Female genital mutilation (FGM) cripples millions of children every year.

You would think it simple to pass a few laws and be done with it.

Think again.

I thought I had a decent grasp of the salient issues until I learned what I didn't know.

And now you're going to learn why this problem is a beast to be reckoned with.

I thank Brian Earp and Rebecca Steinfield for their scholarly analysis on which this episode is based and you may access their essay Gender and Genital Cutting: A New Paradigm here

Dr Marco Pelosi III can be reached at DrMarcoPelosi.com