The discussion of Chapters 5 and 6 began with a video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3VDKI9Hg0&app=desktop#!
Then the class continued with an activity, where each classmate wrote down one positive thing that they experienced or witnessed men do, followed by one negative thing, some classmates shared what they wrote down and it was briefly discussed in class. Positive things were actions such as "opening/holding doors for women" and negative things were doings such as "overpowering women". Each classmate that shared out loud or participated in discussion received a piece of candy as a reward. This activity was done in order to educate others to be cautious instead of paranoid when it came to men, as well as teaching that men are not bad. There was another video showed following the activity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbCQMw5LOM
After the video, the class numbered off by 1's and 2's, 1's discussed why the US should get involved in stopping practices such as honor killings, and 2's discussed why the US shouldn't get involved in stopping honor killings. After the discussion, the two sides had a debate about the issues. After the discussion of the issue was complete, questions about the chapter were asked.
"After seven days, Mahabouba fell unconscious, and at that point someone summoned a birth attendant. By then the baby had been wedged in there for so long that the tissues between the baby's head and Mahabouba's pelvis had lost circulation and rotted away. When Mahabouba recovered consciousness, she found out that the baby was dead and she had no control over her bladder or bowels. She also couldn't walk or even stand, a consequence of never damage that is a frequent by-product of fistula." (p. 94)
The class discussed whether the students knew what fistulas were prior to taking the course, the entire class answered "no" to the question and the discussion of why there weren't programs for it began.
Some students mentioned how if fistulas happened to men, there would be more funds for the issue. Majority of the class agreed.
"She's helpless, she's voiceless . . . the reason these women are pariahs is because they are women. If this happened to men, we would have foundations and supplies coming in from all over the world." (p. 97)
After the quote, the class discussed everyone's views as to why there aren't more foundations to help women with fistulas, and how societies view women as lesser.
"Conservatives battle forced abortions in China, and liberals fight passionately for abortion rights in foreign lands. But meeting the challenge of women dying in childbirth had never had much of a constituency." (p. 98)
The class discussed how both political parties are missing actual risks, such as women's health during pregnancy.
At the end we discussed how US has a low mortality at birth rate.
Chapter 6 discussed how hazardous giving birth in 3rd world countries is, and how we can lower mortality rate abroad.
My name is Leah Silkina and I hope everyone had a great weekend!
PS. Here are some links to volunteer and help abroad!
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/
http://www.projects-abroad.
http://www.
http://guides.lib.unc.edu/
http://www.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3VDKI9Hg0&app=desktop#!
Then the class continued with an activity, where each classmate wrote down one positive thing that they experienced or witnessed men do, followed by one negative thing, some classmates shared what they wrote down and it was briefly discussed in class. Positive things were actions such as "opening/holding doors for women" and negative things were doings such as "overpowering women". Each classmate that shared out loud or participated in discussion received a piece of candy as a reward. This activity was done in order to educate others to be cautious instead of paranoid when it came to men, as well as teaching that men are not bad. There was another video showed following the activity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbCQMw5LOM
After the video, the class numbered off by 1's and 2's, 1's discussed why the US should get involved in stopping practices such as honor killings, and 2's discussed why the US shouldn't get involved in stopping honor killings. After the discussion, the two sides had a debate about the issues. After the discussion of the issue was complete, questions about the chapter were asked.
"After seven days, Mahabouba fell unconscious, and at that point someone summoned a birth attendant. By then the baby had been wedged in there for so long that the tissues between the baby's head and Mahabouba's pelvis had lost circulation and rotted away. When Mahabouba recovered consciousness, she found out that the baby was dead and she had no control over her bladder or bowels. She also couldn't walk or even stand, a consequence of never damage that is a frequent by-product of fistula." (p. 94)
The class discussed whether the students knew what fistulas were prior to taking the course, the entire class answered "no" to the question and the discussion of why there weren't programs for it began.
Some students mentioned how if fistulas happened to men, there would be more funds for the issue. Majority of the class agreed.
"She's helpless, she's voiceless . . . the reason these women are pariahs is because they are women. If this happened to men, we would have foundations and supplies coming in from all over the world." (p. 97)
After the quote, the class discussed everyone's views as to why there aren't more foundations to help women with fistulas, and how societies view women as lesser.
"Conservatives battle forced abortions in China, and liberals fight passionately for abortion rights in foreign lands. But meeting the challenge of women dying in childbirth had never had much of a constituency." (p. 98)
The class discussed how both political parties are missing actual risks, such as women's health during pregnancy.
At the end we discussed how US has a low mortality at birth rate.
Chapter 6 discussed how hazardous giving birth in 3rd world countries is, and how we can lower mortality rate abroad.
My name is Leah Silkina and I hope everyone had a great weekend!
PS. Here are some links to volunteer and help abroad!
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/
http://www.projects-abroad.
http://www.
http://guides.lib.unc.edu/
http://www.
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