Sexual Mutilations Book

1	The Geography of Male and Female Genital Mutilations	1
2	A Short History of the Institutionalization of Involuntary Sexual Mutilation in the United States	17
3	Jehovah, His Cousin Allah, and Sexual Mutilations	41
4	The Skoptzy: The Russian Sect of the Castrated	63
5	Functional and Erotic Consequences of Sexual Mutilations	67
6	The Human Prepuce	77
7	NORM UK and the Medical Case against Circumcision: A British Perspective	85
8	Circumcision: An Iatrogenic Epidemic	103
9	Why Does Neonatal Circumcision Persist in the United States?	111
10	Learned Helplessness: A Concept of the Future	121
11	Long-Term Consequences of Neonatal Circumcision: A Preliminary Poll of Circumcised Males	125
12	Similarities in Attitudes and Misconceptions about Male and Female Sexual Mutilations	131
13	Female Genital Mutilation	137
14	Epidemiological Surveys on Female Genital Mutilation in Italy	153
15	Female Genital Mutilation in Germany: An Update from (I)NTACT	159
16	Redefining the Sacred	163
17	Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective	175
18	The Wound Reveals the Cure: A Utah Model for Ending the Cycle of Sexual Mutilation	179
19	Nurses for the Rights of the Child: An Update	185
20	NOCIRC of Australia	189
21	Circumcision: Are Baby Boys Entitled to the Same Protection as Baby Girls regarding Genital Mutilation?	197
22	Routine Infant Male Circumcision: Examining the Human Rights and Constitutional Issues	205
23	The Ashley Montagu Resolution to End the Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide: A Petition to the World Court, the Hague	217
App. 1	Declaration of Genital Integrity	221
	App. 2: Resources	223
	Contributors	225
	Index	229