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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #15)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 03:02 AM

17. I never bought into the cultural relativism thing, no matter

how much they pushed it. I minored in Anthropology. When I hear of a 10 year old giving birth, and via c-section no less, I am of the opinion that it is horrendous. It is their culture, but that doesn't mean I have to believe that it's okay for them to impregnate 10 year olds. If in the Wayuu culture, 10 year olds regularly have sex and give birth, I believe their culture is rotten, and they're on a bad trajectory. They are treating little girls like baby makers, and not allowing them to have a childhood. I have also read that this tribe may be doing female genital mutilation.

I believe we can have an opinion and judge any culture, and certainly one that does things like accepting and encouraging sex with 10 year olds is abusive to little girls. A 10 year old girl is a little girl, no matter what culture they are in.

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