Online learning
Conference presentations
- Jonathan Meddings, The impact of circumcision on penile sensitivity and sexual function (19 June 2025) World Association for Sexual Health Congress
- Leeanne Morris, The relationship between male circumcision and adult mental health (19 June 2025) World Association for Sexual Health Congress
- Leif Thompson, A case for unity against childhood genital cutting (19 June 2025) World Association for Sexual Health Congress
- Jason Simmons, Leif Thompson, Tim Arkell, Jonathan Meddings, Panel discussion on circumcision harms (19 June 2025) World Association for Sexual Health Congress
Select literature
- Leeanne Morris, Exploring the relationship between medically unnecessary childhood penile circumcision and adult mental health (2025) Culture, Health & Sexuality — Read a summary of this paper's findings
- The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity, Genital modifications in prepubescent minors: When may clinicians ethically proceed? (2024) The American Journal of Bioethics
- Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani et al, Immunohistological study of the density and distribution of human penile neural tissue: gradient hypothesis (2023) International Journal of Impotence Research
Key documents
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Circumcision of infant males (December 2022) — Read a response from Darbon Institute Chairperson, Jonathan Meddings (January 2023)
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Circumcision of infant males (September 2010)
Recommended reading
- Jonathan Meddings, The Final Cut: The truth about circumcision - See chapters 2 (impact on sensitivity and sexual function), 3 (medical arguments), and 4 (complications)
- Robert Darby, A Surgical Temptation: The demonization of the foreskin and the rise of circumcision in Britain
- Ron Goldman, Circumcision: The hidden trauma
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