Comments on: Penis-snatching epidemic hits the press? http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brother Wolf http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-338176 Brother Wolf Mon, 12 May 2008 12:43:35 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-338176 I agree - unclear if this post has merit with out the word penis int he title. I agree – unclear if this post has merit with out the word penis int he title.

]]> By: JP http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-318273 JP Thu, 01 May 2008 10:52:04 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-318273 So I read this blog entry because it had the word "penis" in the title. I guess if we took advertising, that would have been the profit motive right there--click-throughs. So I read this blog entry because it had the word “penis” in the title. I guess if we took advertising, that would have been the profit motive right there—click-throughs.

]]> By: Crystal http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-317196 Crystal Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:49:33 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-317196 oops. sorry. i tried to put links in the above, but it failed. some ruminations from my blog, on a case of genital snatching in lilongwe: http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2007/12/private-parts.html on bloodsuckers: http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2008/02/social-security.html on witchcraft nursery schools: http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2008/03/ufos-and-witchcraft-nursery-schools.html cheers! oops. sorry. i tried to put links in the above, but it failed.

some ruminations from my blog,
on a case of genital snatching in lilongwe:
http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2007/12/private-parts.html

on bloodsuckers:
http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2008/02/social-security.html

on witchcraft nursery schools: http://crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/2008/03/ufos-and-witchcraft-nursery-schools.html

cheers!

]]> By: Crystal http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-317191 Crystal Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:38:03 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/04/30/penis-snatching-epidemic-hits-the-press/#comment-317191 in the past few months there have been a number of such 'genital snatching stories in the malawian press. i also recall a few stories in late 2007 about a potion that men were giving to wives suspected of infidelity; the potion made the women's private parts 'disappear' when they tried to have sex with anyone besides the husband. in malawi, politics sells newspapers. but, so does this genre you refer to: sex wedded to witchcraft/violence. the papers in malawi also cover seasonal bloodsuckers scares, and, more recently, the rise of witchcraft nursery schools. i can't believe the part about the newspaper reports used as an authoritative lens into what's actually going on... although since many 'evidence based' aids interventions in s-s Africa choose to focus on 'harmful cultural practices' that are extreme, uncommon, or mostly imagined... i suppose i'm not that surprised. in the past few months there have been a number of such ‘genital snatching stories in the malawian press. i also recall a few stories in late 2007 about a potion that men were giving to wives suspected of infidelity; the potion made the women’s private parts ‘disappear’ when they tried to have sex with anyone besides the husband. in malawi, politics sells newspapers. but, so does this genre you refer to: sex wedded to witchcraft/violence.
the papers in malawi also cover seasonal bloodsuckers scares, and, more recently, the rise of witchcraft nursery schools.

i can’t believe the part about the newspaper reports used as an authoritative lens into what’s actually going on… although since many ‘evidence based’ aids interventions in s-s Africa choose to focus on ‘harmful cultural practices’ that are extreme, uncommon, or mostly imagined… i suppose i’m not that surprised.

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