Overview
- Provides the latest research on the topics of male and female circumcision
- Reveals how male and female circumcision violates law and ethics
- Exposes the harmful effects of male female genital cutting and female genital modification
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About this book
Circumcision is a cultural phenomenon that affects 15.3 million children and young adults annually. In terms of gender, 13.3 millions boys and 2 million girls are subjected to the involuntary removal of part or all of their external sex organs every year. Few people, however, ask why such practices persist or how modern societies can tolerate this inherent violation of human rights. The problem of female circumcision is being addressed on an international level, while male circumcision remains a subject many academics are reluctant to fully or impartially examine. This book explores the problem of male and female circumcision in modern society from religious, anthropological, psychological, medical, legal, and ethical perspectives.
Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and detailed analysis of the devastating impact of circumcision on bodily integrity and human rights, and it provides hope for change.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision
Book Subtitle: Culture, Controversy, and Change
Editors: George C. Denniston, Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Frederick M. Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, Franco Viviani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4916-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4915-6Published: 06 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7225-2Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4916-3Published: 14 September 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 270
Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Medical Law, Public Health, Personality and Social Psychology