Circumcision scar

Female Genital Mutilation or also known Female Circumcision began in order to control a women’s sexuality. In certain societies, family marry their daughters off at a young age in order to escape poverty. Many young girls are pulled out of school to be a full-time wife and mother to children at a very young age. The practice was performed around the world usually by older men and women on young girls and women under the age of 15 or before they get their first period. The main purpose of this…

How does the custom of female circumcision in African countries and the culture surrounding it place certain influences on many young females within those countries and in America? All the luggage is packed and everyone is ready for vacation. Days pass. The family is still spilling vague details about the trip. Then, the big day comes around. They board the plane, bus, or train. She is introduced to confusion when they get to their destination but waves it off and she shakes her head…

cutting and snipping is taking place. Male circumcision is frequently done for a variety of reasons ranging from religious views to supposed health benefits and sometimes aesthetic reasons. The most of the religious views see the foreskin as something that is unclean and must be removed as a symbol as purification. The most common side effects of male circumcision include bleeding and infection. Some supposed health benefits thought to be the result of circumcision include a the procedure is…

What is female circumcision? Female circumcision refers to a range of procedures performed on the genitals of females of all different ages, though mainly on teenage girls aged from 4 to 12 years old before they go through puberty. It basically consists of the partially or totally removal of female external genitals. According to Alison in her article “Female Circumcision: A Critical Appraisal”, published in 1988, this practice can be classified into 4 types of circumcision (Slack, 1988).…

The biggest overarching theme I noticed among all of the different texts was the connection of body modification to passing. The method, cultural context, and reasons all varied; however, body modification in all cases was used in order to fit a certain set of standards. I originally used to think of passing in a different way, I mostly associated the term with the transgender community and biracial people (as in white-passing); however, I now realize that the term passing can mean different…

It is horrifying to see what these women and young girls have had to endure when going through a female circumcision. In a few videos, articles and books I have read it explains that most of these girls have to be held down against their will to have this procedure done. What is female genital mutilation; also called female circumcision? It refers to a procedure that intentionally changes or causes injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. There are many reasons FGM is…

leave scars, performing a circumcision, or even being as simple as walking across some hot coals while carrying someone. No matter what the boys have to do, these ceremonies are still a big deal and help set the boys up for success later. In the story The Beauty Treatment in a way can relation to these various ceremonies. In this story our main character becomes the victim of an attack where her face gets cut. Before she gets cut she is very beautiful but after it hurts her looks from the scar.…

The Fiftieth Gate and Europa Europa There cannot be an absolute truth in the understanding of the event of the Holocaust as both history and memory are merely partial representations of the event. In the bricolage, Fiftieth Gate by Mark Baker and the film Europa Europa (1990) directed by Agnieszka Holland based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel, the representation of history and memory seeks not to find an absolute truth but to provide a deeper understanding of the past through the…

girls might control their sexual desires accordingly after maturity and it protects them from sins and faults, while a great number of Africans also believe that women, who have not gone through circumcision in their childhood, face multiple physical problems at birth (Nzeagwu, 2005). Female circumcision in West African countries also has a close relationship with the maturity ceremonies and celebrations which familiarize the girls with their responsibilities as future women of the society; and…

Social Injustice Rough Draft The term “Social Injustice” is often referred to as the mistreatment of a group of people. Police brutality, the One-Child policy in China and human trafficking are just a few of many. Social Injustice can happen anywhere and anytime. It has on effect on everyone in some way. Whether it happen halfway across the world or nearby, it still has a negative impact on everyone. There has always been debate over US involvement in other country’s social injustices to help…