Born in Somalia, Leyla Hussein fights against sexual mutilation and more particularly female circumcision, of which she herself was a victim at the age of 7. Excision consists of the total or partial removal of the female genital organs. Often defended as a religious practice, no sacred text mentions excision. It is found in all religions and throughout the world, since the time of the pharaohs. “They practice patriarchy, which is a universal religion, denounces Leyla Hussein. It’s a sexual assault on children. “There would be more than 200 million victims of this practice in the world, according to World Health Organization, a problem which stems from the taboo around female sexuality, and “the oppression established by men and religions on the bodies feminine”, according to Leyla Hussein.
#FemalePleasure is the story of five women from five different cultures, who fight for the right to self-determination of female sexuality and who reveal universal situations of women’s oppression.
Director Barbara Miller wants “to show the structural, universal, millennial demonization of the female body and its sexuality”, and hopes that “these five women can inspire girls and women everywhere to explore their own bodies, to have the courage to talk with their partners about their wishes and to stand up against the religious, cultural and social dogmas that still tell them they don’t matter. »
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