Sexual mutilations
Subtitle: a human tragedy
By: edited by George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos.
Contributors: Denniston, George C.; Milos, Marilyn Fayre.; International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations (4th : 1996 : Lausanne, Switzerland)
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Female circumcision -- Congresses; Circumcision -- Congresses; Mutilation -- Congresses
Description: The contributors to this volume, an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, religion, and politics, exhaustively document and dissect this largely soft-pedaled and insidious violation of human rights.

In 23 chapters they present the history of sexual mutilation; discuss its consequences to the victim, both physical and psychological; analyze its role in tradition; reveal the medical industry's investment in the practice; describe current legislative efforts, including the Ashley Montagu Resolution to End the Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide; and outline effective, culturally sensitive methods being implemented today to safeguard the human rights of at-risk children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Proceedings of the fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, held August 9-11, 1996, in Lausanne, Switzerland"--T.p. verso.