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Who owns your sex organs? Different cultures today and in different
epochs have given a variety of answers to this question. It may
seem self evident that every individual owns and has sovereignty
over his or her own body parts, such as the head, legs, nose,
stomach, pancreas, and other body parts. The sex organs, however,
seem to be an exception. Even though they are as much an integral
part of the individual as a leg or a liver, the sex organs are
unique in that many cultures have established laws and taboos over
the use and even the mere display of the sex organs. Thus, certain
cultures have placed constraints over the individual's ownership of
his or her sex organs and actively regulate and restrict the
individual's access and use of those organs. In other cultures, the
question of ownership of the sex organs is more decisively
answered. In any culture where circumcision to any degree of either
the male or female is practiced, permitted, encouraged, or even
merely tolerated, it is clear that the individual is not considered
to own his own sex organs. In the United States today, the medical
establishment has created an is considered acceptable and desirable
that anyone for environment where it any reason can authorize or
execute the amputation of the foreskin from a male child's penis."
Every year, in the United States and the third world combined, 13.3
million boys and 2 million girls are circumcised. Whether because
of perceived medical, cultural, or religious necessity, most of
these parents feel they have no alternative but to allow their
children to undergo this surgery. Sparking intense debate, the
circumcision of children is a highly controversial and complex
phenomenon that touches a variety of sociological areas, such as
religious beliefs, identity issues, medical conceptualizations,
fear, and superstition. The contributors to this volume comprise an
international panel of experts in the fields of medicine,
psychology, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history,
theology, and politics. In 18 chapters they discuss the history of
circumcision; document the physical and psychological consequences
of circumcision; present the latest anatomical discoveries about
the male prepuce; analyze the role of circumcision in various
traditions; reveal the medical industry's investment in the
practice; describe current legislative efforts to protect children
from circumcision; and outline effective, culturally sensitive
methods that are being implemented today to safeguard the human
rights of at-risk children. For its insights into this troubling
aspect of culture, Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary
Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem is a critically important
contribution to the growing body of literature on this subject.
Who owns your sex organs? Different cultures today and in different
epochs have given a variety of answers to this question. It may
seem self evident that every individual owns and has sovereignty
over his or her own body parts, such as the head, legs, nose,
stomach, pancreas, and other body parts. The sex organs, however,
seem to be an exception. Even though they are as much an integral
part of the individual as a leg or a liver, the sex organs are
unique in that many cultures have established laws and taboos over
the use and even the mere display of the sex organs. Thus, certain
cultures have placed constraints over the individual's ownership of
his or her sex organs and actively regulate and restrict the
individual's access and use of those organs. In other cultures, the
question of ownership of the sex organs is more decisively
answered. In any culture where circumcision to any degree of either
the male or female is practiced, permitted, encouraged, or even
merely tolerated, it is clear that the individual is not considered
to own his own sex organs. In the United States today, the medical
establishment has created an is considered acceptable and desirable
that anyone for environment where it any reason can authorize or
execute the amputation of the foreskin from a male child's penis."
Every year, in the United States and the third world combined, 13.3
million boys and 2 million girls are circumcised. Whether because
of perceived medical, cultural, or religious necessity, most of
these parents feel they have no alternative but to allow their
children to undergo this surgery. Sparking intense debate, the
circumcision of children is a highly controversial and complex
phenomenon that touches a variety of sociological areas, such as
religious beliefs, identity issues, medical conceptualizations,
fear, and superstition. The contributors to this volume comprise an
international panel of experts in the fields of medicine,
psychology, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history,
theology, and politics. In 18 chapters they discuss the history of
circumcision; document the physical and psychological consequences
of circumcision; present the latest anatomical discoveries about
the male prepuce; analyze the role of circumcision in various
traditions; reveal the medical industry's investment in the
practice; describe current legislative efforts to protect children
from circumcision; and outline effective, culturally sensitive
methods that are being implemented today to safeguard the human
rights of at-risk children. For its insights into this troubling
aspect of culture, Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary
Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem is a critically important
contribution to the growing body of literature on this subject.
Every year around the world 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls
have part or all of their external sex organs cut off. Doctors,
parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that these
mutilations are beneficial, necessary and harmless. International
respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics,
law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history and religion present
the latest research, documentation and analysis of this world-wide
problem, focusing on the ethical, political and legal aspects of
sexual mutilation; the cost and burden to healthcare systems; the
latest medical research; anatomical and function consequences;
religious and cultural aspects; psychological aspects; and the
world-wide campaign to end sexual mutilation.
Every year around the world 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls
have part or all of their external sex organs cut off. Doctors,
parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that these
mutilations are beneficial, necessary and harmless. International
respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics,
law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history and religion present
the latest research, documentation and analysis of this world-wide
problem, focusing on the ethical, political and legal aspects of
sexual mutilation; the cost and burden to healthcare systems; the
latest medical research; anatomical and function consequences;
religious and cultural aspects; psychological aspects; and the
world-wide campaign to end sexual mutilation.
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