The Horrors of Wife-Fattening Farms in West Africa
The brutal forced feeding of young Mauritania girls for marriage
It doesn’t sound real, but wife-fattening farms still exist in West Africa.
Mauritania, a country of 4,649,658, believes “big is beautiful and stretch marks are sexy.” It sounds almost progressive.
That is, until you learn that young girls are often sent away to “wife-fattening farms” and brutally force-fed until they gain enough weight to meet the beauty standards of the region.
The horror of being force-fed as a child is not limited to a few.
In an effort to make pre-pubescent girls look more eligible on the marriage market, these so-called “farms” feed children thousands of calories every day during what they call “feeding season.”
It’s the reverse of fat-shaming that we see in the United States (and elsewhere).
This article is an expose of wife-fattening farms, why they exist, and what’s being done to stop this horrific form of child abuse.
Why Do Wife-Fattening Farms Exist?
The Mauritania wife-fattening farms remain as a relic of the country’s past.
