Social Injustice: Female Genital Mutilation.

Sociology 151 19 March 2003 Social Injustice To define the word "social injustice" it is necessary to look at each word. Social means "of or relating to human society" and, injustice means "the violation of right or of the rights" (Merriam-Webster). So as one, the word would mean the violation of right or of the rights of or relating to human society. To put this into simpler terms, it is the wrongful harming of a human and/or …

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