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Mauritania, where bigger is better
For generations nomads in Mauritania have force-fed their young girls to make them fat
For generations nomads in Mauritania have force-fed their young girls to make them fat. Beauty among the community, where young girls are often forced to eat their own vomit, is defined as being as fat as possible. Fat women are more valuable, and are considered more suitable for marriage. There are signs the tradition along with the end of the nomadic way of life, is dying out.
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