Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2016 Jun;26(2):105-44. doi: 10.1353/ken.2016.0009. Between Moral Relativism and Moral Hypocrisy: Reframing the Debate on “FGM” Earp BD ABSTRACT The spectrum of practices termed “Female Genital Mutilation” (or FGM) by the World Health Organization is sometimes held up as a counterexample to moral relativism. Those who advance this line of thought suggestContinue reading “Between Moral Relativism and Moral Hypocrisy: Reframing the Debate on “FGM””
Tag Archives: Circumcision/Male
Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines
Front Pediatr. 2015 Mar 18;3:18. doi: 10.3389/fped.2015.00018. eCollection 2015. Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines Earp BD ABSTRACT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a set of provisional guidelines concerning male circumcision, in which they suggest that the benefits of theContinue reading “Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines”
Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa
Glob Public Health. 2015 Mar 2:1-13. [Epub ahead of print] Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa Martínez Pérez G, Triviño Durán L, Gasch A, Desmond N ABSTRACT The World Health Organization endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in 2007 as an effective method toContinue reading “Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa”
(Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting.
J Sex Res. 2014 Sep 25:1-16. [Epub ahead of print] (Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting. Carpenter LM, Kettrey HH. ABSTRACT Under what conditions do sexual pleasure and desire get addressed in news coverage of sexual health issues like female genital cuttingContinue reading “(Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting.”
Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality
Med Anthropol Q. June 2005 June; 19(2): 125-148. Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality Bell K ABSTRACT This article explores dominant discourses surrounding male and female genital cutting. Over a similar period of time, these genital operations have separately been subjected to scrutiny and criticism. However, although critiques of female circumcision have been widely takenContinue reading “Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality”
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