Rights Of Passage -Diane Best (psychology class)

PLEASE READ THE BELOW INSTRUCTIONS!!! NEEDS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 250 WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rights of Passage (Diane Best) tells the stories of four young women coming of age in different parts of the world. Please WATCH this video!!!

Puberty is one of the most vulnerable times in a girl’s life. For young women around the world it is a time of transition, but in societies where women are not valued, puberty can be the beginning of a life of abuse and even early death. Aleyda in Nicaragua is addicted to glue sniffing and is slipping into a life of prostitution; Tarranum in India has been pulled out of school and is waiting to be married off; in Jamaica, Natalyn is fourteen years old and seven months pregnant and Adjara in Burkina Faso faces the prospect of female genital mutilation.  In this Discussion Forum, each student should (1) discuss how customs in one of these societies affect the psychosocial development of young girls, or (2) discuss another society wherein customs harm or limit the psychosocial development of young women coming of age. THIS VIDEO MUST BE WATCHED BEFORE WRITING THE ESSAY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU PUT A CAPITALIZED TITLE ON THE FIRST LINE OF YOUR POST AND HAVE 250 WORDS!!!!! 

It is very important that you pay attention to spelling and grammar, include at least one new not our text or the assigned media) and credible APA-compliant citation and reference (References should be in alphabetical order with journal name and volume number in italics) (see http://www.apastyle.org/ for APA format guidelines), begin each post with the required title. Relate the discussion topic to psychological concepts. DON'T PLAGIARIZE - use only your own words. Any content paraphrased or gleaned from others must be properly cited and referenced, including work from classmates (note that direct quotes are seldom, if ever, used in scientific writing). Plagiarism detection devices will be used, and any detected plagiarism will result in a zero on the Forum with additional consequences as appropriate. Posts may contain opinions, but all opinions must be backed up with credible sources. At least one (more is better) new and credible citation and related reference is required in your initial thread post (note that the course textbook or assigned video are not new because everyone has seen them, and web sites are NOT credible sources - use peer-reviewed journal articles found in the electronic libraries as your sources of information).