Ms. DeWEAVER: Particularly within the low-income population, people tend to very strictly look at what people might call the marriageability of their partners.
Ms Byrne said FGM was a "very deeply-rooted cultural tradition" carried out as a result of beliefs, such as to stop infidelity and promiscuity or increase a woman's "marriageability".
Assuming that you inherited your mother's self-confidence and that you develop a professional career worthy of a Princeton man, your marriageability will only increase for at least the next two decades.