Greenwood Lab
Round 4
vs Vestavia Hills
Judge: Stefan Bauschard
Plan Text
The united states federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to topically designated countries by abandoning its support for anti female genital cutting policies in those counties and providing resources for medically safe female genital cutting in those countries
1ac w/ cites
OBSERVATION 1 – STATUS QUO
IN 1996 THE US MADE A DRASTIC SHIFT IN ITS HANDS-OFF POLICY APPROACH TOWARDS FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING. BY TRANSLATING SOCIAL DISCOURSE INTO GOVERNMENT POLICY, THE KASINGA RULING REDEFINED THE PRACTICE OF FGC AS PERSECUTION AND OPENED A PANDORA’S BOX FOR POLICY ACTION
Coffman 07 (Jennifer e., “producing fgm in u.s. courts: political asylum in the post-kasinga era” Africa today, 53.4)
“the kasinga case…in the abankwah case”
AND USAID HAS UNDERTAKEN THE TOTAL ERADICATION OF THE PRACTICE
BUREAU FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, USAID 4 (“strategy for female genital cutting” usaid dept brief)
“female genital cutting…abandonment activities”
ADVANTAGE 1 – POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION
WESTERN MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY AN APPETITE FOR SENSATION, THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN SHAPED BY MEDIA MOGULS AND LIBERAL FEMINISTS THAT HAVE HIJACKED THE VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN.
MEKURIA 95 (salem, “female genital mutilation in Africa: some African views” association of concerned Africa scholars bulletin. 44/45 )
“an estimated 90 million…women acknowledged”
AND THE SAME LIBERAL FEMINIST DISCOURSE THAT DOMINATES THE MEDIA ALSO TEXTURES SOCIAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CIRCUMCISION. THIS HAS BECOME AN ETHNOCENTRIC CONDEMNATION OF CULTURAL PRACTICE AND HAS RENDERED THE ABILITY OF INTERNAL CULTURAL CRITIQUE INCONSEQUENTIAL.
ABUSHARAF 01 (rogaia Mustafa, “virtuous cuts: female genital circumcision in an African ontology” differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies 12.1 112-40)
“the angry emotional responses…trivial and inconsequential”
AND THESE REPRESENTATIONS CREATE A NEGATIVE WILL TO POWER THAT MANAGES, CONTAINS, AND DENIES LIFE
NIETZSCHE 1886 (beyond good ‘n evil, 204-8)
“refraining mutually from…at least that far”
THE 1AC MOVES BEYOND THE REPRESENTATIONS OF FGC BY INTERROGATING THE IMPERAL STRUCTURES EMBEDDED IN THE LIBERAL DISCOURSE. WE HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO EXAMINE THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATIONS BEFORE TOILING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM.
DOTY 96 (Roxanne lynn, “imperial encounters: the politics of representations in north-south relations p 170-1)
“north-south relations have been constituted…in dominant representations”
FGC DISCUSSIONS ARE THE FIRST STEP IN DERAILING ORE-EXISTING NOTIONS OF CULTURAL SUPERIORITY THAT BLIND THE PRIVILEGED, MIDDLE-CLASS, AND WHITE TO THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES. THE 1AC IS THE FIRST STEP IN DECONSTRUCTING “CULTURAL ENTRAPMENT” THAT CREATES THE OTHER
NTARANGWI 07 (mwenda, “i have changed my mind now”, Africa today 53.4)
“students who take the courses..any cultural entrapment”
ADVANTAGE 2 – POLITICS OF AGENCY
ETHNOCENTRISM HAS PERMEATED US POLICIES CONCERNING FEMALE CIRCUMCISION. AS WESTERNERS, OUR NOTIONS OF SEXUALITY ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH GENITAL PLEASURE. WE CANNOT COMPREHEND THE ORGASM WITHOUT THE CLITORIS. OUR OBJECTION TO THE PAIN OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IS ACTUALLY AN OBJECTION TO COURAGEOUS ACTS OF WOMEN THAT MAKE NO SENSE TO THE WEST.
