The horror of female genital mutilation is a global issue‚ and it is also one surprising foreign to Americans although an estimated ten thousand girls in the United States are currently at risk of this operation (Sarkis par. 1). This is a cultural practice that is both unethical and incredibly detrimental to its victims besides obviously being in direct violation of basic human rights. In order to attain a broader view of this issue the following will be examined: basic information about this
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Female Circumcision medically referred as a clitoridectomy. It is a surgical procedure to alter or remove female genitalia. In other countries such as the UK (United Kingdom)‚ this procedure is known as “Female Genital Mutilation” and is currently illegal in the United States. In the UK there are an estimated 137‚000 women affected by this procedure. In eastern Africa female circumcision is known as the procedure called Infibulation. The clitoris and the inner and outer labia are to be removed
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DATE RECEIVED: 04 JUNE 2014 TIME : 1100 LECTURER’S INITIALS: Contents LECTURER’S COMMENTS / GRADE 2 Introduction This project requires me to conduct research on female slim images in advertising‚ focus on a problem of negative impactions of advertising images of slim female models and beauty stereotypes1 and answer a research question “how slim images in advertising effect on women’s behavior?”. In the research topic I am writing about issues that inspired to highlight
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that of female body modification‚ or very commonly known as female circumcision. To those brought up being taught that women should always be seen as objects that should not be harmed‚ female genital mutilation seems a practice too vile to even consider. Many have argued that “FGM has disastrous health effects‚ combined with the social injustices it perpetuates constitute a barrier to the overall African development” (Shweder) and that it was “devised [as a] brutal means… to curb female sexual desire
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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.... What is female Genital Mutilation? FGM is a procedure of partial or total removal of the external female genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs. There
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Female Genital Mutilation in Cultures The traditional and cultural practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is slowly and increasingly becoming a controversial debate around the world. This dispute involves the violation of the human rights of girls and women as well as deals with its cultural norms and the severe health complications it oftentimes causes. The author‚ Martha Nussbaum‚ from the book‚ Sex & Social Justice‚ argues and criticizes against the tradition of female “circumcision”‚ in
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(Disclaimer letter) 8. Appendix 3 (Questionnaire) 9. Bibliography 1. Aims/Objectives The aim of this research project is to explore‚ how effective professionals providing health programs to overcome cultural tradition‚ such as Female Genital Mutilation. In recent times the number of FGM victims rose. Birmingham and Manchester have the highest relevance of FGM outside of London‚ The Guardian (2015). 1.2 This research project will focus on existing health programs to identify
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Explore the similarities and differences in the presentation of female characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and The World’s wife In this essay‚ I will be exploring the similarities and differences of female characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams; and ‘The World’s Wife’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Both texts denote women as somewhat weak and incompetent and as having a predatory attitude towards the mainly dominant male characters. A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1945 and
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Portrayal of inferiority and mediocrity of females by the usage of Marianismo in Like Water for Chocolate and Chronicles of a Death Foretold “The girls had been reared to get married”. This statement provides insight into a culturally rich society’s views about females and their position in the society. Marianismo in reality means semi-divinity‚ sexual purity and moral strength of a woman yet the wider mass of people most commonly visualize Marianismo as being something opposite to Machismo or being
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marriage‚ men staying home as home-husbands and divorce. However‚ in developing countries‚ a significant proportion of the population are still holding a very serious preference for male offspring and yearning to have a male baby‚ despite the fact that females can take care of their parents physically and psychologically far better than their male peers. It is worth looking into the reason for and some negative ongoing consequences of this male preference. The explanation can be traced to the traditional
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