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Female Genital Mutilation 2/3: Reasons & Origins of FGM | It Happened to Her
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It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. Female Genital Mutilation 2/3: Reasons and Origins of FGM. It is a puberty rite and marks the passage from girlhood to womanhood. A means of sexual control over women until they are married. By making it painful for them to have sex, they would reduce the possibility of premarital sex very effectively, if inhumanly. It was done to purify women (from what? And make them worthy (for what? To get them married as no man in the co...
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MiliSays | Latent Thoughts
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Some stuff from the back of my mind…. I’ve realised that I do actually say a fair few quotable lines (I just shot Humility in the head). I actually know people passing on my status messages on Facebook and Twitter. So I thought I’d like to start my section here; a compilation of all those random and not so random lines of mine. So here goes! There is nothing more artificial than the hugs and smiles at a social event. Indeed the botoxed lips look more genuine. Put back your head, close your eyes and let t...
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It Happened To Savita Halappanavar. | It Happened to Her
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It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. It Happened To Savita Halappanavar. Vigil outside Belfast City Hall. November 13th, 2012. Ireland is not a third world country, it isn’t being run by despot dictators, and on the surface, it is not a theocracy, under the thumb of religious zealots. The answer is more convoluted than that. It is the Irish Government, and the confusing state of the country’s abortion laws. Our ovaries are not the property of the State, and it&#...
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Inspirational Women: I am Not a Liar! | It Happened to Her
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It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. Inspirational Women: I am Not a Liar! Since I decided to do a series on inspirational women of the past who managed to either break their shackles or do something for women’s rights or were simply just kickass, a friend of mine offered to do a post for the blog of her own experiences. After reading it and knowing what she has achieved, I shall let her post stand as the first in my series of inspiring women. Over to Her ….
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Fem | It Happened to Her
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It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. Inspirational Women: I am Not a Liar! Since I decided to do a series on inspirational women of the past who managed to either break their shackles or do something for women’s rights or were simply just kickass, a friend of mine offered to do a post for the blog of her own experiences. After reading it and knowing what she has achieved, I shall let her post stand as the first in my series of inspiring women. Over to Her ….
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misshannah1980 | It Happened to Her
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It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. It Happened To Savita Halappanavar. Vigil outside Belfast City Hall. November 13th, 2012. Ireland is not a third world country, it isn’t being run by despot dictators, and on the surface, it is not a theocracy, under the thumb of religious zealots. The answer is more convoluted than that. It is the Irish Government, and the confusing state of the country’s abortion laws. Our ovaries are not the property of the State, and it&#...
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Understand self and others | Clingnclang's Blog
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Ayesha's Cling n Clang World! Understand self and others. Yes we are humans. We’re living a life. Life has certain expectations from us and we live our life pertaining various values, principles, dos and donts, clings and clangs and millions of scattering thoughts! All of the above are hugely, I mean hugeeely affected by and varied for hundreds of other…. People! Every Life is always in sync with many other lives. At every walk of life, you find yourself altering yourself to sync with that someone! And s...
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Female Genital Mutilation 3/3: Current statistics | It Happened to Her
https://storyofwomen.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/female-genital-mutilation-33-current-statistics
It Happened to Her. A lay(wo)man's perspective of female oppression in history. Female Genital Mutilation 3/3: Current statistics. To round up this series, just posting current information on this practice. It is often believed that FGM is a practice in the Islam-dominated places of Africa. However, there is nothing in the religion advocating female circumcision. From a UNICEF report regarding FMG,. The good news is that there is a strong fight going on against female genital mutilation by several intern...