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− | * '''Jeannine Parvati Baker''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah, USA. | + | * '''Jeannine Parvati Baker''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah, USA. |
− | * '''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK. | + | * '''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK. |
− | * '''Michel Beauge''', Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France. | + | * '''Michel Beauge''', Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France. |
− | * '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger, III]]''', BA, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, IN, USA. | + | * '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger, III]]''', BA, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, IN, USA. |
− | * '''Charles A. Bonner''', JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA. | + | * '''Charles A. Bonner''', JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA. |
− | * '''Mary Conant''', RN, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. | + | * '''Mary Conant''', RN, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. |
− | * '''[[Amber Craig]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, NC, USA. | + | * '''[[Amber Craig]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, NC, USA. |
− | * '''[[George C. Denniston]]''', MD, MPH, founder and Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) and author. Norland, Washington, USA. | + | * '''[[George C. Denniston]]''', MD, MPH, founder and Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) and author. Norland, Washington, USA. |
− | * '''Milton Diamond''', PhD, Professor, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. | + | * '''Milton Diamond''', PhD, Professor, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. |
− | * '''Steve C. Donnell''', MB, ChB, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK. | + | * '''Steve C. Donnell''', MB, ChB, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK. |
− | * '''Laurie Evans''', Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, NY, USA. | + | * '''Laurie Evans''', Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, NY, USA. |
− | * '''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''', MD, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico, USA. | + | * '''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''', MD, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico, USA. |
− | * '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, University of Southern California Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, California, USA. | + | * '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, University of Southern California Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, California, USA. |
− | * '''[[Leonard B. Glick| Leonard Glick]]''', MD, PhD, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and author. New Salem, MA, USA. | + | * '''[[Leonard B. Glick| Leonard Glick]]''', MD, PhD, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and author. New Salem, MA, USA. |
− | * '''[[Ronald Goldman]]''', PhD, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, MA, USA. | + | * '''[[Ronald Goldman]]''', PhD, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, MA, USA. |
− | * '''Greg Hartley''', PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, University of Pittsburgh, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,PA, USA. | + | * '''Gary Harryman''', MA, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORM-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, CA, USA. |
− | * '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, Yale University, and author. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. | + | * '''Greg Hartley''', PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, University of Pittsburgh, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,PA, USA. |
− | * '''Yngve Hofvander''', MD, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden. | + | * '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, Yale University, and author. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. |
− | * '''Duane Jorde''', Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, HI, USA. | + | * '''Yngve Hofvander''', MD, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden. |
+ | * '''Duane Jorde''', Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, HI, USA. | ||
* '''[[Van Lewis]]''', Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida, USA. | * '''[[Van Lewis]]''', Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida, USA. | ||
− | * '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', MA, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona, USA. | + | * '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', MA, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona, USA. |
− | * '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', BA, JD, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. | + | * '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', BA, JD, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
− | * '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. | + | * '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. |
− | * '''Harry Meislahn''', BA, MBA, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, MBA recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, IL, USA. | + | * '''Harry Meislahn''', BA, MBA, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, MBA recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, IL, USA. |
− | * '''[[Marilyn Milos]]''', RN, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA. | + | * '''[[Marilyn Milos]]''', RN, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA. |
− | * '''[[Soraya Miré]]''', Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, CA, USA. | + | * '''[[Soraya Miré]]''', Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, CA, USA. |
− | * '''Dr. Jotham Musinguzi''', Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. | + | * '''Dr. Jotham Musinguzi''', Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. |
− | * '''Martin Novoa''', investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, CA, USA. | + | * '''Martin Novoa''', investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, CA, USA. |
− | * '''Kristen O’Hara''', BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, MA, USA. | + | * '''Kristen O’Hara''', BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, MA, USA. |
− | * '''Shane Peterson''', PhD, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia. | + | * '''Shane Peterson''', PhD, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia. |
− | * '''Mark Reiss''', MD, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, CA, USA. | + | * '''Mark Reiss''', MD, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, CA, USA. |
