Shane Peterson
Shane E. Peterson, Ph.D., is a Perth-based Australian [[intactivist].
Peterson was gravely injured when he was circumcised as a child. He had surgery to repair the damage when he was 18, which required several skin grafts. He later successfully sued and was awarded damages of AU$360,000 in 1999.[1]
Peterson and George L. Williams organized Circumcision Information Australia to provide information about circumcision in Australia and elsewhere by Internet. Peterson, representing Circumcision Information Australia, has spoken out on the issue of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.[2]
Peterson (2004} reported a serious disparity in the incidence of circumcision between various Australian States.[3]
Publications
- Shane E. Peterson. Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma. presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society, Washington, DC, 5 April 2002.
References
- ↑
Cronin, Danielle (31 March 2002)."Circumcision victim's bid to help others", The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
Quote:The amputation of part of the penis should be governed by the same rules which apply to the amputation of other body parts - urgent medical need, a serious pathological condition and informed consent.
- ↑
Moore, Tanya (10 August 2002)."Cutting anger", The News-Mail. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
Quote:Mr Peterson said the case illustrated a double standard whereby female circumcision was condemned as mutilation while male circumcision was viewed as trivial or even a beneficial adjustment.
- ↑ Skatssoon, Judy (1 July 2004)."Circumcision rates rise for some", Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
Quote:I started doing research on this when it was my impression that circumcision is one of those dead dogs like frontal lobotomy," he says. "I'm absolutely astonished that in the last few years there's been all this stuff being whipped up, all these weird 19th-century ideas are being revived.
