Essays Tagged: "Female genital mutilation"

Female Genital Mutilation "long term psychological effects"

"Female Genital Mutilation"'Long Term Psychological Effects'Female Genital Mutilation, or Female Circ ... l Mutilation, or Female Circumcision as sometimes called, is the partial or complete removal of the female clitoris immediately after birth, few years after birth (early childhood), or several years a ... h, few years after birth (early childhood), or several years after birth (adolescence). Originally, female genital mutilation was practiced to ensure female virginity until marriage; as it was discove ...

(9 pages) 217 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

FGM, Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation has been practiced in country's around the world for thousands of years, a ...

(2 pages) 105 2 4.1 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Social Injustice: Female Genital Mutilation.

directly affecting you. I have found an aspect that affects me somewhat indirectly. This aspect is female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision (FC) or female genital cutting (F ... l cutting (FGC).Why is female genital mutilation a social injustice? First you must understand what female genital mutilation is. "Female Circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation is the collective na ...

(6 pages) 127 1 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Mutilation of the Female Genitalia.

TORTURE, NOT CULTURE(AN INSIGHT INTO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION)Female circumcision, better known as Female Genital Mutilation, is an ... erty-strickencommunity where people face hunger, bad health, over-working, and uncleanwater ("Female...", 1714). This, however, is not always the case.As one can see in the following story of ... al Africa ("Men's...",34), the Middle East, and Muslim populations of Indonesia and Malaysia("Female...", 1714). Although it seems to have taken root inMuslim and African Christian religions, ...

(5 pages) 98 0 4.4 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Critique of Female Circumcision.

Critique of Female CircumcisionIn this infinitely diverse world filled with a myriad of equally distinct culture ... of our own surroundings making it difficult of view other cultures objectively. Those who practice female circumcision view it as sacred, while others outside are quick to pass judgment on excision a ... hers outside are quick to pass judgment on excision and call it brutal. However, is the debate over female circumcision a case merely based on cultural relativism or can it be argued that excision is ...

(3 pages) 150 3 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Female genital mutilation. dangerous and excruciating procedure practiced by varied cultures, which poses both physical and psychological dangers on its victims.

Female Genital Mutilation is a dangerous and excruciating procedure practiced by varied cultures, wh ... and psychological dangers on its victims. It can be defined as the partial or total removal of the female genitalia.Approximately 135 million girls and women have endured female genital mutilation al ... sequences as a result (www.fgm.org).Originating in Africa (www.religioustolerance.org), evidence of female genital mutilation can be found on Egyptian mummies dating back several thousands of years (w ...

(6 pages) 76 1 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Warrior Marks

According to the movie "Warrior Marks", Female Genital Surgery/Mutilation as many may call it is a tradition that is usually performed on gi ... adition that is usually performed on girls before puberty. Female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is a practice that involves the removal of part or all of the female external g ... c effects of the harsh realities of FGS. Especially when the narrator was recounting the story of a female's experience, the female dancer's movements was so vivid and informative that the narrator wa ...

(3 pages) 23 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Female Genital Mutilation

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION" I was genitally mutilated at the age of ten. I was told by my late grandm ... also suffered for a long time from acute vaginal infections." (Hannah Koroma, Sierra Leone)Miller 2Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the term used for removal of all or just part of the female genit ... uch as razor blades, or pieces of broken glass traditionally perform itThere are different types of female genital mutilation which include Circumcision or Sunna which is the removal of the hood of th ...

(4 pages) 82 3 4.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Gender inequality in Egypt

ls have little chance, if they have it, to learn.When a girl gets matured, the disaster begins. The Female Genital Mutilation process will soon occur to her. It deprives her from reaching her climax. ... w could she satisfy her husband's needs and hers as well?They are about eighty-five percent, of the females aged between fifteen and twenty-five, had the Female Genital Mutilation process occurred to ...

(2 pages) 33 1 2.3 Apr/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Female Genital Mutilation as Violation of Human Rights

directly affecting you. I have found an aspect that affects me somewhat indirectly. This aspect is female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision (FC) or female genital cutting (F ... l cutting (FGC).Why is female genital mutilation a social injustice? First you must understand what female genital mutilation is. "Female Circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation is the collective na ...

