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ACADEMIC  PUBLICATIONS

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1. The Goose and the Gander: the Genital Wars-
Richard A. Shweder

2. When Cultures Collide: Which Rights? Whose Tradition of Values? A Critique of the Global Anti-FGM Campaign- 
 Richard A. Shweder

3. What About "Female Genital Mutilation"? And Why Understanding Culture Matters in the First Place-                    Richard A. Shweder

4. Female Genital Cutting, Sexuality, and Anti-FGC Advocacy -
 Dustin M. Wax

5. Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality-                         Kirsten Bell 

6. Searching for "Voices": Feminism, Anthropology and the Global Debate over Female Genital Operations-                         Christine J. Walley

7. The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence-
 Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer

8. Sexual Health among Young Somali Women in Sweden: "Living with Conflicting Culturally Determined Sexual Ideologies-
 Sara Johnsdotter and Birgitta Essen

9. Intersex Surgery, Female Genital Cutting and the Selective Condemnation of "Cultural Practices" -
 Nancy Ehrenreich with Mark Barr

10. The Culture Differential in Parental Autonomy-                        Elaine Chiu