King's Arts & Humanities's video: Circumcision: Maketh the Man Maketh the Woman

If as Simone de Beauvoir stated, women are made, not born and, by extension, clitoral amputation produces them, circumcision similarly makes the man. In this webinar, contributions are invited to explore issues surrounding circumcision and consider circumcision in comparison to FGM. Panellists Circumcisions as Inscriptions of Gender: Implications of FGM Eradication or Sustenance: - Mary Nyangweso, PhD, Associate Professor & J. Woolard & Helen Peel distinguished chair in Religious Studies at East Carolina University Plastic Surgeons’ Familiarity with Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting in the United States: - Ava G Chappell, MD, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Global Health, & the Buehler Center for Health Policy & Economics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Mona Ascha, MD, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Rachita Sood, MD, MPH, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Kathryn E. Fay, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - John Y. Kim, MD, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Sumanas W. Jordan, MD, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Lori A. Post, PhD, Buehler Center for Health Policy & Economics, Department of Emergency Medicine, & the Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Female Genital Mutilation, Male Circumcision & other Genital Interventions as Markers of Collective &/or Individual Identity: Exploring Legal & Medical Approaches in the UK: - Jeanise Dalli, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Law & Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle Emotional & behavioral consequences of FGM/C among African immigrants in NYC: depression, anxiety, PTSD, but also coping & recommendations for clinicians: - Mariama Diallo, Program Director, African Initiative Part of the 'Patriarchal Inscriptions: Female Bodies Contested, Invaded Defended & Owned' event series. See the full series programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ahri/assets/patriarchal-inscriptions-digital-symposium.pdf 28 November 2020