1. Based on the article Being Victims or Beneficiaries? Perspectives on Female Genital Cutting and Reinfibulation in Sudan, and the movie we saw in class Desert Flower, were you aware that this was still happening in the world? Why is FGM (female genital mutilation, circumcision) practiced in Somalia according to the film? What are the consequences of these practices? Has anything been done to change this? What can be done in order to change these customs?
Before I had read the article and watching the movie we saw in class, I was not aware of female circumcision (female genital mutilation, FGM). Women would endure female circumcision in Somalia for the preservation of virginity. Women in Somalia believe that it is normal and is currently used as a form of self-restraint. The consequences of these practices are excessive bleeding, pain when the wounds heal, and difficulty in urinating. The United Nation has acknowledged this issue as a violation of human rights and has open programs to stop these violations. However, female genital mutilation is still practiced today. In order to change these customs, men and religious leaders must act against FGM. Female circumcision is not even practiced or advised in the Quran, so through their participation it will end.
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Why was foot binding practiced in China? Who was the target of this practice? At what age? What was the main goal of foot binding and why only on women? What were the consequences of these practices? Is it still happening
Before I had read the article and watching the movie we saw in class, I was not aware of female circumcision (female genital mutilation, FGM). Women would endure female circumcision in Somalia for the preservation of virginity. Women in Somalia believe that it is normal and is currently used as a form of self-restraint. The consequences of these practices are excessive bleeding, pain when the wounds heal, and difficulty in urinating. The United Nation has acknowledged this issue as a violation of human rights and has open programs to stop these violations. However, female genital mutilation is still practiced today. In order to change these customs, men and religious leaders must act against FGM. Female circumcision is not even practiced or advised in the Quran, so through their participation it will end.
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Why was foot binding practiced in China? Who was the target of this practice? At what age? What was the main goal of foot binding and why only on women? What were the consequences of these practices? Is it still happening