*Trigger Warning* This episode includes frequent reference to and discussion of child sexual abuse and assault. If you believe you may find that triggering or distressing, do listen to a previous episode. For those affected by any of what is discussed in the episode, you can find support links toward the end of the show notes. 

In this epsiode, Diggory and sex therapist mother Cate invite Dr Leyla Hussein OBE onto the podcast to talk about ‘FGM’, otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation. Leyla explains why FGM happens at all, the racist and sexist elements of societies’ handling of FGM and shares staggering statistics that prove FGM is a global issue that we should all pay more attention to. 

Cate and Diggory also open up their mailbag to read out some sex and relationship questions from listeners like how can one feel more emotionally connected to their partner and whether it’s unfaithful to masturbate after your partner has fallen asleep. 

Make sure you send in your sex or relationship questions to our accredited therapist Cate who will answer them on the pod! You can email them to podcasts@hattrick.com or by DMing us on Instagram - @realsexedpod

You can find Leyla Hussein here on Instagram @leylahusseinuk | Twitter @leylahussein | Website https://www.leylahussein.co.uk/ 

You can find Cate’s blog, going into more detail on what was discussed in today’s episode, here: https://catecampbell.wordpress.com/

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You can donate to the Dahlia Project here: https://www.dahliaproject.org/how-to-support-us/ 

Support & Resources:

NHS National FGM Support Clinics – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/national-fgm-support-clinics/ 

The Dahlia Project – https://www.dahliaproject.org/access-our-services/ 

Reading List:

FGM – The Facts Leaflet – https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783684/FGM_The_Facts_A6_v4_web.pdf

Cut: FGM in Britain Today: by Hibo Wardere, Simon and Schuster, 2016 

Overcoming: My Fight Against FGM , by Ann-Marie Wilson, Monarch, 2021

“Female genital cutting”. In Contemporary Sex Therapy by Cate Campbell, Routledge, 2020

Watching & listening List: 

Naimah Hassan: Breaking the silence on FGM | TED Talk – https://www.ted.com/talks/naimah_hassan_breaking_the_silence_on_fgm_jul_2020 

How FGM changed my life | Aissa Edon | TEDxWarwick – YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5fzUWpPp0&ab_channel=TEDxTalks 

Khadija Gbla: My mother’s strange definition of empowerment | TED Talk – https://www.ted.com/talks/khadija_gbla_my_mother_s_strange_definition_of_empowerment 

FGM 'being performed on UK babies' - BBC News - YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOmh-phOLoc&ab_channel=BBCNews 

FGM Survivor: Leyla Hussein's Story - YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKT1MX-RnmU 

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