The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6069503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph Sandland (University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-647 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-7781 • E-ISSN: 1744-1021 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hrlr/ngz030 |
| OpenAlex | W3005214838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article analyses the approach of key international actors to the circumcision of children, seeking, first, to understand why the policy towards the circumcision or genital cutting of girls is so different from that towards boys. As part of this project, the article considers the literature on the situation in international law, concluding that the legal position is unclear and debatable. The article notes, however, that the policy difference is justified not by key actors by reference to international law but instead by reference to their theoretical understanding of how dynamics of gender and power infuse the genital cutting of girls. The article suggests that this approach is deficient because it can only compute inter-gender harm and not intra-gender harm, with the consequence that it fails to protect boy children from harms, which a better crafted theoretical model of gender and sexuality would capture
Criminology · Female circumcision · Gynecology · Harm · Human sexuality · International law · Key (lock) · Male circumcision · Political science · Position (finance) · Power (physics) · Sociology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Genital Health and Disease · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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Mapping the Margins
Bodies that matter
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Secrets' that kill
Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality
The Complexity of Intersectionality
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |