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Erschienen in: Current Sexual Health Reports 1/2018

01.03.2018 | Sociocultural Issues and Epidemiology (J Abdulcadir and C Johnson-Agbakwu, Section Editors)

Genital Autonomy and Sexual Well-being

verfasst von: Brian D. Earp, Rebecca Steinfeld

Erschienen in: Current Sexual Health Reports | Ausgabe 1/2018

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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 them from medically unnecessary genital cutting practices.

Recent Findings

Nontherapeutic female, male, and intersex genital cutting practices each fall on a wide spectrum, with far more in common than is generally understood. When looking across cultures and comparing like cases, one finds physical, psychosexual, and symbolic overlaps among the three types of cutting, suggesting that a shared ethical framework is needed.

Summary

All children have an interest in genital autonomy, regardless of their sex or gender.
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Metadaten
Titel
Genital Autonomy and Sexual Well-being
verfasst von
Brian D. Earp
Rebecca Steinfeld
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Sexual Health Reports / Ausgabe 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1548-3584
Elektronische ISSN: 1548-3592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-018-0141-x

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