the social hierarchy in our modern society‚ unequal treatment and oppression towards women still persist in Saudi Arabia largely due to the internalization of their position as subordinates and victims of a patriarchal society. 2 Examples: 1) Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) a. The purpose of FGM is to curb the sexual desire of girls and women and preserve their "sexual honor" before marriage. This mutilation is irreversible and extremely painful‚ and usually done to young girls. b. FGM is carried
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The sociology of the body is a new area in sociology and one where much work remains to be done. In this journal‚ the focus is on how something as seemingly individual and given as your own body is influenced by the power of the state and the attitudes and pressures in the wider society. Abstract The state has the potential to control the population and individuals in many ways like population‚ size‚ where people live and appearance. Attitudes towards the body have changed over time and cultures
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The profile self-injurer is usually a female‚ this does not mean that men do not self mutilate‚ but that a higher percentage of women commit self injury. This statistic may be because many women think negatively about their bodies‚ and that the ideal women should be tall‚ thin‚ and beautiful
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Hale’ Alexander Dr. Felty English 101 June 22‚ 2013 The Cultural Insights of Footbinding The Chinese practiced foot binding for over a thousand years in the Song and T’ang dynasties. Some people found it very cruel‚ and then some found it fascinating. The ‘Golden Lotuses’ were the art and symbol for the wealth and beauty of ancient China. For any other culture‚ one would ask what foot binding is? Or‚ how did foot binding in Ancient China compare to John Fairbank’s text “Footbinding”? Also
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explore the history of human beings‚ we will clearly find that unlike the ancient women‚ they have a strong aspiration to strive for their equal rights in modern China. (34 words) In ancient China‚ living in a patriarchal society which emphasized female submissiveness makes almost every woman oppressed and enslaved. They were regarded as “tools” for farming and weaving and giving birth to a child especially a boy. Besides‚ women in the traditional Chinese society were mere daughters‚ sisters‚ wives
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Female Genital Mutilation By: Kasey Jordana Female genital mutilation is cutting of the female genitals and it was considered a right of passage in Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East. It’s a reflection of inequality between sexes and it is discrimination against women. Most of the time it is done on minors from age infancy to 15 and it is considered violation of rights of children. The procedure violates a persons rights to health because it can hurt you physically or it can even lead
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What about this opportunity interests you? Being a humanitarian worker at heart‚ I uphold the values of the UN Charter‚ and my motivation is to create an environment for individuals where international human rights are applied across the board. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is done for solely non-medical purposes and is in clear violation of human rights. I see this an opportunity to work with grass root communities to bring practical and achieve tangible results to save girls from this practice
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Female Genital Mutilation’s ritual should not do this practice because women suffer many injustices in the community. A lot of discrimination when girls do not want to have a circumcision. For instance‚ Eltahawy‚ Mona. "Fighting Female Genital Mutilation." stated‚ “This cutting is believed to reduce a girl’s sex drive. And families believe their daughters are unmarriageable unless they are cut.” This quote signifies that girls must be circumcision to get married. Moreover‚ numerous families are suffering
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GROUP NUMBER LEVEL …. INDEX NUMBER NAME TERM PAPER TOPIC: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. THESIS: Problems caused by female genital mutilation include problems going to the bathroom‚ not being able to have sex normally‚ problems with gynaecological health‚ sexually transmitted infections‚ pregnancy and delivery problems‚ and psychological and emotional stress and it can be curb by community meetings‚ education‚ substitute rituals‚ changing attitudes‚ and law enforcement.
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Female Genital Mutilation The World Health Organization on February 2013 estimated that‚ “Worldwide‚ female genital mutilation affects up to 140 million women and girls in varying degrees of severity” (“par”). Female Genital Mutilation also called Female Genital Circumcision includes the excision of the clitoris and the labia minora for non-medical reasons. It is usually performed on girls between the ages of four and ten. However‚ it can also occur at birth‚ at the time of puberty‚ when the female
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