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

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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

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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)