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The following screens have images and/or text references that may be unsuitable for some students, depending on their level of maturity. We recommend that the teacher review this material before assigning to students.
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here and load while using the CD-ROM to find the following areas to review.Field Research Essay: Ruth Phillips, Henrietta Cosentino, and Rebecca Busselle.
("Women's Art and Initiation in Mendeland") Screens 5,6,21 & 24 discuss the coming of age of young women among the Mende people of Sierra Leone, including some partial nudity (bare breasts). Screen 4 makes references to "female circumcision" or "excision".Field Research Essay: Arthur Bourgeois.
("Art and Initiation Among the Yaka and the Suku") Screens 3,4,5,6,8,17,18 refer to male circumcision, and screens 14 & 17 to sexuality.Chapter: Education: Birth through Adult Education.
Screen 1 of the section on "Birth" discusses the uterus, caul, and other aspects of parturition. Screen 2 of the section called "Childhood" speaks about circumcision, and screen 8 mentions sexuality, circumcision, and the foreskin. There is a 4-screen section about "Circumcision." Screen 4 of this section refers to "virile erection." Screens 1,2,3 & 4 in the section called "Female Initiation" include partial nudity.Field Research Essay: Sandra Klopper.
Screens 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10 & 17. This essay is about contemporary initiation of young Zulu women in South Africa. Several of the images include partial nudity (bare breasts).Field Research Essay: Herbert Cole-Mbari.
Screens 9,10,11 & 13.describe Igbo attitudes about sexuality, and although the lessons communicated are positive ones by our own standards as well as Igbo standards, you should study the text and images before you assign them to students.Field Research Essay: Kate Ezra.
Screens 2,8 & 13. One screen discusses male circumcision briefly, and two images discuss female anatomy in detail.Field Research Essay: Donna K. Pido.
Screens 8 & 9 discuss circumcision in passing, and screen 11 talks about frequent sexual activity on the part of pre-pubescent girls.Field Research Essay: Enid Schildkrout.
Screen 4. Partial nudity (bare breasts) in a very old, National Geographic type photograph.Field Research Essay: Z.S. Strother.
Screens 5,7 & 8 mention circumcision and screen 5 mentions removing "a barrier to ejaculation".Revised January 21, 1999