The Cut - Every day 6,000 girls feel their flesh being cut

[nemogbr]

It is time to question WHY?

Female Genital Mutilation - FGM - affects the lives of girls and women almost all over the world. This 5000 year old African practice has migrated and has become an increasing problem in Western countries. It is condemned and outlawed.


Yet it still goes on. Often underground. In order to eradicate FGM, it is important to understand WHY it is practiced. This is what "The Cut" aims to do.


“The Cut” focuses on female genital mutilation as it still is practiced (and the reasons for this) in Africa, specifically in Kenya. Although fgm is against the law in Kenya, it is still being practiced among ethnic groups that have traditionally practiced it for centuries. In most of these groups, close to 100% of all girls are still being mutilated.


"The Cut" is still in production. Estimated production timeframe is set for late spring 2009.


"The Cut" will be a 20 - 25 minute film made for an international audience. It will be made available for television distribution, as well as screenings in film festivals. Healthcare workers, teachers and others interested in learning more about female genital mutilation will also be offered the opportunity to view the movie.



Director/writer: Linda May Kallestein
http://www.lindamaykallestein.com/Linda ... ut___.html

[Macready84464]

huh.... well there's not much of a response for something like that...

[trailerman]

Because the topic is too delicate. it's hard to talk about sth like that.

[Macready84464]

i was considering an emote but decided to leave it alone

[trailerman]

i was considering an emote but decided to leave it alone

anyway this problem exists - i'll pay more attention to it.

[HartBender]

I had to do a report on this in one of my cultural studies classes. Its horrable! Im pretty tolarant of other cultures practices even if i dont aggree with it, but FGM is probally one of the most horindous culturaly acceptable forms of keeping females subserviant to males i have ever heard of.

[Ataru]

Tch. We were studying China and of course they've got footbinding over there (they wrap up girl's feet when they're little kids causing them to grow stunted and broken inward and basically horribly disfiguring them). There's no proven reason as to why the men do that to the girls but, hey, they do it.

And then my (Chinese) Chinese history professor was like 'Of course this doesn't happen anymore, this was practiced in medieval times'
And we're like 'Um, it says in the book 'This practice continues even today in some parts of China'
Teacher 'That's ridiculous! This researcher has no idea what he's talking about. We Chinese would never do something like that. Now go back to reading the book about Nanking!'

Nothing against Chinese people... it was just the professor who had this odd sense of national pride about some things.

[Macready84464]

Tch. We were studying China and of course they've got footbinding over there (they wrap up girl's feet when they're little kids causing them to grow stunted and broken inward and basically horribly disfiguring them). There's no proven reason as to why the men do that to the girls but, hey, they do it.

And then my (Chinese) Chinese history professor was like 'Of course this doesn't happen anymore, this was practiced in medieval times'
And we're like 'Um, it says in the book 'This practice continues even today in some parts of China'
Teacher 'That's ridiculous! This researcher has no idea what he's talking about. We Chinese would never do something like that. Now go back to reading the book about Nanking!'

Nothing against Chinese people... it was just the professor who had this odd sense of national pride about some things.

yeah nanking is some pretty messed up stuff. makes the nazis look downright civil.

Edit- and by nazis i mean actual nazis.... not zutarians or anything like that.