First International Symposium

The First International Symposium on Circumcision convened at the Emerald Hotel near Disneyland in Anaheim, California, USA on 1-3 March 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

• 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