The Seattle Compromise: Multicultural Sensitivity and Americanization
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Obstetrician to Pregnant Woman: "If it's a boy, do you want him circumcised?"Pregnant Woman: "Yes, and also if it's a girl." 1 An effective society-one that can accomplish its common goals, facilitate the private ends of its members, and nourish its system of values-requires that newcomers achieve at least a modest degree of assimilation into its culture.
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In the 1990s, as European and North American countries received increased numbers of immigrants from FGM/C-practicing countries, several proposals were drafted recommending offering pricking in lieu of more severe cutting in children old enough to give consent and for families where prevention strategies did not work.
“In parallel, in the 1990s as European and North American countries received increased numbers of immigrants from countries where FGM/C is practiced, several proposals were drafted recommending offering pricking in lieu of more severe forms of cutting in children old enough to give consent and for those families where any prevention strategy did not work.”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredEach of the proposals to offer pricking in lieu of more severe cutting ignited public outrage and was never implemented.
“each of these proposals ignited public outrage and were never implemented.”
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