Open AccessCircumcision and the Oppression of the Medical Colonizer
Author(s) -
Aymous contributor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
critical social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1543-9372
DOI - 10.22329/csw.v19i2.5682
Subject(s) - oppression , vulnerability (computing) , deconstruction (building) , politics , gender studies , sociology , medical practice , social practice , reflection (computer programming) , medicine , political science , law , history , medical education , ecology , computer security , performance art , computer science , biology , art history , programming language
This article provides a critical reflection of medical circumcision on baby boys in western society. Employing a critical deconstruction of the circumcision practice, this writer explores his own circumcision as an experience of personal, cultural, and structural oppression. Included is an analysis of the history of circumcision, the vulnerability of infants, politics in medical practice and implications at all levels of ecological practice for the social work practitioner. Finally, several solutions are suggested to control and obliterate the oppressive practice of medical circumcision in western and global society.