原标题:数千名女孩的乳房被烫平:“否则,男人会和你上床,否则男人会和你上床”
对这些女孩来说,这段经历是她们一生的阴影……
谁会想到?
这件事会发生在很多人眼里,先进、文明、绅士。——英国 。
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这两天,英国各大媒体纷纷报道这样的事件,震惊了很多人……
——烫乳。
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所谓“烫乳(breast ironing)“,当女孩还小,胸部刚开始发育时,用热石甚至铁棒烫女孩的胸部,硬生生地烫乳房。
极其残忍。
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据估计,“烫乳”世界各地,尤其是西非 地区。被这种坏习惯伤害的女孩多达380万 ……
According to UN estimates, up to 3.8 million girls worldwide are affected。 Breast ironing is particularly widespread in the West African nations of Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Togo and Benin。
据联合国估计,世界上有380万女孩“烫乳”所影响。 喀麦隆、几内亚比绍、乍得、多哥和贝宁在西非国家尤为常见。
“In Cameroon, up to 50 percent of girls as young as ten years old undergo terribly painful breast ironing on a daily basis,” the organisation says。
联合国称:“在喀麦隆,近50%的10岁以下女孩每天都会经历极其痛苦的烫乳。”
▲What is breast ironing and how common is it? (via The Week)
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而在英国 ,其他地区(尤其是西非)的一些移民后代,即使从小接受英国教育,也难逃被烫乳的厄运。
据统计,英国有1000多名女孩被烫乳。……
Margaret Nyuydzewira, head of the diaspora group the Came Women and Girls Development Organisation (Cawogido), estimated that at least 1,000 women and girls in the UK had been subjected to the intervention。
玛格丽特是移民组织“让女人和女孩发展”负责人。据估计,英国至少有1000名女性受到了烫乳的影响。
▲Revealed: ‘dozens’ of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK (via The Guardian)
齐娜亚 (Kinaya)是一个来自西非,住在英国的女孩。这不是她的真名。
10岁时,齐娜亚被母亲强迫烫乳。母亲给出的理由很奇怪——
She said her mother told her that “if I don‘t iron them, men will start coming to you, to have sex with you”。
母亲对齐娜亚说:“假如我不烫你的乳房,就会有男人来找你,和你睡觉。”
It is often the child‘s mother who will undertake the breast ironing, which usually involves heating a stone or spoon on a flame then pressing, massaging or flattening the breast。 This can go on for months。
烫乳通常由女孩的母亲完成。他们把石头或勺子放在火上加热,然后用这些器具挤压、按摩或烫乳。烫乳的过程可能持续几个月。
▲Breast ironing awareness ‘needed in school’ (via BBC)
……原因是什么?
就因为怕“男人可能会和你上床” 这种莫须有的事,要让年幼的女儿遭受石磨火烫,把身上的重要器官活活给烫平?
另一位在英国的母亲介绍了她给女儿烫乳的过程:
One woman living in the suburbs of an English city told the Guardian how she went about ironing her daughter’s chest at the first sign of puberty。
一名住在英格兰郊区的妇女告诉《卫报》,她是如何在女儿青春期的第一个迹象出现(指胸部开始发育)时去烫她乳房的。
“I took the stone, I warmed it, and then I started massaging [my daughter’s chest],” she said。 “And the stone was a little bit hot。 When I started massaging, she said: ‘Mummy, it’s hot!’”
“拿起石头,加热,然后开始按摩(我女儿的胸部)。” 她说。“石头有点热。当我开始按摩时,我女儿说:‘妈妈,好烫啊!’”
The child developed bruising and the mother was eventually questioned by police, before being released with a caution。
女儿被烫伤了。 最后,当地警方询问了她,警告了她,并释放了她。
▲Revealed: ‘dozens’ of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK (via The Guardian)
▲烫过的石头是烫过的常用石头“工具”(图via Getty)
就这样,由于一些不可思议的原因,这些女孩的乳房严重变形扁平。
原本圆润饱满迷人的器官变成了 伤痕累累,干瘪可怕。
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在BBC在报道中,一个在英国的女孩说,她从小就被烫伤,认为所有的女人都必须这样做。
但是体育课结束后,发现了这一点“真相”震惊后,女孩变得越来越孤独……
One woman told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she only realised breast ironing was not normal when she discovered her body looked different to her classmates during a PE class at her UK school, which led her to become distressed。
一位女士告诉节目组,直到她在英国学校上体育课,发现自己的身材和同学不一样,她才意识到烫乳是不正常的。 这让她很沮丧。
Her sister had breast ironed her from age eight, but her teachers failed to notice when she became withdrawn and stopped wanting to take part in PE lessons。
她姐姐从8岁起就开始给她烫乳。但她的老师没有注意到这个女孩变得孤僻,不再想上体育课。
▲Breast ironing awareness ‘needed in school’ (via BBC)
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这不是最痛苦的。
等待敏感纤细终于过去了。到了结婚生子的青春期,这些被烫过乳房的女孩开始尝到另一种折磨:
Like many young girls, Simone was also made to wear an extremely tight strap around her chest to suppress them even more - which caused her difficulty breathing。
和许多年轻女孩一样,西蒙被迫穿着特别紧身的裹胸, 使胸部变平——但是这种裹胸会让人难以呼吸。
A few years later, when she had a baby to the man she was forced to marry, the long-term damage became apparent。
几年后,西蒙被迫嫁给了一个男人,生了一个孩子。这时,烫乳的长期危害开始明显。
“When it comes to breast feeding, it‘s so strenuous, like there’s a knot inside,” she explained。 “It seemed like maybe some of the nerves were destroyed。”
“喂奶很费力,就像乳房打结一样。” 她说。“感觉有些神经已经被破坏了。”
▲Breast ironing awareness ‘needed in school’ (via BBC)
▲西蒙的背影 (图via BBC)
烫乳是针对女性的“割礼” 。而“割礼”坏习惯还有很多其他的表现形式,每一种都是无知和残忍的。
现代社会很难想象——英国甚至是西方发达国家——也有这样落后怪诞的坏习惯,伤害着一个又一个年轻女孩,一点一点地摧毁她们的生命。
▲烫乳石(图)via Joe Penney/Reuters)
一些英国公益组织公益组织呼吁学校和社会“烫乳”进行干预。
我希望更多的人能知道,用烫平乳房甚至部分性器官来防止女孩被切除“骚扰”,逻辑是多么荒谬和愚蠢。
希望这些对女孩的折磨和伤害能在地球上消失。