Circumcision exposed: rethinking a medical and cultural tradition
Title Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural
Author Billy Ray Boyd
Publisher Crossing Press (May 1, 1998)
Length 174 pages
An emotionally literate, culturally sensitive, yet fearless exploration of why the United States is the only country in the world to circumcise a majority of its baby boys for supposedly medical reasons. Includes various aspects of the practice, including its impact on sexuality.
Review
Excellent--the right mixture of personal, scientific, and political. -- Jed Diamond, author, The Warrior's Journey Home: Healing Men's Addictions, Healing the Planet
Thoroughly researched, compelling, expressed with fervor but in no way a diatribe. -- Ed Duvin, former editor, animalines
[D]isplays particular sensitivity to issues of religion, health, sexuality and parental and infant rights. -- Sexuality Library, San Francisco
About the Author
Billy Ray Boyd has been active for well over a decade in the movement to end routine infant circumcision. He teaches at City College of San Francisco.
ISBN-10: 0895949393 ISBN-13: 978-0895949394