− | * '''Marianne M. Sarkis''', MA, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, CA, USA. | + | * '''Marianne M. Sarkis''', MA, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, CA, USA. |
− | * '''Steve Scott''', Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. | + | * '''Steve Scott''', Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. |
− | * '''Morris Sorrells''', MD, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Port Ludlow, WA, USA. | + | * '''Morris Sorrells''', MD, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Port Ludlow, WA, USA. |
− | * '''William Stowell''', A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, CO, USA. | + | * '''William Stowell''', A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, CO, USA. |
− | * '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California, USA. | + | * '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California, USA. |
− | * '''[[John R. Taylor| John Taylor]]''', MB, FRCPC, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. | + | * '''[[John R. Taylor| John Taylor]]''', MB, FRCPC, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
* '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia. | * '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia. | ||
− | ==Proceedings== | + | == Proceedings == |
− | + | === Program === | |
− | + | ==== Thursday, April 4 ==== | |
− | + | * Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
− | + | : ''Marilyn Milos'' | |
− | + | * Keynote Address: Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era | |
− | + | : ''Frederick Mansfield Hodges'' | |
− | + | * Award Presentations | |
− | + | : ''Marilyn Milos'' | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ==== Friday, April 5 ==== | |
− | + | * A New Law Regulating Religious Circumcision in Sweden | |
− | + | : ''Yngve Hofvander'' | |
− | + | * Penile Torts in the Courts | |
− | + | : ''David Llewellyn'' | |
− | + | * Circumcision: A Teenager’s Perspective | |
− | + | : ''William Stowell'' | |
− | + | * Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part I | |
− | + | : ''Charles Bonner'' | |
− | + | * Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part II | |
− | + | : ''Martin Novoa'' | |
− | + | * Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma | |
− | + | : ''Shane Peterson'' | |
− | + | * Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision | |
− | + | : ''J. Steven Svoboda'' | |
− | + | * An Adlerian Look at Neonatal Trauma and Early Childhood Beliefs | |
− | + | : ''Dan Bollinger'' | |
− | + | * Anthropology and Circumcision: Why did it take us so long to come around? | |
− | + | : ''Marianne Sarkis'' | |
− | + | * Female Genital Mutilation: My Own Story | |
− | + | : ''[[Soraya Miré]]'' | |
− | + | * Can Culture Play a Positive Role in Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation? | |
− | + | : ''Jotham Musinguzi'' | |
− | + | * Circumcision Decision Making in a Population of American Women Intending a Non-Interventive Birth | |
− | + | : ''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi'' | |
− | + | * Adoption: A Path to Genital Integrity | |
− | + | : ''Greg Hartley'' | |
− | + | * Genital Integrity and Nobel Prize Winners | |
− | + | : ''Van Lewis'' | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ==== Saturday, April 6 ==== | |
− | + | * What is the Foreskin? | |
− | + | : ''Steve Scott'' | |
− | + | * A Survey of the Foreskin as Depicted in Current Medical Educational Literature | |
− | + | : ''Gary Harryman'' | |
− | + | * The Importance of the Foreskin to Penile Reflexes | |
− | + | : ''Harry Meislahn and John Tay'' | |
− | + | * Circumcision and Sexual Pleasure: A Study | |
− | + | : ''George Denniston'' | |
− | + | * Penile Sensitivity Touch-Test Evaluation Study | |
− | + | : ''Morrie Sorrells'' | |
− | + | * Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents and Young Adults | |
+ | : ''Michel Beauge'' | ||
+ | * Save the Foreskin II: BXO in Boys Does Not Mandate Circumcision | ||
+ | : ''Steve Donnell'' | ||
+ | * Comparative Analysis on Urinary Tract Infection in North America, Israel, and Europe | ||
+ | : ''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin'' | ||
+ | * A Doctor Puts His Scalpel Down: What to Say to Parents | ||
+ | : ''Paul Fleiss'' | ||
+ | * NORM-UK and Britain’s Health Service | ||
+ | : ''Peter Ball'' | ||
+ | * A Research and Community Development Strategy for NOCIRC of Northern Ireland | ||
+ | : ''Linda Massie'' | ||
+ | * Activism in North Carolina, USA | ||
+ | : ''Amber Craig'' | ||
+ | * Male Circumcision Hurts Sexuality of Both Partners | ||
+ | : ''Kristen O’Hara'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Sunday, April 7 ==== | ||
+ | * Something Less than Joyful: Jewish Americans and the Circumcision Dilemma | ||
+ | : ''Leonard Glick'' | ||
+ | * The Growing Jewish Circumcision Debate: A Psycho-Social Critique | ||
+ | : ''Ronald Goldman'' | ||
+ | * My Painful Journey: A Retired Jewish Physician’s Acknowledgment of Circumcision Trauma Leads Him to Intactivism | ||
+ | : ''Mark Reiss'' | ||
+ | * The Management of Ambiguous Genitalia | ||
+ | : ''Milton Diamond'' | ||
+ | * What’s Going On: New Alliances, New Ideas, New Gains, New Hopes, And New Futures | ||
+ | : ''Hanny Lightfoot-Klein'' | ||
+ | * Closing | ||
+ | : ''Jeannine Parvati Baker'' | ||
The proceedings are published in ''[[Flesh and Blood]]: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society'', edited by [[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Frederick Mansfield Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004. | The proceedings are published in ''[[Flesh and Blood]]: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society'', edited by [[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Frederick Mansfield Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004. |
Revision as of 18:07, 25 January 2020
The Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society convened in the Georgetown University Conference Center in Washington, DC, USA on April 4-7, 2002.
Contents
Faculty
- Jeannine Parvati Baker, MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah, USA.
- Peter Ball, MA, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
- Michel Beauge, Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France.
- Daniel H. Bollinger, III, BA, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Charles A. Bonner, JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.
- Mary Conant, RN, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- Amber Craig, MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- George C. Denniston, MD, MPH, founder and Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) and author. Norland, Washington, USA.
- Milton Diamond, PhD, Professor, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Steve C. Donnell, MB, ChB, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK.
