Chapter 3 wst 3015 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Understand the differing (and often opposing) perspectives on female genital circumcision/mutilation - - It used to be a rite of passage or the initiation into womanhood and marriage. But opponents believe it's important to not force children to do this practice until they acknowledge what they are doing. - More educated woman are less willing to allow daughters to be cut. What are examples of the body being linked to binary oppositions and oppositional thinking? - - Male/female - Femini...