Sexual Mutilations
Subtitle: A Human Tragedy
Contributors: George C. Denniston (Editor); Marilyn Fayre Milos (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780306455896
Subjects: Customs; Sexual behaviour; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Sociology Of Women; Social Science; Sociology; Customs & Traditions; Human Sexuality; Pediatrics; Medical : Pediatrics; Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality; Psychology : Human Sexuality; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Anthropology - General; Circumcision; Congresses; Female circumcision; Mutilation
First sentence: The desire by adults to attack the genitals of their infants and young children with sharp knives is a subject about which a tremendous amount has been written, the majority of which attempts to justify and "explain" it, but in a manner which leaves the larger cultural-social backdrop uncriticized.