Breast ironing

There's an interesting program on Discovery Channel which is entitled 'TABOO".It is a documentary encasing taboos observed by people from all over the world.I happened to catch one of the programs a week ago and one taboo that aroused my interest was that of breast ironing.A certain tribe in Africa practise this taboo of breast ironing because they believe that breasts(womens') should'nt be allowed to grow or develop!To them developed breasts cause alot oftrouble.So when a little girl starts to develop breasts,normally at about 9,she undergoes this painful process.It is usually carried out by the grandmother or the mother.The tiny breasts are 'ironed'out with the aid of a piece of flat wood which is then heated.It is then pressed on the breast.The breast is then massaged.This goes on every day for about 3 months or until the breasts are deemed not to develop anymore.Some girls run away from home,some scream in pain everyday for 3 months and some just surrender themselves to the pain!
There are so many of these taboos all over the world.They are ancient practices but some parochial ones still practise these acts.Some extreme Muslims mutiliate the vagina and the less extreme ones circumcise the tip of the clitoris.To them,the ecstasy of an orgasm is wrong and so the mutiliation.
While some of us may gasp in horror at such acts or even scream "barbaric',let's not forget that we are too...like them.Just watch 'Extreme Makeover'.Don't forget the nips and tucks
some women go through!
We human beings are never happy or satisfied with what God has bestowed upon us.He cannot make everyone beautiful because then the world would be a boring one.Everywhere you looked you'd see a beautiful girl!Boring!If he did not bestow you with a beautiful face he might have given you the brain of a rocket scientist...or even long slim fingers which would help you reach an octave!Those slim fingers would fit comfortably in the narrow space between aCsharp and anEflat!!!Everyone has been bestowed one or more talents and its up to us to find it.Some find it late so you have 'latent talent'.Some never find it at all.Maybe its because they are not bothered.But of course,there are those few lucky ones who have everything....beauty and brains to match.Wow!
On a personal note,I think God's creation should not be tampered with based on an impulse.If it has to be done to save a life,I don't he'd mind.