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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"mutilation"”.
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Effects of female genital mutilation on childbirth
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organisation as the deliberate total or partial removal of the external female genitalia, or other deliberate injury to the female genitalia, which is carried out for non-therapeutic purposes. The practice is widely condemned. …
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A Feminist Qualitative Study of Female Self-Mutilation
… is an exploration of the ways that female self-mutilation has been medicalized in Western society and the consequences of this medicalization. The goal of this study is to provide an alternative approach to the way female self-mutilation is understood—one that views self-mutilation not as a …
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Female Genital Mutilation and Marital Satisfaction among Kenyan Females
… pernicious practice identified as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises of various procedures that damage female genitalia for non-therapeutic intentions and is widely considered a human rights violation. Globally, tangled cultural and religious traditions are responsible for perpetuating …
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Consuming Mutilation : Affectivity and Corporeal Transgression on Stage and Screen.
… thus also offers a brief genealogy of affective mutilation as it is evolves in Greek tragedy, Shakespearean drama, the Gothic stage, the theatre of the grand guignol and Artaud's theatre of cruelty. Case studies of representative texts shed light on the affective innovations that cinema draws …
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Why does family law treat female genital mutilation and circumcision differently?
… a fundamental distinction between female genital mutilation (‘FGM’) and circumcision. The former is a criminal abuse of human rights which, for the purposes of section 31 of the Children Act 1989, can never fall within the ambit of reasonable parenting. The latter is, in principle, reasonable and …
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Psychotherapist Understanding of Genital Self-Mutilation Amongst Male to Female Transsexuals
<p>Self-mutilation of the genitals is a complex phenomenon that can provoke strong countertransference reactions amongst mental health clinician. Transsexuals who engage in self-inflicted mutilation of the genitals face a potentially increased risk of alienation from healthcare providers due to …
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Personality and Demographic Characteristics of Victims of Sexual Abuse and Self-Mutilation
<p>The purpose of this study was to compare demographic and personality characteristics of a group of inpatients at a psychiatric hospital in New York State who were sexually abused and who were self-mutilators (N = 64) with: a group of sexually abused inpatients (N = 42); a group of self-harming …
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Female Genital Mutilation: Why Does It Continue To Be A Social And Cultural Force?
… to the persistence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among Somalis in the Diaspora and in Somalia. Starting with an extensive review of the literature, I identify possible critical factors that sustain FGM. I proceeded to test those factors from the literature against observations …
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Risk Assessment in Corrections: An Analysis of Variables Related to Suicide Attempts and Self-Mutilation
<p>Suicide and self-mutilation risk assessment is a complicated process, especially within a correctional setting. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 50% of incarcerated individuals have a mental health illness, further reinforcing the need for concise, evidence-based risk …
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Causes and consequences of mortality and mutilation in the Cape Peninsula baboon population, South Africa
… distribution and causes of permanent injuries (mutilations) and deaths within the Cape Peninsula baboon population, and b) to quantify whether mutilations, affect the behaviour, diet and reproductive success of baboons.
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Mutilation de l'arbre comme symbole traumatique dans la technique du "House-tree-person"
… hypothèses de Buck (1948) selon lesquelles la mutilation de l’arbre est une expression symbolique d’un traumatisme psychologique réel. De plus, l’emplacement de cette mutilation correspond à l’âge chronologique du sujet au moment de l’événement traumatisant.
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The Impact of Criminalisation on Female Genital Mutilation in England: From the Perspective of Women and Stakeholders
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global problem that stems from gender inequality. Increased migration from countries that perform FGM to England has led to the practice travelling across borders. FGM is subject to heightened political debate and media sensitivity in the England and across the …
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Healing beyond the scars of female genital mutilation (FGM): the experiences of Somali women in England with therapeutic interventions
… in the UK who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or FGM reversal. It focuses on participants' perceptions of psychological interventions and, from these experiences, assesses the cultural competence of therapeutic interventions, addressing a significant gap in the existing …
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The continuation of female genital mutilation in Nigeria: a mixed methods study of Igbo men’s views and perpetuating factors
Background/Aim: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice involving the partial or total cutting of the external female genital organs or other injuries to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes. The views and attitudes of women towards FGM are widely researched and known. …
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Collection security in Natal libraries
… loss rate. The results show that theft/loss and mutilation of library materials are problems of considerable magnitude, locally and internationally. (In 1991 it was estimated that in the United Kingdom library materials to the value of ± £100 million were lost) - The stocktake completed at three …
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Pure Immanence
… implications derived from the compulsion of self-mutilation. It is studied through research creation in the form of sculpture, photographs, videos and bio-art. Three bodies of work will be discussed, beginning with a critique of medical objectification and concluding on the subjective experience …
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Female genital mutilation (FGM): An analysis of the silences in maternity care experiences of FGM survivors and the silences of health care professionals providing maternity care to FGM survivors
The consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM) during the perinatal period are significant, but the experiences of FGM survivors accessing maternity care are under-reported in the literature. This thesis reports on the analysis of experiences of FGM survivors in maternity care and the …
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Les Mutilations Genitales Feminines Dans La Litterature Et Le Film Francophones
… U.N, no fewer than five girls undergo genital mutilation every minute. They are cut, told that it is the price to be paid for womanhood, to be accepted by the society and fully integrated into it. However, they are never told about the dangerous aspects and the fact that this act may lead to …
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Female Agency in Religious Disassembly of Culture: Where Do Women Fit In?
… placed on Alice Walker's views on female genital mutilation and how that was impacted by Christian viewpoints. Theoretical perspectives from Homi Bhabha and Chandra Mohanty emphasize the role of so-called "third world women" in world politics and feminism. </p>
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