LYONS 07 (harriet, “gential cutting: the past and present of a polythetic category”, Africa today, 53.4, 3-17)
“my rationale for arguing…than do female ones”
ADDITIONALLY, FGC IS A COUNTER-HEGEMONIC DECISION MADE BY SUBALTERN WOMEN TO CHALLENGE STRUCTURES OF POWER AND CREATE A SPACE FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF IDENTITY AND STATUS
OBJIORA 97 (amede, “bridging society, culture, and law: the issue of female c
Round 4
vs Vestavia Hills
Judge: Stefan Bauschard
Plan Text
The united states federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to topically designated countries by abandoning its support for anti female genital cutting policies in those counties and providing resources for medically safe female genital cutting in those countries
1ac w/ cites
OBSERVATION 1 – STATUS QUO
IN 1996 THE US MADE A DRASTIC SHIFT IN ITS HANDS-OFF POLICY APPROACH TOWARDS FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING. BY TRANSLATING SOCIAL DISCOURSE INTO GOVERNMENT POLICY, THE KASINGA RULING REDEFINED THE PRACTICE OF FGC AS PERSECUTION AND OPENED A PANDORA’S BOX FOR POLICY ACTION
Coffman 07 (Jennifer e., “producing fgm in u.s. courts: political asylum in the post-kasinga era” Africa today, 53.4)
“the kasinga case…in the abankwah case”
AND USAID HAS UNDERTAKEN THE TOTAL ERADICATION OF THE PRACTICE
BUREAU FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, USAID 4 (“strategy for female genital cutting” usaid dept brief)
“female genital cutting…abandonment activities”
ADVANTAGE 1 – POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION
WESTERN MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY AN APPETITE FOR SENSATION, THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN SHAPED BY MEDIA MOGULS AND LIBERAL FEMINISTS THAT HAVE HIJACKED THE VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN.
MEKURIA 95 (salem, “female genital mutilation in Africa: some African views” association of concerned Africa scholars bulletin. 44/45 )
“an estimated 90 million…women acknowledged”
AND THE SAME LIBERAL FEMINIST DISCOURSE THAT DOMINATES THE MEDIA ALSO TEXTURES SOCIAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CIRCUMCISION. THIS HAS BECOME AN ETHNOCENTRIC CONDEMNATION OF CULTURAL PRACTICE AND HAS RENDERED THE ABILITY OF INTERNAL CULTURAL CRITIQUE INCONSEQUENTIAL.
ABUSHARAF 01 (rogaia Mustafa, “virtuous cuts: female genital circumcision in an African ontology” differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies 12.1 112-40)
“the angry emotional responses…trivial and inconsequential”
AND THESE REPRESENTATIONS CREATE A NEGATIVE WILL TO POWER THAT MANAGES, CONTAINS, AND DENIES LIFE
NIETZSCHE 1886 (beyond good ‘n evil, 204-8)
“refraining mutually from…at least that far”
THE 1AC MOVES BEYOND THE REPRESENTATIONS OF FGC BY INTERROGATING THE IMPERAL STRUCTURES EMBEDDED IN THE LIBERAL DISCOURSE. WE HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO EXAMINE THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATIONS BEFORE TOILING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM.
DOTY 96 (Roxanne lynn, “imperial encounters: the politics of representations in north-south relations p 170-1)
“north-south relations have been constituted…in dominant representations”
FGC DISCUSSIONS ARE THE FIRST STEP IN DERAILING ORE-EXISTING NOTIONS OF CULTURAL SUPERIORITY THAT BLIND THE PRIVILEGED, MIDDLE-CLASS, AND WHITE TO THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES. THE 1AC IS THE FIRST STEP IN DECONSTRUCTING “CULTURAL ENTRAPMENT” THAT CREATES THE OTHER
NTARANGWI 07 (mwenda, “i have changed my mind now”, Africa today 53.4)
“students who take the courses..any cultural entrapment”
ADVANTAGE 2 – POLITICS OF AGENCY
ETHNOCENTRISM HAS PERMEATED US POLICIES CONCERNING FEMALE CIRCUMCISION. AS WESTERNERS, OUR NOTIONS OF SEXUALITY ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH GENITAL PLEASURE. WE CANNOT COMPREHEND THE ORGASM WITHOUT THE CLITORIS. OUR OBJECTION TO THE PAIN OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IS ACTUALLY AN OBJECTION TO COURAGEOUS ACTS OF WOMEN THAT MAKE NO SENSE TO THE WEST.
LYONS 07 (harriet, “gential cutting: the past and present of a polythetic category”, Africa today, 53.4, 3-17)
“my rationale for arguing…than do female ones”
ADDITIONALLY, FGC IS A COUNTER-HEGEMONIC DECISION MADE BY SUBALTERN WOMEN TO CHALLENGE STRUCTURES OF POWER AND CREATE A SPACE FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF IDENTITY AND STATUS
OBJIORA 97 (amede, “bridging society, culture, and law: the issue of female c