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Traditional Male Circumcision is Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Countries Prioritized for Male Circumcision

AIDS and Behavior, 2019
To understand the sexual risk behavior of men with traditional male circumcision and medical male circumcision in the context of the World Health Organization's (WHO) campaign for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) scale-up, we investigated ten countries prioritized for the scale-up from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Male respondents aged
Chyun Shi, Michael Li, Jonathan Dushoff
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Emerging Adults’ Perceptions of Male Circumcision in the United States: Facts, Fictions, and Future Plans

, 2020
Societal perspectives on male circumcision and its implications are not well understood. In this exploratory qualitative study, participants (N = 34, 7 male, 27 female) enrolled in a human sexuality course were asked to share their perspectives on male ...
Michelle M. Murray, K. Allen
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Permitting gender equality in Abrahamic circumcision: the central argument – in retrospect and reply

Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 2022
To the extent that the Dawoodi Bohra custom of circumcising girls as well as boys (1) has broad support among Dawoodi Bohra women, (2) is motivated by a gender-equal interpretation of the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 17 of the Hebrew Bible) traceable to
Richard A. Shweder
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An Uneasy Encounter: Male Circumcision, Jewish Difference, and German Law

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 2019
The religious tradition of male circumcision has come increasingly under attack across a number of European states. While critics of the practice argue that the problem is about children’s rights and the proper relationship between secular and religious ...
Mareike Riedel
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Introduction to manhood: digital rituals, gender performance, and male circumcision ceremonies in Türkiye.

Culture, Health and Sexuality
This article examines how male circumcision ceremonies in Türkiye are being reconfigured within digital platforms, focusing on their performative, affective, and gendered dimensions.
Ezgi Pehlivanlı, Esra Gedik
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Newspaper Coverage of Violence Related to Initiation and Traditional Male Circumcision in South Africa

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023
This study reports evidence of violence related to initiation and traditional male circumcision (ITMC) in South Africa. Our study conducted a search of the newspaper databases Newsbank and News24 from January 1, 2016, to August 31, 2023, and carried out a content analysis of newspaper articles that referenced violence in South African newspapers.
Timothy Makubuya, Anam Nyembezi, Kenneth Kibii   +2 more
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Psychosocial Behaviours of Male Learners After Traditional Male Circumcision in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2022
This study aims to examine the psychosocial behaviours of male learners after undergoing traditional male circumcision (TMC) in the urban townships of Mdantsane, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 recently circumcised leaners, as well as 17 school teachers and four parents of sons ...
Nokwanda P. Bokolo, Daniel Ter Goon, Luvuyo Ndawule   +2 more
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Perceptions of Traditional Male Circumcision among University Male Students at a South African University

Men and Masculinities, 2016
In the past decade, traditional male circumcision, known as ulwaluko among the Xhosa-speaking people in the Eastern Cape Province, has become a burning issue in South Africa. The discourse has led to the emergence of two opposing camps: the supporters of ulwaluko who rely on “traditional ideology” to justify the cultural relevance of the practice, and
Anathi Nomanzana Ntozini, Ali Arazeem Abdullahi   +1 more
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Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia

2008
A complete description of harmful practices of male circumcision of both Atoni Meto and Belunese in Timor is presented, based on my research, Plan Indonesia, and Indonesia HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project (AusAID), funded by the Ford Foundation. After my first research on Traditional Circumcision of Atoni Meto in 1997, I worked with Plan Indonesia ...
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Male Circumcision and HIV by Traditional and Medical Providers of male Circumcision and Traditionally and medically Circumcised Men in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Gender and Behaviour, 2009
The aims of this study in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are to assess (1) the current behavioural risk reduction messages and HIV/AIDS education provided by medical and traditional providers of male circumcision to men undergoing medical and traditional circumcision and (2) the risk-related behavioural beliefs regarding circumcision, HIV/AIDS risks ...
Peltzer, K, Banyini, M, Simbayi, L, Kalichman, S   +3 more
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