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The procedures vary according to the ethnicity and individual practitioners; during a 1998 survey in Niger, women responded with over 50 terms when asked what was done to them. [19] Translation problems are compounded by the women's confusion over which type of FGM they experienced, or even whether they experienced it. [32]
Emasculation was one of the Five Punishments used in ancient China. [60] It was the prescribed punishment for people who engaged in licentious conduct, such as infidelity or rape. [ 61 ] The first evidence of its use dates to the Shang dynasty (1700–1100 BC), when the characters for a knife and male genitalia were carved into oracle bones.
Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person, typically a woman. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.
One Harvard study taking into account more than 14,000 people over 50 found that people more satisfied with the aging process were at a lower risk for diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart disease.
In the book, author and neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., director of the Weill Cornell Women’s Brain Initiative, notes that more than 60% of women have brain fog at some point during ...
Tubal ligation (commonly known as having one's "tubes tied") is a surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are permanently blocked, clipped or removed. This prevents the fertilization of eggs by sperm and thus the implantation of a fertilized egg.
Some ethnic groups practice ritual mutilation, for example, burning, clitoridectomy, or flagellation, sometimes as part of a rite of passage.In some cases, the term may even apply to treatment of dead bodies, as in the case of scalping, when a person is mutilated after they have been killed by an enemy.
The over-60s usually have different skincare concerns, such as drier and thinner skin, so it's important to choose products with ingredients that focus on those symptoms.