Understanding Circumcision

1. Ending the Forced Genital Cutting of Children and the Violation of their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations.- 2. Jewish Circumcision: An Enigma in Historical Perspective.- 3. The Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant: The Reasons Keep Changing.- 4. Male Circumcision in South Korea: History, Statistics, and the Role of Doctors in Creating a Circumcision Rate of Over 100%.- 5. Attitudes of Egyptian Intellectuals Towards Genital Integrity for All.- 6. Sunna Gudnin: An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation in Merka Somalia.- 7. The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision: The European Experience.- 8. A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: 'I never liked doing them and I was pleased to give them up'.- 9. Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation.- 10. "A Source of Serious Mischief:" The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Preventive Circumcision in Australia.- 11. The Frenular Delta: A New Preputial Structure.- 12. Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Effects of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Survey.- 13. Neonatal Circumcision: Its Long-Term Harmful Effects.- 14. Ritual and Medical Circumcision among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- 15. Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma.- 16. Doctors, Be Warned: Circumcise Today, and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow.- 17. The Limits of the Law: Comparative Analysis of Legal and Extralegal Methods to Control Child Body Mutilation Practices.- 18. Circumcision as a Component of the Normative Abuse of Children: Introducing the Proclamation for Transforming the Lives of Children.- APPENDIX: Resources.- Contributors.