(12 pages) 90 0 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Female Genital Mutilation: Why Legislation is not Enough.

In the context of the current Western Australian debate on criminalising female genital mutilation, I argue that specific legislation prohibiting the procedure will in itsel ... urrently in place, these have not achieved the desired result either. A shift in focus from viewing female genital mutilation as purely a women's medical issue to dealing with it within its cultural c ... issue that is influenced by men as well, is likely to be more successful.I begin by exploring what Female Genital mutilation actually is by looking at the types of FGM which occur and the terminology ...

(17 pages) 90 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

The concerns of continuing female genital mutilation practices.

ica, FGM Checks into Hospitals," journalist Fredrick Nwzili writes about the concerns of continuing female genital mutilation practices. According to Nwzili, "now that some traditional practitioners h ... ing up the illegal practice" (Nwzili). Apparently, some of the old traditional doctors discontinued female genital mutilation and also, another assumption for the increase in illegal practices of doct ...

(2 pages) 39 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Vagina Monologues: Play Critique

of abuse against women that still occurs today, raging from everyday rape to extreme abuse such as female genital mutilation. In an effort to inform the general public, writer Eve Ensler did a wonder ...

(4 pages) 33 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Alma Ata declaration of 1978

r 2000". It has especially failed the women of Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year millions of women and female children are subjected to the inhumane practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), are at ri ... operations (Tinker, Finn & Epp, 2000: P27). FGM is the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural and/or non therapeutic re ...

(5 pages) 38 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Female Genital Mutilation

A quite different type of surgery required by some cultures is known variously as female circumcision, female genital surgery, or female genital mutilation (FGM). The custom involves ... xample of "false consciousness." But although many contend that this custom is the ultimate form of female oppression, women in many cultures favor its continuation. Educated women seem to be opposed ... emains widespread, there is growing opposition to it.The international strategy has been to condemn female circumcision as unhealthy. Indeed, it may be a classic example of a "traditional practice pre ...

(5 pages) 70 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Ethics Paper On Female Genital Mutilation

form of human rights in these societies, many are still subjected involuntarily to the tradition of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation. The concern of many, especially human ... that these women do not have a choice concerning what is done to their bodies. These groups believe female circumcision is mutilation and is a practice designed by men to control women. It is felt tha ...

(10 pages) 56 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Female Circumcision

The Morality in Female Circumcision The act of female circumcision is practiced in many parts of Northern Africa and ... , and can cause death among women and children. Beyond the obvious initial pains of the operations, female genital mutilation may bring about long-term physiological, sexual, and psychological effects ... how Richard Shweder would address the substantial differences in morality regarding the practice of female circumcision in Africa and Arabia. Taking in account Shweder's relativist views regarding the ...

(7 pages) 12 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What exactly is cultural relativism in metaethics? Is cultural relativism true? Can cultural relativists uphold the principle of cultural tolerance?

lative to the convictions or practices of a group of persons. For example, a moral judgment such as'female genital mutilation is morally wrong' can be true in the context of one society and considered ...

(8 pages) 29 0 4.5 May/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Vulnerable Population

NUR 471University of PhoenixFemale genital mutilation, also referred to as female circumcision, has become a controversial issue ... s’ rights groups within the last few years. Exodus of refugees from African countries in which female genital mutilation is currently practiced to the West has created vulnerable populations with ... ted vulnerable populations within the United States in regards to the health concerns that surround female genital mutilation. Using Orem’s nursing model as a guide, this paper will describe this ...

(8 pages) 39 0 5.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Informal Institutions

tion of discrimination. I argue that the African and Chinese women purpertrated in the practices of Female Gential Mutualtion and Foot Binding because under the Battle of the Sexes Theory through the ... time before puberty, and entails a clitoridectomy along with the excision of the labia minora. This female genital mutilation, which will be referred to as FGM, results in immense pain and severe, pot ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues