RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned

I thought it was interesting learning about the different style papers we could use on our papers. I also learned a lot about researching about my topic. I thought it was very interesting how there were certain things that you could type into search engines to narrow your research. I think I can use different ways to research papers and topics from now on. I think it was also interesting the sites that we used. I think that, that was very helpful in learning about my topic.

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"African Success: Biography of Waris Dirie." African Success. Bush Architecture, 30 Sept. 2008. Web. 25 Nov. 2009. .
I wanted to look up certain individuals that had gone through FGM. I heard the Waris Dirie was actually a very successful and famous person that went through FGM. I thought this source was useful in telling me about her. I would not use this for cause and effect of FGM.

Wang, Sheng. "Female Genital Mutilation - Medhunters Medical Community." On Target Jobs. Med Hunters. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. .
I used this source to get the medical definition of FGM. Showed caused and effects of FGM. Was especially useful in giving descriptive detail about FGM. Would not use this site to look up anything else though. Didn’t show much of what would happen to a woman emotionally.

Unfpa. "Promoting Gender Equality." Population Issues. Unfpa. Web. 25 Nov. 2009. .
This source gave a lot of useful information. A bunch of links to different issues reguarding FGM. Really good for looking up straight forward facts. It is not biased.

"Mosaic of Solutions Ending Abuse in Intimate and Family Relationships." Mosaic of Solution. 2009. Web. 2009. .
This website showed the worth of women in societies and what measures are being takin to change issues. Not good if you want to know about FGM. This is more of a website showing how they are helping with FGM.

El-Naggar, Mona. "Voices Rise in Egypt to Shield Girls From an Old Tradition." The New York TImes. New York Times, 21 Sept. 2007. Web. 25 Nov. 2009. .
This is just a article talking about Egypt today and FGM. Shows how many girls are being mutilated a year and why they are being mutilated. Also shows what people are trying to do to change this harmful practice.

"Pelvic Inflammatory Disease." Experts for Everyday Emergencies. Emedicinehealth. Web. Dec. 2009. .
I didn't know what PID was so I looked up PID. This is good for getting medical facts about a certain disease. Is not good if I want to know about FGM. PID is caused by FGM. Shows what long term complications PID can cause. More like a website for medical diagnoses and precautions.

RJA #13b: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

Walker, Alice, and Pratibha Parmar. Warrior Marks. Orlando: Harcourt Barce & Company, 1993. Print.
This is an account of a woman’s life that underwent Female Genital Mutilation. I used quotes from this book but was not a good source for straight facts. Was more so a journal then anything else. I thought it would be good to use for quotes on how an experience was for that certain female. I did not use this book too much though.

Rahman, Anika, and Nahid Toubia. Female Genital Mutilation: A guide to laws and policies worldwide. London and New York: Zed Books, 1988. Print.
This is also a book that I actually found very useful. Gave a lot of facts on FGM. Was good because it didn’t see to biased. Showed both pros and cons to FGM. I actually used this book quite frequently in my Essay. This book gave a lot of fact on countries where FGM is practiced.


Female genital mutilation." World Health Organization. WHO Media centre, May 2008. Web. Nov. 2009. .
This is a website that I used. The people of who are directly influenced by those of FGM. This gave straight facts as well. A lot of other sources that I used quoted the WHO. I would definitely use this source again.

"Torture." Def. 1a. Websters Third New International Dictionary. 1961. Print.
I just need to use the dictionary to define torture. The dictionary is especially useful when you don’t know a certain word. Gives you the straight forward answer without opinion.

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I have accomplished
- Introduction
- Outline
- Research

I need to
-Finish my paper by next week November 30th
- Try and strengthen my thesis
-Find a good visual aid
-come up with how I should present my topic by November 30th
-Write my paper and finish edited and all with bibliography by dec 7th

11c

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RJA #11b: Visual Aids

I could use a graph showing how many women are mutilated every year..
Show what they do to the girls...

RJA #11a: Introduction

People need to be aware of not only things that are going wrong in our culture but people need to be educated on what is going on in other cultures. Normal Lear once said, “It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.” If people understand the issues that are going on around everyone then maybe we can help people who are being put through torture, poverty, etc. Everyone is raised differently; however it is inhumane for our culture to stand back and watch pure torture happen to those around us. Culturally a woman who has gone through Female Genital Mutilation is more desirable in countries like Africa and Asia. Mothers stand by their daughters when they are being mutilated. Female Genital Mutilation originated in Africa in the 5th century. Female genital mutilation is torture. It is a crime against the body and the mind of the women affected.

RJA #10b: Argument

Female Genital Mutilation should be an old practice and should not be performed anymore because there are more hurtful things about this procedure then beneficial things to this procedure, including severe health risks, emotional problems, etc. It is part of culture to perform FGM because it is believed that a woman wont cheat on her husband if she loosing feeling in her genitals, and it is also done by a doctor who is trained in this practice.

RJA #10 a

Female Genital Mutilation is more harmful then beneficial. There are many health complications that come with Female Genital Mutilation.

RJA #8b: Social Media

* Resource searched or tool used
* Keywords used
* Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
* Date of search
* Number of hits
* Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)


* http://www.kosmix.com
* Female genital cutting
* Just typed in Female Genital Cutting
* 10/20/09

RJA #8a:

* Resource searched or tool used
* Keywords used
* Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
* Date of search
* Number of hits
* Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

* Blinkx.com
* Female Genital Mutilation
* I just typed in Female Genital Mutilation
* 10-20-09
* 4 out of 5 stars
* 197,537 views

*Cuil.com
*Female Genital Cutting
*Typed in Female Genital... The Site finished it with cutting.
* 10-20-09
*N/A
*N/A

RJA #7d

I didn't use my site assigned for my RJA 7 because I didn't find that it was useful for my topic.

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

I want to find out the effects caused by female genital mutilation. Both physical and emotion effects caused by female genital mutilation. I am going to be reading a lot of biographies on Female Genital Mutilation... and "if" I can find someone who has gone through this procedure, I hope to interview that person and ask what FGM did to them emotionally and physically.

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test

* Jeffcolibrary.com
* Female Genital Mutilation
* I don't think I really need to use search strategies for my topic.
* 10-18-09
* I am not sure what the number of hits is.

RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools

I used the public libraries site a lot. I found out that the journal entries helped out a lot in my field of interests. There were a lot biographies of young women that had gone through FGM. I actually found that the other methods of research did not help when I was trying to find my topic.

RJA #6b

Not Applicable at this time... No one commented on my page.

#6c

Protopage

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Name(s) of author(s)-BRUSA, BARILAN, Y. MICHA
Title of article-CULTURAL CIRCUMCISION IN EU PUBLIC HOSPITALS – AN ETHICAL DISCUSSION
Title of periodical-Academic Search Premier
Volume and issue number (if available)-Vol. 23 Issue 8
Date-Oct 2009
Pages on which article appears-p470-482

* Resource searched-Jeffco Library
* Keywords used- Female Genital Mutilation
* Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
* Date of search-October 5th
* Number of hits
* Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

Name(s) of author(s)-
Wuest, S.1
Raio, L.1
Wyssmueller, D.1
Mueller, M. D.1
Stadlmayr, W.1
Surbek, D. V.1
Kuhn, A.1 annette.kuhn@insel.ch
Kuhn, A.1 annette.kuhn@insel.ch
Title of article-Effects of female genital mutilation on birth outcomes in Switzerland
Title of periodical-BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 6p, 1 chart
Volume and issue number (if available)-Vol. 116 Issue 9
Date-Aug 2009
Pages on which article appears-p1204-1209

* Resource searched-Jeffco Library
* Keywords used- Female Genital Mutilation
* Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
* Date of search-October 5th
* Number of hits
* Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

Name(s) of author(s)-Bloom, Adi
Title of article-'My flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth'
Title of periodical-Times Educational Supplement
Volume and issue number (if available)-Issue 4847
Date-7/10/2009
Pages on which article appears-p19-19, 1/2p

* Resource searched-Jeffco Library
* Keywords used- Female Genital Mutilation
* Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
* Date of search-October 5th
* Number of hits
* Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

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RJA #5b: Books

Name(s) of author(s), editor(s), translator(s), and/or compiler(s)- Collins, Pat Lowery
Title and subtitle of the book- The fattening hut
Edition number or information-1
Number(s) of volume used
Name of series
Place of publication (include state if needed)-Boston
Name of publisher- Houghton Mifflin
Date of publication (copyright)-2003
Resource searched-Jeffco Public Library
Keywords used- Female Genital Circumcision
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
Date of search- October 5th
Number of hits
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

Name(s) of author(s), editor(s), translator(s), and/or compiler(s)- Elizabeth L. Paul.
Title and subtitle of the book- Clashing views on controversial issues in sex and gender
Edition number or information-2
Number(s) of volume used-
Name of series
Place of publication (include state if needed)-Guilford, Conn
Name of publisher- McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Date of publication (copyright)-2002
Resource searched- Jeffco Library
Keywords used- Female Genital Mutilation
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
Date of search- October 5th
Number of hits
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

RJA #5a: Reference Articles

RJA #5a: Reference Articles-

• Name(s) of author(s) of the article-WHO Media centre
• Title of the article-Female genital mutilation
• Title of reference work-
• Place of publication (include state if needed)-
• Name of publisher-WHO
• Date of publication-May 2008
  
