by the end of the movie she saves the girls from having to get female genital mutilation. Also‚ she changes the views of people in Burkina Faso. One critic‚ Karen Lindo says‚ “Determined to protect four prepubescent girls from female circumcision‚ the key female protagonist Collé stands up to the Salindana (female practitioners of female gender mutilation) as well as to the larger patriarchal order represented by the Elders. Collé’s determination to protect these young girls marks the occasion
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Assignment 1: Question 1 Intersectionality Intersectionality‚ a term coined by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in 1989‚ describes the unique interactions that individuals have in relation to intersecting aspects of their identities and the results of these interactions as relates to power. Crenshaw originally meant the term to highlight the intersection of race and sex—particularly emphasizing the experience of black women‚ who deal with both racism and sexism in tandem (Davis 68). For example‚ in “Demarginalizing
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Warrior Marks and Alice Walker: Possessing the Secret of Joy were used along with book sources‚ Internet source documents and a personal email interview. In the novel‚ Alice Walker strives to make people aware of the horrific effects that female circumcision (genital mutilation) has on the African community and others throughout the world. If there is a single novel that could convince anyone of Alice Walker’s place as one of the most important writers and thinkers‚ it has to be Possessing the Secret
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Culturescape Assignment (Research and Planner) Culture chosen: Jewish Neighbourhood Customs: The first Jewish custom‚ Brit Milah also known as circumcision‚ takes places at the birth of a boy baby. It is carried out on the eighth day after the baby has been born; it is performed by a Mohel‚ where the baby’s foreskin of the penis is removed. The second Jewish custom is called The Naming Ceremony‚ which takes place on the first Sabbath that immediately follows the birth of a baby girl. This event
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Taking Sides Discussion Points Assignment: Issue #18 Should Female Circumcision be Banned? Summary: The main issue being discussed in the Taking Sides article is that of whether or not it would be right for anthropologists to work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision. This culturally debatable topic was discussed by professor of the history and philosophy of science Merrilee H. Salmon and Professor of anthropology Elliot P. Skinner; Both taking on very different sides in their discussion
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It deals with the role of women and the tradition of circumcision. Chege tells Waiyaki: “Before this‚ women owned everything. The animal you saw was their goat. But because the women could not manage them‚ the goats ran away. They knew women to be weak. So why should they fear them?” (wa Thiong’o 15). Joshua beat his wife because she had gone thru the rite circumcision and therefore she was a sinner. Joshua’s youngest daughter Muthoni also wants to be circumcised
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Moolaadé Essay Seven years ago‚ a woman and a mother refused to subject her only daughter to be under the atrocious practice of female circumcision. Moolaadé is the story of this woman‚ Collé Ardo‚ a seditious and strong-minded second wife of Ciré in a small secluded African village who single-handedly refused to allow five girls to suffer through the customary Salindé ceremony. She was in opposition with the practice of genital mutilation due to her personal experiences and she didn’t want others
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mother is no doubt cradling your head‚ smiling and whispering‚ “now‚ you are pure. Now‚ you are a woman.” Every detail will remain etched into your memory as you’re between two and fifteen-years-old. Horrifying‚ isn’t it? This procedure is female circumcision‚ or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). There are four types. Type 1 is the removal of the clitoris and surrounding tissue. Type 2 is excision of the inner labia and clitoral tissue. Type 3 is the most prevalent in Somalia and the most extreme. Not
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off most of his penis. Instead of repairing the organ‚ doctors suggested that Bruce’s gender should be reassigned; hypothesizing that gender identity is socially determined and therefore malleable‚ they found in his identical twin Brian -- whose circumcision was forgone and‚ as his condition went away on its own‚ ultimately unnecessary -- an ideal "control" case. The parents agreed‚ and the child was thenceforth raised as a girl‚ Brenda. After reading this‚ I began to feel sorrow for the poor man
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named Waris‚ she was 3 years old who forced to have a FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) as others girls who had this brutal practice. But‚ she had no choice to run away from this practice because it’s one of the traditions that the woman has to get circumcision to be a pure girl and virgin until getting married. Waris kept her pain inside of her heart‚ inside of her body until she grows up and her family decided to marry her to an old man but she escaped from the village to London where she ended up to
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