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.

Circumcision: Long-Term Emotional Consequences

• Snyder, James L., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Testimony Against Circumcision

Inertia of the Scientific Community

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.