Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision Culture, Controversy, and Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Denniston, George C. (Editor), Gallo, Pia Grassivaro (Editor), Hodges, Frederick M. (Editor), Milos, Marilyn Fayre (Editor), Viviani, Franco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Medical ethics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Medical Law.; Public Health.; Personality and Social Psychology.

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...