Discussing Male Infant Ritual Genital Mutilation AKA Circumcision - Dr. Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest, MD, FRCPC, medical director of Children's Health & Human Rights Partnership reveals his understanding of the complex human rights issue of genital integrity and how to discuss it with prospective parents.


0:00 Circumcision - Medical School

2:33 Questioning Circumcision

9:45 Opposing Circumcision

12:49 A Self Replicating Memeplex

15:34 Scientific Perspective

19:38 Ethics, Religious Baggage, Rational Thinking

23:17 Proper Intact Care of the Penis

26:08 Discussing Circumcision

29:21 Children's Health & Human Rights Partnership C.H.H.R.P.

31:36 The Influence of Physicians and Medical Societies

37:55 Cultural Bias

39:07 Appeal to Physicians

41:14 Physicians Become Desensitized

42:14 Physicians Unfamiliar With Anatomy

43:28 Can we end circumcision?

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