... sexually active and he had a son when he was a teenager. Later on, he joined the Manichean sect, who believed that having children corrupted the world even more. These beliefs shaped his view that if a man marries he should have children, but that will "prevent the full development of his mental and spiritual capacities." Pelagianism influenced Augustine's ideas and views on sexuality; the ... transfer of the parents sinfulness to the child" existed. The way Augustine viewed a woman was "a baby-making machine." Augustine felt that marriage was good if the intention was to have children,...

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In The Science, Rogaia Mustafa Abushard explains female circumcision, a ritual performed in Africa and parts of Asia. The immortalizing ritual of genital mutation is a tradition of many cultures. An untrained, uneducated midwife with unsanititized equipment does the agonizing procedure. The clitoris is cut off without anesthesia and the outer lips of the vagina are sewed together. After the operation the girls legs are tied together for weeks so the skin can grow over the flesh. The young girls are between the ages of four to eleven. This purifies the girls and it gives them status in the comm...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate