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Circumcision : Men and Masculinities
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Male circumcision is one of the world’s most common and controversial surgical procedures. The ‘official story’ told by circumcising cultures describes ostensible benefits to the circumcised as its justification, but anthropological...
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Circumcision Summary
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Circumcision The surgical removal of the foreskin that covers the end, or glans, of the penis. Until the early 1970s, male infants born in the United States were routinely circumcised. In fact, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reports...
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Circumcision Summary
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Circumcision refers to the surgical removal of the foreskin (prepuce) of the penis. In the United States, circumcision in infant boys is usually performed for cultural or religious reasons. In addition, infant circumcision provides some medical...
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Circumcision : Judaism Terms
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Circumcision Information
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Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis.[1] The word "circumcision" comes from Latin circum (meaning "around") and cædere (meaning "to cut"). The earliest pictures are from cave drawings of Ancient Egyptian...
 


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International Journal of Childbirth Education
The circumcision decision
06/01/2002: 1,290 words, approx. 4 pages
POLITICAL ISSUES Circumcision has been part of the human experience at least since the time of Egyptians and the Bible (Gollaher 2000.) It is part of the religious and cultural traditions of diverse groups all over the middle east, Africa, and Australia. The...
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The Washington Post
A Reversal on Circumcision
05/15/1990: 1,032 words, approx. 3 pages
One of the most influential opponents of circumcision for newborn males has changed his mind and now supports the routine surgical procedure that has fallen from favor in the past two decades. In an article in the March issue of the journal American...
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The New York Observer
A Circumcision Deal?
1/4/2006: 422 words, approx. 1 pages
A couple of weeks ago, I described Health Commissioner Tom Frieden's decision not to ban a controversial circumcision practice outright as "backing down." Looks like I read it wrong; and that's certainly not how the community took it. There have been rumblings of protest in...
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AP News
Egypt bans female circumcision
6/29/2007: 641 words, approx. 2 pages
The death of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision has sparked a public outcry and prompted health and religious authorities to ban the practice.The girl, Badour Shaker, died this month while undergoing the procedure in an illegal clinic...
 


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Female and Male Circumcision: a Personal Opinion
691 words, approx. 2 pages
Male or female circumcision on the most part are not medically necessary and are only done to fulfill a culture's norms and expectations of what a male or female genitals should look like. I personally am against any type of surgery that does not result in some type of medical benefit being done on children and infants.


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