First International Symposium

The First International Symposium on Circumcision convened in Anaheim, California, USA on March 1-3, 1989.

Proceedings

Eleven persons presented papers to the symposium.

• Altschul, Martin, M.D.

The Issue of Urinary Tract Infections

• Badawi, Mohamed, M.D., Ph.D.

Female Circumcision: Field Observations in Egypt

• DeMeo, V. James, Ph.D.

Attacks Upon the Sexuality of Children,The Global Distribution of Male and Female Circumcision

• Duffy, John, Ph.D.

Clitoridectomy: A Nineteenth Century Answer to Masturbation

• Fleiss, Paul, M.D., M.P.H.

Care of the Intact Penis

• Hosken, Fran P.

The Practice and Politics of Female Circumcision

• Morris, Richard, J.D., Ph.D.

The First Circumcision Lawsuit

• Prescott, James, Ph.D.

Genital Pain vs. Genital Pleasure, Why the One and Not the Other?

• Riner, Reed, Ph.D.

The Ritual of Circumcision: An American Cultural Riddle

• Robertson, James, Ph.D.

Childhood Circumcision: Long-Term Emotional Consequences

• Snyder, James L., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Testimony Against Circumcision. Inertia of the Scientific Community

Sponsor

The Symposium was sponsored by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers.