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UNICEF - Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse - Female genital mutali... - 1 views

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    Im learning more about FGM/C right now, and in particular im wondering about is: why do women think it is OK to prefrom FGM/C. I was researching this question online, and this article showed up. (http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_genitalmutilation.html). It caught my attention because of the large number of women who still preform FGM/C to this day. "FGM/C is mainly performed on children and adolescents between four and 14 years of age. In some countries such as Ethiopia however, more than half of FGM/C is performed on infants under one year old." The purpose of this quote is to inform people on the ongoing events involving FGM/C. In particular, FGM/C on children and adolesense. I think this is very important to know about because in most societies, sexual is over looked, and given to practically anyone. However, in most places around the world, sexual activites are extremely important learn about.
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UNFPA - Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia - 1 views

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    Im learning more about womens rights right now, and in particular im wondering about this: why do people continue to combat ancient traditions with "new age" materials. I was researching this question online, and this blood post (http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/5141;jsessionid=79251EA07F4AF207A35AD2EE993377DC) caught my attention. It caught my attention because removal of genitals is a tradition, and im curious as to why people are combating that. "A smile formed on Dohra Ali's face when she recalled what her eldest daughter asked her a couple of years ago. "Mother, is there a place in this world where FGM is not practised where I could go to?" At the time, the question came as an affront to Dohra, who was herself one of the women in the community who did the cutting." The quote i chose here is basically saying, Dohra's daughter has inspired her to combat ancient traditions. I think this is a heavy impact because, when a mother sees her daughter scared and worried, that mother would do anything to protect them. It makes me wonder where our society is heading in the future if we continue to abandon ancient traditions
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Music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

shared by CameronD EWSIS on 09 Dec 09 - Cached
  • The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
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      This is impotant because many people are different, and music can be divided by social context.
  • However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."[2] According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus....
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      Everyone views music differently, and sounds differentto everyone's ears. Often people will say music is just noise. However in their ears its noise. In others its sound.
  • The earliest and largest collection of prehistoric musical instruments was found in China and dates back to between 7000 and 6600 BC.[7]
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      Music has been around since the beginning of man,but people often overlook its signifigance
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  • Music was an important part of cultural and social life in Ancient Greece: mixed-gender choruses performed for entertainment, celebration and spiritual ceremonies; musicians and singers had a prominent role in ancient Greek theater.[9
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      I wonder why and how they were able to make such music and why they would want to seperate them into genders.
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