Is Female Genital Mutilation A Moral Practice Female genital mutilation (FGM) is not a morally justified practice. It is an unnecessary procedure that has no medical health benefits to the girls and women it is being performed on. According to Utilitarianism‚ we should produce the greatest amount of pleasure for the greatest number affected. Utilitarian’s also believe that we should alleviate the greatest amount of pain and suffering for the greatest number affected. Based on Utilitarian grounds
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Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation is believed to have started in Egypt 2‚000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago‚ FGM was considered a cultural tradition‚ but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of human rights. Canada‚ Denmark‚ the Netherlands‚ and the United States has declared Female Genital Mutilation grounds for seeking asylum and is a punishable offense (1). Many of us never heard of Female Genital Mutilation until the story of Kauziya
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The female athlete triad might occur if over-training is maintained over a long period of time and accompanied by other issues. The triad is a combination of three disorders. These are disordered eating in which not enough calories are taken in to fuel energy needs‚ disturbed menstrual cycle and low bone density. Athletes at highest risk of the triad are gymnasts‚ dancers‚ swimmers‚ runners or any sport that places extreme emphasis on weight or maximum performance according to the Female Athlete
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In Female Chauvinist Pigs‚ Ariel Levy brings to the forefront the issues society has been facing for decades; gender inequality‚ gender ideology‚ and gender construct. Levy focuses on women’s sexual empowerment‚ or lack thereof‚ starting with the passing of the birth control to Roe vs Wade to Hugh Hefner and Playboy. Ariel Levy starts out by writing about her experiences with the crew of Girls Gone Wild and the girls they met during a night out taping. The women practically threw themselves to
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The Female Body in Advertising The female body is a powerful tool in advertisement that industry has used to attract people to certain products or services. The roles of females in advertisement have moved along the spectrum from depicting the domesticated housewife to the attractive‚ slim model. Many advertisements contain women in roles such as cooks‚ maids‚ babysitters‚ as well as sex objects in order to sell product. Early advertisements were once shown to sell a product‚ however‚ as years
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A dirty place The only thing that strikes me when I remember my last visit is that how dirty the places were! My last visit was to a factory because it was a project of holidays given by my school. The entry to this factory was through a narrow road and then there was a large ground where this ancient factory was built. The places near the factory were poorly maintained and were very filthy. It reflected a bad image of our country‚ India. The whole garbage was thrown at these places from the factory
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In constituting nature as female -- "I pursued nature to her hiding places" (49) -- Victor Frankenstein participates in a gendered construction of the universe whose negative ramifications are everywhere apparent in the novel. The uninhibited scientific penetration and technological exploitation of female nature is only one dimension of a patriarchal encoding of the female as passive and possessable‚ the willing receptacle of male desire. The destruction of the female implicit in Frankenstein’s usurpation
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Launceston Place – tradition and luxury in a fine quality menu Ever felt the need to be pampered‚ of tasting the juicy high-life society and being warmly welcomed like one of the fine red carper stars? Reserve your top table at Launceston Place‚ where the British cuisine thrills all your senses with excellent‚ various dishes and attractive‚ elegant designs. Restaurants became that rendezvous place‚ a perfect business meeting or simply the place that serves dinner. Launceston Place goes beyond
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Place and Space | The place of a drama can be manipulated in two ways; firstly‚ the fictional setting and location of where the drama is occurring and secondly‚ the actual physical space it is being performed in (Strube‚ Behal & Davis‚ 2010). Dramatic meaning can be enhanced by choosing a specific place‚ general location or mood and atmosphere. This can be manipulated by factors such characters‚ props‚ technology and symbols. Throughout our devised performance we use a combination
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the cutting of part or all of the female genitalia‚ the skin is then sewn together leaving a small hole the size of a pencil for urine and menstrual blood. This dangerous procedure is practiced mostly in 30 countries in Africa‚ also some parts of Indonesia and Malaysia (Gilbert). These culture groups believe that Female Genital Mutilation will purify the girls‚ keeping them from having sexual intercourse before marriage. Functionalism can best be used to describe
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