Post by Teddy Bear on Sept 2, 2015 19:38:13 GMT
Listening to Radio4 just after 12pm today I caught a segment from the programme Coming of Age
The Why Factor Episode 8 of 10
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Two girls, two stories, two very different outcomes. A party for one... a painful ordeal for another.
Mike Williams asks Why societies around the world, mark a single, special day as the point when childhood ends and adulthood begins?
The first part tells of a girl attaining adulthood with in her society in San Antonio, Texas. The second tells of a younger girl undergoing horrific FGM (female genital mutilation) after which she s considered an adult and will be married off.
Now from which society have you heard of this practice being perpetuated? One that some are still carrying it on in this country?
Would that be Muslims?
But who do the BBC consider relevant to use an example of this practise?
A Masai tribal girl from East Africa
The Why Factor Episode 8 of 10
Listen in pop-out player
Two girls, two stories, two very different outcomes. A party for one... a painful ordeal for another.
Mike Williams asks Why societies around the world, mark a single, special day as the point when childhood ends and adulthood begins?
The first part tells of a girl attaining adulthood with in her society in San Antonio, Texas. The second tells of a younger girl undergoing horrific FGM (female genital mutilation) after which she s considered an adult and will be married off.
Now from which society have you heard of this practice being perpetuated? One that some are still carrying it on in this country?
Would that be Muslims?
But who do the BBC consider relevant to use an example of this practise?
A Masai tribal girl from East Africa