no surprise previously degraded people are the most open to it.
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