Genital Autonomy:: Protecting Personal Choice

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
“Three-Fourths Were Abnormal”—Misha’s Case, Sick Societies, and the Law....Pages 1-13
Older Minors and Circumcision: Questioning the Limits of Religious Actions....Pages 15-38
These Goalposts Don’t Move: Non-Medical Circumcision of Boys in the Tasmanian and Australian Context....Pages 39-47
Mass Campaigns of Male Circumcision for HIV Control in Africa: Clinical Efficacy, Population Effectiveness, Political Issues....Pages 49-59
AIDS XVII, Mexico City: Reason for Hope or Panic?....Pages 61-66
Circumcision Psychopathology....Pages 67-73
Physical Effects of Circumcision....Pages 75-79
Complications of Circumcision: A Urologist’s Viewpoint....Pages 81-84
NOCIRC of Italy: Scientific Activities 2006–2009....Pages 85-94
A Project About Male Circumcision in the Veneto....Pages 95-96
The First Survey on Genital Stretching in Italy....Pages 97-101
Knowledge and Opinions of North Italian Health Operators About Female Genital Mutilation....Pages 103-110
Stretching of the Labia Minora and Other Expansive Interventions of Female Genitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....Pages 111-124
Preventing Infibulation: Mana Sultan Abdurahman Isse at Merka, Somalia....Pages 125-135
Writing Rites Gone Wrong: Autobiography, Testimonials, and Their Relevance to the Debate Around Genital Alterations....Pages 137-148
The Impact of Neonatal Circumcision: Implications for Doctors of Men’s Experiences in Regressive Therapy....Pages 149-165
Circumcision Memory....Pages 167-187
Foreskin Restoration 1980–2008....Pages 189-198
Restoration: The Foreskin and the American Dream....Pages 199-210
Genital Autonomy: The Way Forward....Pages 211-215
Circumcision....Pages 217-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-252