Cutting in

The short story Mrs. Turner Cutting the Grass, written by Carol Shields, illustrates the story of senior women referred to as Mrs. Turner and escorts the reader on a journey throughout much of her life. On this voyage, Carol Shields allows the reader the ability to delve into Mrs. Turner’s past and experience the critical events within her life which ultimately helped to shape her as a person. From beginning to end, Carol Shields gives the reader a god-like viewpoint of the story, presenting…

compromise between modern medicine practiced by doctors and traditional medicine practiced by witch doctors. Similih Cordor addresses this fact by using his characters to show how a balance can be found between modern and traditional medicine. In “The Cutting of a Leg,” the character Fatu tries to negotiate with modern medicine to heal her broken leg, but ultimately submits to the traditional medicine that has been saving…

the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. There are many reasons FGM is practiced. These things include but are not limited to; social, economic, and political reasons. Female genital mutilation is also known as FGM, and or female genital cutting. When these women undergo this procedure, it is carried out by a traditional circumciser…

Dena Davis, a ethics and law professor at Clemson State University, claims that this genital mutilation is fine, as long as it is a small, symbolic “nick.” Opposing this argument is Ayaan Hirsi Alli from Somalia. She states that, “the motive for cutting off a girl’s clitoris is to reduce her sexuality.” The debate over Female Genital Mutilation will continue. On one hand, the people deserve and have the right to exercise their freedom of religion. However, on the other hand, when looking at the…

believe that the budget cut was not right for many reasons. Cutting the budget for the Department of education lessen the resources that student can learn from and also lessen the tools for teacher to teach the students. On September 8, 2017 sign a bill that cut off 13.5% or 9.2 billion dollars from the current budget of 68.4 billion of the department of education. With the majority of the congress voted supporting the bill it was passed. Cutting the budget for the the department of education…

Cutting Foreign Aid For every dollar that least developed nations receive, $ 8 are sent back as debt payment. Meaning, foreign aid is futile to some extent. Furthermore, when foreign aid is given to a LDC, we do not know where the money is going. It could…

Cutting Ties Benefits “Breaking up with someone you love is difficult under any circumstance,” according to Michele Sponagle. Sponagle knows all too well how difficult it is to end a relationship with someone that you love and care about. She grew up in a home with a father that wasn’t there for her. Although, deep down, she knew her father had to love her, she felt as if she was completely invisible to him. This took a major tole on her emotionally, which led her to make some life-changing…

fee. In addition, most of the education funds are cutting because the government doesn’t have money to spend on the education. When people who working in the school, the government cut their welfare such as do not get pay during the holiday. I am against that the government cuts the education funds because the teachers will have larger sides of class, students cannot continue to go to school, and the students lose the after school program. Cutting the school budget is interfere with the…

genital cutting, and female genital mutilation all describe the same cultural practice, but each has its own connotation. When journalists attempt to inform readers upon this practice, there are personal assumptions and connotations that, if not addressed properly, perpetuate an ethnocentric point of view. In this paper, I compare and analyze two American newspaper articles: the daily Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune’s “Minnesota Somalis see chance to lead fight against female genital cutting”…

the different types of FGM. Second, I plan to focus on why this practice still exists, and the harmful effects. Next, I will look at the rights it violates followed by organizations already in place attempting to stop female genital mutilation and cutting. Finally, I will offer doable solutions and recommendations on what we can do to make a positive change. Where Female…