For example‚ the practice of female genital circumcision performed in Africa‚ and in the Middle East. This procedure is performed anywhere from infancy through before a woman’s first delivery and is considered a traditional coming of age ritual. The procedure is physically cruel‚ causes medical complications
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screaming‚ crying‚ and blacking out from the pain pleading for their elders to stop. Their voices fall on deaf ears as their right to sexual pleasure is sliced‚ chopped‚ pricked‚ scraped and burnt away. Female genital mutilation also known as female circumcision is the focus of my speech today. By the time I finish speaking‚ you will agree that this has got to stop! Today I will explain what FGM is; what are the effects of the procedure and why it is still being performed today. So going back...
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Care of the Circumcision If your baby is circumcised‚ his penis may be swollen for about a week. Initially‚ the tip of the penis will be very red. Over the course of a few days it will slowly change to a more pink‚ fleshed-colored appearance as it heals. He may have a LITTLE bleeding. This should stop in 24 hours. If you notice more than a little blood‚ please call your pediatrician. There may also be a yellow-white discharge on his penis on the second day after the circumcision. This is normal
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originating from one’s own cultural customs and beliefs‚ culture shock; subjected to an unfamiliar way or life or set of attitudes‚ population control‚ breastfeeding‚ child care‚ the meaning of disability and child death in different cultures‚ female circumcision‚ women’s roles in patrilineal societies‚ the dangers of fieldwork‚ and facing emotionally draining realities” (Dettwyler‚ 2014). One of the main cultural aspects of Malian society that I believe is noteworthy and worth illustrating and expressing
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|Scripture |Addressed to: |Circumstance of Reiterated Promise. |“Ingredients” of Promise |Development in Genesis |Change in content/Emphasis | |Genesis 12:1-3‚ “ 1 The LORD had |Abraham |God’s initial calling of Abraham to |He would move from current land of |God’s initial call. |God’s initial call and God encourage| |said to Abram‚ “Leave your country‚ |
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JAH HUT Population 3‚200 Major Religion Animism Language Jah Hut T I Who are the Jah Hut? he Jah Hut (Jah and Hut are two separate words meaning “people” and “no”) are one of the nineteen original Orang Asli people groups of Peninsular Malaysia. The government classifies them under the Senoi subgroup. Jah Hut villages are located in the foothills of the Jerantut and Temerloh districts of Pahang‚ Selangor‚ and Negeri Sembilan. they have little control over the conditions of
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References: Arebi‚ Y. (2007). Nigeria: Female Circumcision: The Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly? The Human Angle‚ Vanguard Carole Agengo (2009) Harmful Traditional Practices in Europe: Judicial Interventions. Expert Paper Produced for the United Nations for the Expert group Meeting on good Practices in Legislation
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Female Genital Mutilation. Dec. 2004. Web. 18 Oct. 2013. . Rodriguez‚ Sarah W. "Project MUSE - Rethinking the History of Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy: American Medicine and Female Sexuality in the Late Nineteenth Century." Rethinking the History of Femle Circumcision and Clitoridectomy 63.3 (2008): 323-47. Project MUSE - Rethinking the History of Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy: American Medicine and Female Sexuality in the Late Nineteenth Century. July 2008. Web. 18 Oct. 2013. . Saner
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Introduction There a three main ways the HIV can be spread: 1. Sexual intercourse 2. Intravenous drugs 3. Blood transfusions (which are very rare now because all blood is tested) HIV is spreading like wild fire among adolescents because they don’t believe it can happen to them. Prevention for positives is only possible if a person knows his or her HIV status. Voluntary counseling and testing strategies (VCT)‚ a cornerstone of HIV prevention‚ has generally been seen as a first defense against
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when they are children. This is a practice that has been done for decades in some cultures‚ in other cases millennia. In most cases a woman is the one doing the cutting. Even though this woman may have went through the same painful endurance of circumcision it still continues. A lot of people may ask how they do it. The only answer for that is culture. The woman who mostly go through this live in male dominating societies. They do as they are told. The continued "subsurface" practice of Female Genital
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