First International Symposium

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

Contents

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

The proceedings of the 1st International Symposium were published in The Truth Seeker, (July/August 1989).

Declaration

The Symposium adopted the Declaration of the First International Symposium on Circumcision (1989).

Sponsor

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

See also

• Second International Symposium