Cutting history, cutting culture: Female circumcision in the united states

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-66

  Webber, Sarah ^a   Schonfeld, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642313878     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603766436324     Document Type: Note

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