tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post7023181659189324917..comments2024-01-16T20:32:16.809-06:00Comments on Teaching Anthropology: FGM versus Female Genital Cutting, again...and on Mother's Day....OyePamthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-48364675510222504052009-05-11T11:09:00.000-05:002009-05-11T11:09:00.000-05:00Thank you, G Man.
Now, if America could only have...Thank you, G Man.<br /><br />Now, if America could only have some nicely funded, community-led development groups working against breast implants, the world would be in greater harmony.Pamthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-39977341337960267242009-05-11T09:47:00.000-05:002009-05-11T09:47:00.000-05:00Thanks for your post. Would humbly submit that the...Thanks for your post. Would humbly submit that the experience of Tostan in Senegal is a "third way" between Schweder's illogical arguments of no-harm and the veiled cultural imperialism and hypocrisy found in many "Anti-FGM" campaigns. Tostan, which prides itself on reinforcing traditional culture, unexpectedly had a group of women question the practice of FGC and why it was practiced. That was in 1997. Since then many communities have abandoned the practice--but not because some outside group told them to. Some don't abandon, but choose to work on other things. Tostan sees itself as giving communities a stake in their own development, and operates something like a broker between communities and the international development machine. www.tostan.orgG Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629390059607681187noreply@blogger.com