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//If we all work on that basis, then things like this can eventually be eradicated, //
But we won't all work on that basis. The people who support these horrendous practices won't, that's for sure. That's why, even though FGM is outlawed in Egypt, a very high percentage of girls continue to be subjected to it.
But we won't all work on that basis. The people who support these horrendous practices won't, that's for sure. That's why, even though FGM is outlawed in Egypt, a very high percentage of girls continue to be subjected to it.
Naomi - ////If we all work on that basis, then things like this can eventually be eradicated, //
But we won't all work on that basis. The people who support these horrendous practices won't, that's for sure. That's why, even though FGM is outlawed in Egypt, a very high percentage of girls continue to be subjected to it. //
On reflection, I must agree with your point.
I remember watching a documentary on the subject years ago, which advised that many women who have suffered this barbaric practice, have the mind-set that their daughters should not be immune from suffering it as well.
That's a cultural mind set that it will be seriously hard to remove.
But we won't all work on that basis. The people who support these horrendous practices won't, that's for sure. That's why, even though FGM is outlawed in Egypt, a very high percentage of girls continue to be subjected to it. //
On reflection, I must agree with your point.
I remember watching a documentary on the subject years ago, which advised that many women who have suffered this barbaric practice, have the mind-set that their daughters should not be immune from suffering it as well.
That's a cultural mind set that it will be seriously hard to remove.
//cutting pieces off pre-pubescent girls - problem. //
or - in the cultures in question, "not cutting pieces off pre-pubescent girls - problem". it's not so much a mindset of the parents visiting the practice on the offspring because they should not be immune, but that said offspring are virtually unmarriageable unless they've been cut. that's not so much the attitude of women per-se but of their society as a whole, and the community leaders - religious or otherwise - in particular, who are almost invariably male. whilst education is the preferred route to abolition, it's not so easy when the education itself implies criticism of the culture - an act that could very well book the teachers an early appointment with a large, steel, sharp weapon.
or - in the cultures in question, "not cutting pieces off pre-pubescent girls - problem". it's not so much a mindset of the parents visiting the practice on the offspring because they should not be immune, but that said offspring are virtually unmarriageable unless they've been cut. that's not so much the attitude of women per-se but of their society as a whole, and the community leaders - religious or otherwise - in particular, who are almost invariably male. whilst education is the preferred route to abolition, it's not so easy when the education itself implies criticism of the culture - an act that could very well book the teachers an early appointment with a large, steel, sharp weapon.
Without going into the 'how horrible' bit. I am not sure if it is, or isn't, better than Pakistani girls having their fathers 'breaking them in' before marriage. Sorry if I offend, but I assure you that I knew cases where that happened. At least this man isn't the trusted father figure.
These cultures are simply not acceptable by the Western world. Harsh strictures need to be imposed in the West. What we can do about the rest of the world is beyond my remit.
These cultures are simply not acceptable by the Western world. Harsh strictures need to be imposed in the West. What we can do about the rest of the world is beyond my remit.
jourdain - //Without going into the 'how horrible' bit. I am not sure if it is, or isn't, better than Pakistani girls having their fathers 'breaking them in' before marriage. Sorry if I offend, but I assure you that I knew cases where that happened. At least this man isn't the trusted father figure. //
I am not offended personally, but I can't see any particular point in debating the finer points of horror in this situation.
I am not offended personally, but I can't see any particular point in debating the finer points of horror in this situation.
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