All forms of genital cutting–female genital cutting (FGC), intersex genital cutting, male genital
cutting (MGC), and even cosmetic forms of FGC–are performed in a belief that they will …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this study is to survey recent arguments in favor
of preserving the genital autonomy of children—female, male, and intersex—by protecting …

The World Health Organization (WHO) condemns all medically unnecessary female genital
cutting (FGC) that is primarily associated with people of color and the Global South, claiming …

Moral and legal opposition to the non-therapeutic cutting of children's genitals has
traditionally focused on female children. In recent years, however, a growing movement of …

We are proud to introduce this special collection of papers on child genital alteration
practices spanning the Global North and South and transcending conventional boundaries …

This editorial introduces the second part of a two-part special issue on genital cutting and
surgery affecting young people. The first part (Part 1) emphasized broad questions of …

Despite the criminalization of the practice by numerous laws and international treaties in
most countries concerned, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), although on the …

Only recently has it become possible to speak in the same breath about such surgeries.[...]
the 1990s, it was generally assumed, at least in Anglo-American societies, that MGC was so …

Since its inception, the global female genital cutting (FGC) movement has been led by
Westerners and framed along the lines of eradication. Unfortunately, the success of harm …

Since the late 19th century, genital modifications (female and male) have been an important
research subject in anthropology. According to a comparative and constructivist perspective …