DEVS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Vertical Integration, Land Run, Carolyn Merchant
15 Feb 2017
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īˇ Female circumcision, why is this name not appropriate and not a good
analysis. Circumcision is not what is happening and it is not the same.
Female Genital Mutilation, (FGM) is a very strong word and some people
reject this term as well. Female genital cutting, a less accusatory name.
Female Genital Modification, another name suggested.
īˇ Elective Labiaplasty, an elected cosmetic surgery for women. What is the
difference between this and FGM? People argue this.
īˇ How not to suppress a traditional custom (from colonial times to
clitoraid)
īˇ British campaign to suppress FGM in Egypt, almost 100 years ago, but
Egypt still has aprox 100% of females receiving FGM procedures.
īˇ There is a continuum of types of operations, the majority are minor but
those trying to suppress it are pushing the narrative of the barbaric and
îrutal proîedures whiîh areî
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ĩajority.
īˇ Many articles focus on the African practice of this but Indonesia does
this on a large scale as well.
īˇ They ignore the voices of women who advocate this procedure
īˇ GAD approach, ask an listen to the women, who get it done or do it. Is
there an alternative that could replace the social meaning?
īˇ Peer educate boys, and men in the community
īˇ Acquiring power through the food we eat.
īˇ Granola bars, recent invention, used to be homemade. Oats fom the US,
sugar from Brazil, chocolate from Ghana, coconut from india, rice from
Thailand, oil from argentina. Lots of power in that little bar, energy to
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Document Summary
Female circumcision, why is this name not appropriate and not a good analysis. Circumcision is not what is happening and it is not the same. Female genital mutilation, (fgm) is a very strong word and some people reject this term as well. Elective labiaplasty, an elected cosmetic surgery for women. How not to suppress a traditional custom (from colonial times to clitoraid) British campaign to suppress fgm in egypt, almost 100 years ago, but. Egypt still has aprox 100% of females receiving fgm procedures. There is a continuum of types of operations, the majority are minor but those trying to suppress it are pushing the narrative of the barbaric and (cid:271)rutal pro(cid:272)edures whi(cid:272)h are(cid:374)"t the (cid:373)ajority. Many articles focus on the african practice of this but indonesia does this on a large scale as well. They ignore the voices of women who advocate this procedure. Gad approach, ask an listen to the women, who get it done or do it.
