Critical Thinking and experiences of women who have suffered female genital mutilation: A case study

EasyChair Preprint 138

Abstract

Given the need for women who have suffered Female Genital Mutilation, reflect on the true nature of this practice and become aware of the underlying reality of it, it is based on the objective of identifying the factors that affect FGM and its impact through the experiences of women who have suffered it. The paradigm of departure is the hermeneutic and the sociocritical, The principles of cultural heritage and phenomenology, constitute the theoretical basis of the study that will adopt a gender approach using the perspectives provided by Bordieu (habitus) and Durkheim (logical conformism).

Methodologically, the in-depth interview was used as a data collection technique and for its analysis the Dialectical Structural Model of Care. The sample consists of a single case that will serve as a basis for expanding it in subsequent studies. Results: the patriarchally regulated culture is the breeding ground of this "tradition" that has a very marked socializing component in diverse cultures and religions. The option of refusing to experience this practice leads to the absolute marginalization of the "rebellious" woman and also of the family. The habitus and the logical conformism facilitate the maintenance of female genital mutilation as a rite of passage with an institutional character that is subjectively and socially accepted by the communities that practice it.Conclusions: the essential tool to combat female genital mutilation is critical thinking in the context of transculturality that favors the opening of the feminine world to plural ways of thinking and behavior. It is the women themselves who have experienced this practice who have the potential pedagogic to fight against its eradication.

Keyphrases: Female genital mutilation., Modelo estructural dialéctico de los cuidados. Dialectical model of care. Qualitative research., critical thinking.

@booklet{EasyChair:138,
  author    = {José Siles-González and María Reig-Alcaraz and Ana L. Noreña-Peña and Carmen Solano-Ruiz},
  title     = {Critical Thinking and experiences of women who have suffered female genital mutilation: A case study},
  doi       = {10.29007/ncvx},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 138},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}