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Ciera-Marie9 months, 2 weeks ago
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I wasn't sure where to put this. However after the submission by bizexpert yesterday I had, rather was compelled to get the information that was missing.
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What was missing is this. In Kenya there are two types of women labeled as witches. Widowed women are labeled because they own the home they built. They own crops...have an income.
Women who have been abandoned by their husbands. They've been abandoned by them because they either couldn't carry the baby to term or miscarried. Due to the severe after effects of female circumcision. Because their husbands abandoned them their families won't take them in.
That is what I learned in the article I submitted. I also learned that if a woman's family members or anyone comes to her defense they are accused too and murdered too.
Sadly, while searching for the information to the video it is also happening in Papua New Guina. I also learned that those in the video that was posted yesterday died last year in May.
One of the shining rays of hope is there is a woman trying to show them the errors in their superstitious beliefs.-
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memestryker9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Just like similar attacks on women in cultures throughout history. Money talks, and if a woman has wealth, then those stronger or more powerful or manipulative will do anything to steal her wealth. This is one reason I am firmly pro-second amendment. That is the only thing that levels the playing field for women or the weak. In those villages in Africa and many other countries where women are raped or killed as witches, they lack the means of self-defense.
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I personally wouldn't use the politically correct term "female circumcision." Call it what it is--female genital mutilation. It causes permanent damage and women have trouble with sex, menstruation, childbirth, and even elimination as a result.
Superstition exists in all cultures, even in the U.S. And there will always be a large percentage of the population who lack the intellectual skills to change belief on a large scale.
And a fairly constant percentage of all populations is made up of sociopaths who seek to manipulate and dominate others. That hasn't changed in the history of humankind. So we need to be realistic about what is possible as far as effecting human behavior.
We've learned that people are most impressionable between the ages of 2 and 5.-
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Ciera-Marie9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Here's the thing Meme, I don't believe we can just blame it on human behavior. We can't.
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Knowing what I know now about circumcisin I would've refused to have my son circumcised. If it's wrong for one sex it's wrong for both.
I was sticking with Kenyan superstition because that is the topic of this thread. I know it exists in all culutres.-
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lvrofwolves9 months, 2 weeks ago
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CM, about circumcision, I've thought of the same thing, nobody said anything about it really, it was just an assumed thing to do, I don't remember anyone even asking me anything at the hospital except to sign here....
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but also...I've heard from 2 men that they wish it had been done when they were babies.
I think at the hospital they should at least have given the pros and cons.
I don't think female circumcision and male circumcision is the same at all, so....they wouldn't do female circumcision here in America, do they?? -
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memestryker9 months, 1 week ago
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"Circumcision" is not the same for the sexes. The vast majority of circumcized boys can enjoy full sexual function (unless it was done by a hack). It was formerly done for religious purposes, and later for hygience purposes (although I've read it only makes a slight difference). The purpose of female circumcision is to end a woman's ability to experience sex. That's apples and oranges, IMHO.
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