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Africa: Breast Ironing, the Silent Archaic African Practice Conducted for the "Good of Girls"
This is Africa, 11 April 2018
Breast ironing, a traditional practice commonly done in Cameroon, is the use of hard or heated objects like a wooden pestle or scalding grinding stones to stop or slow the… Read more »
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Cameroon: Cameroon Practice Where Teen Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing'
Guardian, 10 April 2018
Breast ironing, otherwise known as breast flattening, is a cultural practice that is particularly practised across all ethnic groups in Cameroon, Africa. Read more »
Why Some African Girls Endure Painful Breast Ironing Practice
Breast ironing, also known as breast flattening, is a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development as some men strongly believe that teenage girls as low as 9 years whose breasts are developing are ripe for sex. This cultural practice that is particularly practised across all ethnic groups in Cameroon and some parts of Africa. There is currently no research on the health implications of the practice.
