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• CHIRURGIE ESTHÉTIQUE GÉNITALE

  • Arianne Shahvisi & Brian D. Earp – The law and ethics of female genital cutting – 2018
  • Kirsten Bell – Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality – 2005

  CIRCONCISION MASCULINE

  • Marjolein van den Brink & Jet Tigchelaar – Shaping Genitals, Shaping Perceptions: A Frame Analysis of Male and Female Circumcision – 2012
  • J. Steven Svoboda & Robert Darby – « A Rose By Any Other Name? Symmetry and Assymmetry in Male and Female Genital Cutting »
  • Bian Earp – « Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework » – 2015
  • Debra L. DeLaet – Framing Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue? Contributions to the Debate Over the Universality of Human Rights – 2009
  • Zachary Androus – The United States, FGM, and Global Rights to Bodily Integrity Paper Presented at The Rothermere American Institute Conference The United States and Global Human Rights – 2004