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Jun 5, 2012 · In the view of culture with which I have been working in this book, there is a notion that, in addition to conceptual metaphor, plays a crucial role: that of cultural model. Cultural models are important in our attempts to describe and characterize the human conceptual system and, hence, cultures. Psychologists, anthropologists, and linguists ...
cultural practices, put forward by Kukathas (1986, 1997), which suggests that cultural minorities be permitted to determine their own norms without state interference. Kukathas’ model is often used as the basis for the defense of the practice of female genital “surgery” in cultural minority groups. (e.g. Margalit & Halbertal, 1994).
May 11, 2022 · As Gruenbaum wrote, “cultural values can be anchors that reinforce tradition, but they can also be the source of ideas for rethinking and challenging cultural practices. […] [The] same value can be utilized to give meaning to alternative practices […]” (p. 431), such as abandoning FGM.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practiced in several regions of the world. It is often associated with physical, psychological, sexual, and social sequelae. Migration of persons from cultures that actively practice FGM to the UK and other Western countries increases the chances that clinicians will be faced with patients who have undergone this procedure. This paper discusses ...
If you are one of the authors, claim this publication so you can create a plain language summary to help more people find, understand and use it. This page is a summary of: Female genital mutilation: Cultural and psychological implications, Sexual & Relationship Therapy, May 2002, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/14681990220121275.
May 19, 2021 · MGF: Qué. Aclaracionesterminológicas[Female genital mutilation. MGF: What. Terminological clarifications]. In Sequi A., Touray I., & Piniella Z. (Eds.), La erradicación de la Mutilación Genital Femenina. Enfoques y perspectivasdesde la cooperacióninternacional para el desarrollo [The eradication of Female Genital Mutilation.
Mar 20, 2015 · tilations, including tooth extraction, is blood flowing (2-4). e intentional dental ritual of re-shaping or mutilation is. symbolically performed on many cultural, ritual and social. occasions ...
