Is Female Genital Mutilation A Moral Practice Female genital mutilation (FGM) is not a morally justified practice. It is an unnecessary procedure that has no medical health benefits to the girls and women it is being performed on. According to Utilitarianism‚ we should produce the greatest amount of pleasure for the greatest number affected. Utilitarian’s also believe that we should alleviate the greatest amount of pain and suffering for the greatest number affected. Based on Utilitarian grounds
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Female Genital Mutilation is a controversial topic that forces people to choose between traditional cultural rituals and the ethical rites of the female involved. Female genital mutilation (FGM)‚ explores several different points of view as well as addresses many contemporary issues. Mainstream assumptions and stereotypes‚ contemporary issues‚ and the women’s cultural and traditional perspectives paint a broader picture of the issues and implications surrounding FGM around the world. Sub Saharan
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I strongly oppose Female genital mutilation to the fact that it violates two important human rights‚ namely: the right to have a surgery or not; and the right to keep one’s own gender identity. Another reason why I stand against female genital mutilation is the fact that I think that female genital mutilation is a strong gender issue leaning in favor of traditional men who want to control their many wives while they take turns to sleep with them‚ since female genital mutilation reduces the urge
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Female circumcision is a practice not uncommon in Muslim society. Although this practice does not only occur within Muslim society‚ this paper will focus on the practices that do occur within Islamic society. The Islamic countries with the most prevalence in practicing this form of genital mutilation are Sudan (98%)‚ Somalia (98%)‚ and Egypt (75%) (El Saadawi 34). Other Islamic countries that practice this are Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ and India‚ which practice this under the name of sunnah
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CASE OF FEMALE GENITAL `MUTILATION: THE TENSION BETWEEN CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM Dianne Camille T. Corales University of the Philippines Mindanao Department of Social Sciences‚ BA Anthropology December 2014` 2 INTRODUCTION Over the past years‚ the practice of Female Genital Mutilation has received an increasing global attention and mass condemnation from the West in general along with the Feminists and Human Rights Advocates. According to the statistics of UNICEF in 2013‚ Female Genital
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Also called female circumcision‚ FGC is defined as “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether or not for non-medical reasons” (UNAIDS et al.‚ 2008‚ p. 1). Some advocates for FGC eradication refer to the procedure as female genital mutilation because of the extent of damage it can cause to a woman’s reproductive organs. There four classifications of FGC that have been established by international agencies
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Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation is believed to have started in Egypt 2‚000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago‚ FGM was considered a cultural tradition‚ but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of human rights. Canada‚ Denmark‚ the Netherlands‚ and the United States has declared Female Genital Mutilation grounds for seeking asylum and is a punishable offense (1). Many of us never heard of Female Genital Mutilation until the story of Kauziya
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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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Female Circumcision & Women’s Rights Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves the removal of the external female genitalia for cultural or non- medical reasons. Female circumcision is common in Sub- Saharan Africa and the Arab States where more than 125 million girls and women today have been forced to undergo female circumcision ( WHO‚2014). Female circumcision is performed mostly on young girls between the ages of infancy and 15. Female genital mutilation is practiced in
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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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