- Laurie Evans, Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, NY, USA.
- Rudolph P. Fedrizzi, MD, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico, USA.
- Paul Fleiss, MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, University of Southern California Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Leonard Glick, MD, PhD, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and author. New Salem, MA, USA.
- Ronald Goldman, PhD, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, MA, USA.
- Gary Harryman, MA, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORM-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, CA, USA.
- Greg Hartley, PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, University of Pittsburgh, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,PA, USA.
- Frederick Mansfield Hodges, D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, Yale University, and author. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Yngve Hofvander, MD, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.
- Duane Jorde, Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, HI, USA.
- Van Lewis, Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida, USA.
- Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- David J. Llewellyn, BA, JD, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Linda Massie, BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- Harry Meislahn, BA, MBA, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, MBA recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, IL, USA.
- Marilyn Milos, RN, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.
- Soraya Miré, Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, CA, USA.
- Dr. Jotham Musinguzi, Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda.
- Martin Novoa, investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Kristen O’Hara, BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, MA, USA.
- Shane Peterson, PhD, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia.
- Mark Reiss, MD, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Marianne M. Sarkis, MA, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, CA, USA.
- Steve Scott, Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
- Morris Sorrells, MD, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Port Ludlow, WA, USA.
- William Stowell, A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, CO, USA.
- J. Steven Svoboda, JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California, USA.
- John Taylor, MB, FRCPC, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, PhD, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.
Proceedings
Program
Thursday, April 4
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Marilyn Milos
- Keynote Address: Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era
- Frederick Mansfield Hodges
- Award Presentations
- Marilyn Milos
Friday, April 5
- A New Law Regulating Religious Circumcision in Sweden
- Yngve Hofvander
- Penile Torts in the Courts
- David Llewellyn
- Circumcision: A Teenager’s Perspective
- William Stowell
- Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part I
- Charles Bonner
- Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part II
- Martin Novoa
- Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma
- Shane Peterson
- Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision
- J. Steven Svoboda
- An Adlerian Look at Neonatal Trauma and Early Childhood Beliefs
- Dan Bollinger
- Anthropology and Circumcision: Why did it take us so long to come around?
- Marianne Sarkis
- Female Genital Mutilation: My Own Story
- Can Culture Play a Positive Role in Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation?
- Jotham Musinguzi
- Circumcision Decision Making in a Population of American Women Intending a Non-Interventive Birth
- Rudolph P. Fedrizzi
- Adoption: A Path to Genital Integrity
- Greg Hartley
- Genital Integrity and Nobel Prize Winners
- Van Lewis
Saturday, April 6
- What is the Foreskin?
- Steve Scott
- A Survey of the Foreskin as Depicted in Current Medical Educational Literature
- Gary Harryman
- The Importance of the Foreskin to Penile Reflexes
- Harry Meislahn and John Tay
- Circumcision and Sexual Pleasure: A Study
- George Denniston
- Penile Sensitivity Touch-Test Evaluation Study
- Morrie Sorrells
- Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Michel Beauge
- Save the Foreskin II: BXO in Boys Does Not Mandate Circumcision
- Steve Donnell
- Comparative Analysis on Urinary Tract Infection in North America, Israel, and Europe
- Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin
- A Doctor Puts His Scalpel Down: What to Say to Parents
- Paul Fleiss
- NORM-UK and Britain’s Health Service
- Peter Ball
- A Research and Community Development Strategy for NOCIRC of Northern Ireland
- Linda Massie
- Activism in North Carolina, USA
- Amber Craig
- Male Circumcision Hurts Sexuality of Both Partners
- Kristen O’Hara
Sunday, April 7
- Something Less than Joyful: Jewish Americans and the Circumcision Dilemma
- Leonard Glick
- The Growing Jewish Circumcision Debate: A Psycho-Social Critique
- Ronald Goldman
- My Painful Journey: A Retired Jewish Physician’s Acknowledgment of Circumcision Trauma Leads Him to Intactivism
- Mark Reiss
- The Management of Ambiguous Genitalia
- Milton Diamond
- What’s Going On: New Alliances, New Ideas, New Gains, New Hopes, And New Futures
- Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
- Closing
- Jeannine Parvati Baker
The proceedings are published in Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society, edited by George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004.
Sponsor
The International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society, a special project of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), provides a forum for discussion about the sexual mutilation of infants and children from historical, anthropological, cultural, religious, social, psychological, medical, ethical, legal and human rights perspectives. NOCIRC is a non-profit educational organization that provides information for parents and others about protecting the rights of children.
See also
- 1989: First International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1991: Second International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1994: Third International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1996: Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations
- 1998: Fifth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations
- 2000: Sixth International Symposium on Genital Integrity
- 2002: Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society
- 2004: Eighth International Symposium on Circumcision and Human Rights
- 2006: Ninth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2008: Tenth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2010: Eleventh International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2012: Twelfth International Symposium on Law, Genital Autonomy, and Human Rights
- 2014: Thirteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2016: Fourteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2018: Fifteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2022: Sixteenth International Symposium on Child Genital Cutting