3.75/5 (4) SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 Ending circumcision, Part One: The case for extending legal protections to America’s boys BY AMY WRIGHT GLENN PhillyVoice Contributor Rita’s daughter cries, again. “I can’t take it!” Rita tells her mother on the phone. “For the … Read More
CIRCUMCISION, THE PRIMAL CUT – A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION May 3, 2015 by Kali Sinclair Imagine This You bring a beautiful baby girl into this world. You count her fingers and toes. You can’t believe the wonder of this tiny, perfect human … Read More
An anthropologist discusses some common misconceptions about female genital cutting, including the idea that men force women to undergo the procedure. OLGA KHAZAN APR 8, 2015 I recently had a conversation that challenged what I thought I knew about the … Read More
1.63/5 (8) Islam Question and Answer (publication date unknown) General Supervisor: Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid – Principles of Fiqh » Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings » Acts of Worship » Purity » Natural character and instinct of the human creation. 45528: Medical benefits of female circumcision Could you explain me … Read More
5/5 (1) Full text available in PDF format (above) An un-consenting child, an unnecessary surgery: what are the moral similarities and differences between male and female circumcision? This article is an abridged version of “Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision: … Read More
5/5 (1) Practical Ethics (University of Oxford), February 18, 2014 Abstract It is sometimes argued that the non-therapeutic, non-consensual alteration of children’s genitals should be discussed in two separate ethical discourses: one for girls (in which such alterations should be … Read More
[An academic response was written to this article in September 2013.] The child’s interests and the case for the permissibility of male infant circumcision Mazor, J. Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 39, No. 7 (2013), pp. 421-28. Also available on the … Read More
Full text available in PDF format (above) Abstract Human rights claim universal validity, which implies that bias in their applicability as well as in their application should be avoided. From this perspective it is rather remarkable that female circumcision … Read More
A Rose by Any Other Name? Symmetry and Assymmetry in Male and Female Genital Cutting R. Darby and J.S. Svoboda from Fearful Symmetries: Essays and Testimonies Around Excision and Circumcision, ed. Chantal Zabus (New York: Rodopi, 2009) Also available on the … Read More
“Just a Snip”?: A Social History of Male Circumcision Aggleton, P. Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 15, No. 29 (May, 2007), pp. 15-21. Available on JSTOR (Restricted Access) Find on JSTOR Abstract: This paper seeks to add balance and context to … Read More