Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Denniston, George C. (Editor), Hodges, Frederick M. (Editor), Milos, Marilyn Fayre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ethics.; Pediatrics.; Pediatric surgery.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pediatric Surgery.; Sociology, general.; Psychology, general.

Every year, across the globe, an estimated 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls are involuntarily subjected to genital cutting. Both male and female genital cutting persist, generating a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry that is defended by its proponents with dubious studies, manipulated statis...