Body: Main point I: There are many reasons why female circumcision is done. First, it is a Rite of Passage from childhood to complete womanhood, who is chaste, pure, and ready for marriage. Families want their children to be successful and children themselves want to attain status. There is status to both the elder, who circumcises, and for the circumcised. Female circumcision for women is a way of purifying them of their masculinity.
She does this in order to show how the obsession that the girlchild has with her own body was one of the largest factors in the suicide. Another one of the stereotypes that Piercy draws upon is their behavior. Piercy describes how the girlchild was told to “play coy.” This describes the societal pressure of what is stereotypically “lady-like.” She was “advised” to act as other ladies would act, and she tried to the furthest extent she could manage. She attempted to act demure and sweet, which was the only thing society allowed for. The term
As Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has remarked, “it is a serious complication of some sexually transmitted diseases, especially chlamydia and gonorrhea.” 2. What causes the belly pain exactly? Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is what causes the abdominal pain. “PID is a serious infection in the upper genital tract/ reproductive organs (uterus fallopian tubes and ovaries) of a female” (American Social Health Asscociation, 2012). 3.
3. I am very concerned about the young girls who go through this. D. Need Step: 1. The New York Times, July 2004 states that 130 million women in Africa have been circumcised, and two million more girls undergo the practice every year in 28 countries. 2.
On the other hand that’s not always true, because if they didn’t want to have sexual intercourse with you this is considered rape, but if you give them money and they decide to that another story. Goodman stated, Rape perverts such meanings, and overlays a passionate or passionless violence on sexuality that violates the victim’s psyche even as her bodily integrity and self-image are violated and abused. (Goodman, 2010, pg.92) Clitoridectomy, is considered a women circumcision, in which the clitoris is removed with use of a surgery. This is practiced in numerous cultures and is used to guard virginity and to reduce sexual desire. This is a physically and agonizing procedure that no would should have to endure, and my opinion anyone who practices it would be incarcerated for attempt to murder.
Has SlutWalk has been successful, if so why or why not? I want to look at the cultural significance of the loaded word ‘slut’, and the effort for women to reclaim it. Is it helpful for women to be calling themselves sluts? There are other related cultural aspects including ‘slut shaming’ and ‘rape culture’ that will help me explore the cultural significance of the word slut and how it relates
Pro-Choice or Pro-Life Abortion is a very controversial subject that many avoid because it has so many opinions when it is the topic of conversation. According to the Encyclopedia Americana, abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by loss or destruction of a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus before birth. Even though many people believe that the destruction of a human being is considered murder, all women should have the right to choose to plan their own fertility. Abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973 and there are valid reasons to terminate a pregnancy such as a result of being raped or molested and for the health of the mother. In 1969, a woman named Norma L. McCorvey became pregnant.
Through this memoir, I hope other individuals better understand what it means for women to have a tattoo and how it relates to gender, women and sex. I've personally found it strange there are so many negative perceptions about women and tattoos. Once of legal age, a women's decision to get a tattoo should be a personal choice no
On the other hand, type 16 and 18 cause about seventy percent of all cervical cancers. These types change the cells on a woman’s cervix which eventually turn cancerous. HPV usually comes and goes, but in about 11,000 cases a year in the United States, types 16 and 18 will claim 3,800 lives (Timmerman). According to the data HPV is more dominant in the younger group of women. Therefore, the CDC has recommended routine vaccinations for girls aged 11 or 12 or as young as
The choice between having an abortion or not is extremely difficult to make. There are many deleterious effects that abortions can cause on women’s health and well being, as well as extremely detrimental psychological and emotional effects. Many consider abortions to be immoral and murderous. Some even consider abortions to be the deliberate killing of the weakest and most defenseless among us. While others feel that women should be in control of her body and be allowed to make her own choices.