• Page number(s)-1

• Resource searched- Google
  
• Keywords used-FGM
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)-Standard
• Date of search-October 5th
  
• Number of hits-Unknown
  
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)-Unknown

• Name(s) of author(s) of the article-D. L. Gollaher
• Title of the article-Circumcision
  
• Title of reference work-Encyclopedia
• Place of publication (include state if needed)-
• Name of publisher-The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,
• Date of publication- 2007
• Page number(s)-All

• Resource searched-Infoplease.com
  
• Keywords used-Female Genital Circumcision
  
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)-Encyclopedia
  
• Date of search-October 5th
  
• Number of hits-Unknown
  
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)-Unknown

Book

• Author: Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan.
• Title and Subtitle:.
  
  
  Female "Circumcision" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and Change
• 
  
• Place of Publication: Boulder, CO
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner
• Date of Publication: 2000

#4c

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RJA#4b

Search Engine Math
+Health Effects +FGM
+Female Circumcision +Pros + Cons
+ Female Genital Mutilation +Pros - Cons
+ FGM + Gains
+ FGM - Cons


Boolean Searching
FGM and Health
FGM or Heath
FGM not Cons
FGM Health Concerns and Benefits
FGM health effects and benefits

Research Journal Assignment #4a

RJA #4a: Keywords–
Female Genital Mutilation
-Female Circumcision
-FGM
-Feminine Venereal Circumcision

Health Effects of FGM
-Condition Status
-Bodily Condition
-Wellness
-Symptoms
-Impact
**change, alter, modify
-Modification
**

switch, shift, change
-Effect
-Affect
-Affected
-Effecting
-Effects
-Benefits
-Gain
**get, acquire
-Profit
-pro
-cons
-advantages
-disadvantage


Condition Status of Female Genital Mutilation

What is the condition status of Female Genital Mutilation

RJA #3c

RJA #3c: Research Question:

• What are the health side-effects when undergoing Female Genital Mutilation?
• How many women go through FGM a year?
• Why is FGM such a controversial subject?
• Is FGM performed because of religious issues?
• What Countries is FGM performed?
• Is a licensed doctor performing this practice?
• What are some emotional issues that happen after a women gets genitally mutilated?
• Who started FGM?
• Are their any pros to FGM?
• Are women looked down upon if they don't go through this procedure?
• 
  

RJA #3b

RJA #3b:Research Topic Focus-
I wanted to narrow my research down to what happens to girl's emotional or physical well-being when undergoing this procedure. I wanted to know whether they have health defects. Are there any side effects? My first idea was to just find out about FGM. I want to know if there are any pros in health when being genitally mutilated.

RJA #3a

RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration-
I looked up FGM on Google and recorded all the websites that had information on FGM and saved the URLs to my Delicious account. I also looked on Wikipedia to get the general scoop on Female Genital Mutilation. I looked up pros and cons to Female Genital Mutilation. I kind of want to narrow my research down to either pros and cons of a female's health due to Female Genital Mutilation, or talk about emotional well-being to those who undergo this procedure.

RJA #2

RJA #2

RJA #2a: Possible Topics

• Female Genital Mutilation
• Human Trafficking
  
• AIDS in Africa

RJA #2b: Research Topic

I choose female genital mutilation because honestly I just wanted to know what female genital mutilation is all about and why it is so controversial. I want to know why so many people put their loved ones through that type of punishment consistently. Is it really punishment or tradition? Is this act outdated? Many people think that it is unjust, awful, and gruesome in our country but over 100 million girls world wide go through it, entering into womanhood.

Female Genital Mutilation is the act of removing a girls clitoris before a girl becomes a woman. Usually it occurs before a girl turns 15. I know that people do it to these little girls, so that they are less likely to cheat on their husband and these young women don't get to feel the pleasure of sex, so the act of FGM is thought to eliminate cheating in the aspect of having sex with anyone other than their husband.

I want to know who initiated this practice and why it is so important for certain cultures to perform the act of Female Genital Mutilation. If millions of girls are going through this every year, people have to see some good in FGM. Does this have some religious stand point? Why is this "Normal?" Do people think twice about it after performing this act? Are mothers standing by their daughters holding their hand while someone removes their daughters their genitals? Is this actually something girls are excited for because this means that they are finally a woman?

RJA #2c: Delicious Account
Delicious

RJA #1: Areas of Academic Interest

RJA #1: Areas of Academic Interest:

• World Religions, mainly Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
  
• Ethical Theories
  
• Human Trafficking
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Music: Composers, Theories, etc.