tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post6657386088901576503..comments2024-01-29T00:20:13.608-08:00Comments on Holes in My Soles: Violence Against Women: Female Genital Mutilation.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-10781408969660553682017-01-11T03:18:24.173-08:002017-01-11T03:18:24.173-08:00Thanks for sharingThanks for sharingmuitahttp://accaf.uonbi.ac.ke/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-55940104713389950912013-02-06T13:08:37.633-08:002013-02-06T13:08:37.633-08:00Jim,
This is one of the saddest post I have read...Jim, <br /><br />This is one of the saddest post I have read in a long time. I can't believe this goes on in other countries. We are very lucky to be living where we live. I'll be sharing this story. :(<br />JessBlogNosticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02148740599584290225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-85823937919890499922011-10-13T05:24:04.742-07:002011-10-13T05:24:04.742-07:00It's unbelievable but it's a true fact aga...It's unbelievable but it's a true fact against women,I couldn't figure out or understanding such violence. Absolutely everyone who read this should promote it worldwide. I did that, my dear friend, Jim. Yours, Carlos from Brazil, owner of English tips blog.English tipshttp://www.englishtips-self-taught.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-65154097372528412062011-01-08T14:23:57.416-08:002011-01-08T14:23:57.416-08:00Thanks KD and everyone else.
Yes the point I was m...Thanks KD and everyone else.<br />Yes the point I was making was that we do need to look at attitudes to women in all cultures, and posting that picture was to make everyone question that perhaps our attitudes in our so-called developed nations are not so far removed from lesser developed after all.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-51079852053955149592011-01-08T11:40:41.243-08:002011-01-08T11:40:41.243-08:00You really struck a cord with this one. You're...You really struck a cord with this one. You're so right...often we sit on our western privildged high horse and scoff at other societies taking part in acts we consider barbaric, but it's true that we cannot effectively encouraged much needed change in the rest of the world without first doing the work that needs to be done at home. <br /><br />Thank you for adding this to the One Wee Voice violence against women campaign. I do hope you'll participate in the next campaign coming up in a few days for child poverty. <br />http://www.weeman.ca/p/one-wee-voice.htmlKDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602170011756124927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-16877500826577680002010-12-31T01:25:48.682-08:002010-12-31T01:25:48.682-08:00I read this and it makes me angry. I haven't ...I read this and it makes me angry. I haven't deal with this before but my wife has taken trips to Thailand to try and help women in the sex trade industry there and I understand the horrors women have to go through in this area of their lives that men don't have to face.<br /><br />It's one thing if a woman chooses to have this done. I am ok with that. However, to have to restrain a child and force her to have this done has to scar her for years - physically and emotionally.Jeremy Bhttp://www.examiner.com/budget-travel-in-sacramento/jeremy-branhamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-90964475452722640692010-12-30T23:56:56.123-08:002010-12-30T23:56:56.123-08:00Agreed that this is a horror that no one should ha...Agreed that this is a horror that no one should have to live through. Its nice to see people in their own culture stand up against practices that people use "tradition" to hide behind.Toddhttp://www.toddswanderings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-44519571697325964812010-12-30T12:23:17.415-08:002010-12-30T12:23:17.415-08:00Yes, this is a terrible tragedy. Unfortunately, me...Yes, this is a terrible tragedy. Unfortunately, men and women are still a long way from being completely equal, even in many Western countries where they don't receive equal pay for equal work, etc. If countries like Australia still have some work to do, I have little hope that third world countries will resolve these issues any time soon. Sorry to be pessimistic...Andreahttp://inspiringtravellers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-79067669866786023972010-12-30T12:02:17.320-08:002010-12-30T12:02:17.320-08:00Thanks Julie, I'm annoyed I lost those notes. ...Thanks Julie, I'm annoyed I lost those notes. But the painting is as you say strong, and I walked back to it 3 times before I really took it all in, losing my wife in the process (another story...)<br />I had thought a google search would bring up the artist but perhaps it's a subject some are not prepared to advertise. This site mentions many artists on display at the National Museum, but does not mention that artwork.<br />http://www.ethiopians.com/arts/nationalmuseum.htmJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-38696088846173582072010-12-30T11:53:26.595-08:002010-12-30T11:53:26.595-08:00SJ, the question you raise "... how do you ch...SJ, the question you raise "... how do you change a country's culture and a tradition that has been embedded for years?." Especially when violence to women in our society is far too common.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-54084855153405367072010-12-30T11:49:35.678-08:002010-12-30T11:49:35.678-08:00You are correct Inka, many countries and cultures ...You are correct Inka, many countries and cultures practise this. What I thought was significant though was to see that contemporary artists in Ethiopia are speaking out through their work about this.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-24731874214254903112010-12-30T06:58:21.445-08:002010-12-30T06:58:21.445-08:00Jim-
Thanks for this. That painting is so strong ...Jim-<br /><br />Thanks for this. That painting is so strong and I would be curious to know who made it if you ever recover those notes. I imagine that depictions of FGM aren't exactly common, which makes the painting especially courageous.<br /><br />When I was working on part of my undergraduate degree (the women's studies part), we spent a lot of time having abstract academic discussions about whether FGM was "wrong" within culturally relative frameworks. I hated these discussions because they never actually involved talking with or hearing from the people directly involved. <br /><br />Travel is one of the few ways that we can hear those stories and then share them with others.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619893972959296912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-45821619348801981462010-12-30T03:16:02.616-08:002010-12-30T03:16:02.616-08:00I remember first reading an article on this many y...I remember first reading an article on this many years ago, it shocked me then as much as it does now. However it's their culture and as much as I don't agree with it, how do you change a country's culture and a tradition that has been embedded for years. <br /><br />When young women in the country are stating they will continue to do it to their own daughters. It shows that it's not just the Ethiopian men you have to get to change.Papercut Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464641582104501391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-86459206408792699612010-12-30T03:02:42.210-08:002010-12-30T03:02:42.210-08:00Not only in Ethopia does this horror happen.Not only in Ethopia does this horror happen.inkahttp://www.glamourgrannytravels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-80374298367495789362010-12-30T02:50:44.069-08:002010-12-30T02:50:44.069-08:00Powerful and very sad.
Thanks for speaking out ab...Powerful and very sad. <br />Thanks for speaking out about this barbaric practice, Jim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-64997261283988922942010-12-30T02:31:28.233-08:002010-12-30T02:31:28.233-08:00GOD help us. There will be the day of reckoning.GOD help us. There will be the day of reckoning.Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511536163668122532noreply@blogger.com