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The more culture evolves the more criticism is directed at the rituals and practices of other cultures. For example FGM is a procedure that is performed without anesthetic on girls before they reach puberty. In the western world, most people view this procedure as barbaric but for the people of that particular culture, it is a procedure comparable (to us) as a visit to the dentist. The FGM procedure prevents women from obtaining pleasure during sexual intercourse, rendering it a purely reproductive procedure for the woman. Some girls die as a result of blood loss, septicemia and shock. Such a procedure in the western world is unheard of and is thought to be the oppression of women. As our world evolves further, is there a possibility of this procedure being wiped out? Will there eventually be a world wide morality?  My personal opinion is that this is something that should be wiped out, simply because it is an unnecessary procedure in which people are not given any choice. A woman gains nothing from it except discomfort and in some cases death. It is hard for me to understand how some cultures can be so backward.