struggling. While women have progressed in some areas‚ there are still practices like FGM that dehumanizes‚ degrade‚ declass‚ diminish and weaken women. The term Female Genital Mutilation was adopted in the 1970’s and it replaced the term “female circumcision.” However‚ FGM was practiced way before. It has been in practice for about 1400 years. FGM‚ to sum it up‚ is the removal of part‚ or all‚ of the female genitalia. According to Walker and Parmar‚ FGM was practiced on slaves bought to the United
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Modification Body Modification have been around ever since there was man on earth. It is the deliberately alteration of one’s physical appearance. There are many ways to modify the body and the reasons varies widely. There’s tattooing‚ piercing‚ circumcision and rare ones like tongue splitting and scarification and branding. In this modern world the most common is piercing. It’s really hard now to find 10 women in a group of 20 without some form of piercing. Body piercing started with men way back
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for a boy  Includes circumcision  Covenant of Circumcision  Occurs 8 days after birth - VERY important‚ nothing interrupts  Ritual objects used:  Circumcision tools (anesthetic is possible according to some)‚ tallit (prayer shawl)‚ booklet with ceremony text‚ Elijah’s Chair  Time of ceremony early in the morning  Ritual setting morning prayer service  Parts of ceremony welcomed‚ circumcision‚ naming‚ festive meal. 
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the faith‚ especially concerning justification by faith alone‚ apart from the works of the Law of Moses. The key personalities of this book are the Apostle Paul‚ Judaizers‚ false teachers‚ circumcision‚ fruits of the sprit‚ 10 commandments‚ and Abraham. Paul writes this book to deal with the problem of circumcision and Jewish legalism toward Gentile believers. It was written because the churches of that region were facing a theological crisis. In other words‚ convert to Judaism first‚ and then you are
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Peck 1 Deserae Peck Paola Brown ENG 102 3 March 2008 Female circumcision is also known‚ more accurately‚ as female genital mutilation and female genital cutting (FGC.) There are three forms of FGC. The first is a clitoridectomy‚ the cutting and/or removal of the hood of the clitoris and all or part of the clitoris. The second is an excision which removes the clitoris‚ the hood‚ and the labia minor (the inner folds of the vulva that is responsible for producing lubrication.) The infibulation is the
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defines FGM as “a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia‚ or injury to other female genital organs for non-medical reasons.” Female genital mutilation is also known as‚ female genital cutting‚ and female circumcision. It is practiced in North Eastern‚ Western‚ and Eastern Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and in immigrant communities in North America and Europe. This practice is not specifically evolved from any religion. It is a procedure that is carried out in order
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thorugh circumcision is an indicator of their admission into the Kikuyu culture (ni atuaika muthuri kana mutumia). Through this‚ an individual became a full participant in the dewllings of the society as a whole‚ beyond the village (Itura). The rite of passage is for boys aged between 14 and 15 years‚ which involved them going through the circumcision event usually done by the older men in the village. For the girls‚ they too had to undergo a rite of passage event involving circumcision and learning
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900094048 Draft: 02 Course and Section Number: REHT 101_ 05 Date: 11th of May‚ 2012 Outline I. Introduction A. Origins B. Traditions of Female Circumcision C. Thesis: Beliefs and practices of female circumcision in Upper Egypt II. Different types of circumcision A. Cutting tip of clitoris B. Most severe Cutting C. Procedure III. Physical Cleanliness and Purity A. Early Adulthood B. Increasing of girls’ femininity
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based on cultural misconceptions and prejudices. According to Ehrenreich (2005)‚ she has argued that intersex surgery in the West‚ like female circumcision in Africa‚ is a cultural practice that ordains patriarchal gender norms (p.22). If the anti-FGC activists could argue there are significant different between intersex surgery and female circumcision practices‚ then they have forgotten both practices have come from the same procedure: cutting‚ repairing or correcting the individual’s genital part
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My intended audience is my allies who agree that Female Genital Mutilation is an inhumane practice and it should be eradicated. FGM: An Inhumane Practice "The child‚ completely naked‚ is made to sit on a low stool. Several women take hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her outer and inner labia‚ the operator‚ usually a woman experienced in this procedure‚ sits down facing the child. With her kitchen knife‚ the operator first pierces‚ and slices open the hood of the clitoris
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