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have had private photos of themselves hacked and posted on the internet for the world to see. While a blatant invasion of privacy, it is also a sacrilegious towards the celebrity’s body and their rights to consent. In “Blame Photo Thieves, Not the Female Victim,” columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. expresses his perspective that while it is biologically natural for heterosexual men, regardless of occupation or personal beliefs, to find scantily clad women attractive, it should be a woman’s choice of whether

In “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”, Deborah Tannen discusses how and why women and men have different talking styles in the classroom. She states that men tend to participate more in the classroom setting because they like having the “center stage” , while women tend to talk more when they are in smaller groups because they like to tell secrets. What is different about men and women according to the article is that men usually bond by exchanging insults, although women usually

Female Genital Mutilation, shortened to FGM in most medical texts, is “collective name given to several different traditional practices that involve the cutting of female genitals.” FGM is a common cultural practice in many parts of the world, especially Africa and Asia that was established hundreds of years ago. There are many different types of FGM, ranging from clitoridectomy, to cutting and infibulations (Skaine 7). Even though these procedures are accepted in the areas they are practiced, FGM

Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation is believed to have started in Egypt 2,000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago, FGM was considered a cultural tradition, but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of human rights. Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States has declared Female Genital Mutilation grounds for seeking asylum and is a punishable offense (1).      Many of us never heard of Female Genital Mutilation until the story

Ba and The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi What is the impact of the male characters' treatment of women towards a western female audience? In the novels “Scarlet Song” by Mariama Ba and “The Waiting Years” by Fumiko Enchi we as readers are able to experience the way in which the male characters’ treat the female characters of the novel. Women in present time are able to sympathize with these women because the way in which the men treat them leaves a very strong and

1. What is Female Genital Mutilation to you? a. FGM is a procedure where part of or the entire removal of the outer female private parts or other injury to the female sexual organs for cultural or non-medical reasons. 2. Where is Female Genital Mutilation mainly practiced? a. The practice can be found in communities around the world. In Africa, FGM is practiced among firm communities in 29 countries. Ethnic groups in Asian countries, in the Middle East, in certain communities in South America,

The female athlete triad is a health condition in which active women experience three inter-related disorders due to unhealthy body weight and eating habits. In the case of the triad, the word active refers to females who display moderate to high intensity levels of performance. The rate of performance must be high in order to counterbalance the decrease in calorie intake. Females who perform at a high intensity are at risk for the triad since they do not take in enough calories to fulfill the

Female Circumcision The World Health Organization defines female circumcision as “a procedure involving partial or total removal of the external genitalia for cultural, religious, or non-therapeutic reasons(1).” It is commonly practiced by Muslims in Africa and various parts of the Middle East. According to Loretta Kopelman, there are over 80 million women who have had some variation of this procedure. Female circumcision is categorized into three types; Type one is the complete or partial removal

values on how being catty will ultimately have you end up ruining your reputation. Two of the six movies addressed have female writers, Mean girls (Tina Fey) and Clueless (Amy Heckerling). All six of these movies are directed by men. This is troubling because while there are women who could have input on how the story will be told, the plots and characters of young females are ultimately developed by grown men who have never lived though the teen years of a girl victimized by the cruelty of high

INTRODUCTION Female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation) is one of the most prevalent violations of the human rights of women in the world. As of 2010, 100 to 140 million female-bodied people were living with mutilated genitalia. According to the United Nations, “Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons.” Female genital cutting is a practice that is generally directed at female-bodied people