Circumcision in Africa, and the rites of initiation in Africa, as well as "the frequent resemblance between details of ceremonial procedure in areas thousands...

Circumcision is a procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps...

circumcision was estimated to be around 39%, with notable increases of circumcision prevalence seen in the United States, the Middle East, and Africa;...

Religious circumcision is generally performed shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision for religious...

Circumcision likely has ancient roots among several ethnic groups in sub-equatorial Africa, Egypt, and Arabia, though the specific form and extent of circumcision...

Male circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from HIV positive women to men in high risk populations. In 2020...

history of women who were born in, live in, and are from the continent of Africa reflect the evolution and history of the African continent itself. Numerous...

the forced circumcision of Teso, Turkana and Luo men in Kenya, as well as the abduction of South African teenage boys to so-called circumcision schools ("bush...

term for circumcision, and the Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. Male circumcision is widespread in the Muslim...

genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical...

early 20th centuries, in a rapidly changing medical and surgical world, circumcision rose in popularity as a means of prophylaxis in the Anglosphere. Its...

Colonial Campaigns to Ban Excision in Meru, Kenya", in Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund, eds., Female "Circumcision" in Africa. Lynne Rienner, p. 132. Mackie...

The circumcision controversy in early Christianity played an important role in Christian theology. The circumcision of Jesus is celebrated as a feast...

Circumcision surgical procedure in males involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device...

Circumcision has played a significant cultural, social, and religious role in various global cultures over the course of world history. This has subsequently...

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin (prepuce) from the human penis. There is substantial disagreement amongst bioethicists and theologians...

banning circumcision, some dating back to ancient times, have been enacted in many countries and communities. In the case of non-therapeutic circumcision of...

Ulwaluko, traditional circumcision and initiation from childhood to adulthood, is an ancient initiation rite practised (though not exclusively) by the...

of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. In the Free State, the prevalence of traditional male circumcision among the Sotho people is at 57.3%. Despite...

mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is practiced in 30 countries in western, eastern, and north-eastern Africa, in parts of the Middle East and...

also practised the same form of circumcision. Photos of the operation and result are numerously found in specialized African books, such as Carol Beckwith...

body modifications to the penis, including circumcision and piercings. The penis is homologous to the clitoris in females. Three main parts of the human penis...

Reflects on Power and Excision", in Bettina Shell-Duncan and Ylva Hernlund (eds.). Female "circumcision" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and Change...

hypospadias surgeries,: 24  removal of internal gonads: 24  and penile circumcision.: 24  In some societies, other types of endosex girl genital cutting happen...

undergo their rite of circumcision. He agreed to do so. Circumcision in Africa is an old culture as practiced by the Bamasaaba in Eastern Uganda.The culture...

campaign against female genital mutilation in colonial Kenya (1929–1932), also known as the female circumcision controversy, was a period within Kenyan historiography...

Colonial Campaigns to Ban Excision in Meru, Kenya.". In Shell-Duncan B, Hernlund Y (eds.). Female "circumcision" in Africa: culture, controversy, and change...

from opposite sides of the stick. Lebollo la banna Basotho blanket Circumcision in Africa Sacred caves of the Basotho Prevalence of female genital mutilation...

write what cannot be written: Female circumcision in African and Middle Eastern literature". Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education 11 (1): 73–87...

to promote male circumcision as a way to prevent HIV infection and AIDS in Africa. Scientific research had showed male circumcision reduced by 60% the...