This is a collection of various articles, letters to the editor, commentaries, news reports, etc. that I could not easily file into a specific category, but are very informative.
From Peaceful Parenting: Neonatal Circumcision ...
The physician has stimulated Ben, forcing an erection. This allows the prepuce to be torn easier, for the clamp or bell to be placed tightly, and for cutting to take place with a slightly reduced chance of accidental glans (head) amputation. Others have noted that this is truly the first time in a baby's life that sex (manual stimulation of the penis to cause an erection) and violence (the non-consential, painful cutting up of the penis) mix.
From Circumcision & Foreskin Restoration ...
Regardless of anyone’s »reason« for circumcising a baby, the fact remains that infant circumcision is foreskin amputation by force – the deliberate, irreversible destruction of a normal, natural, functional part of someone else’s body – living, protective, erogenous tissue that is rightfully his and that he instinctively wants to keep intact – at a time in his life when he can’t understand what is being done to him – or why – and can’t speak for or protect himself.
From Circumcision: Yes or No ... or Wait? ...
So many times this is viewed as a yes/no at-the-hospital decision, when actually it can also be a not-just-yet decision. It can be done at any time, really. Maybe you just want to get it over with, but really this shouldn’t be about your convenience, but his health. If its healthier and safer to wait, why wouldn’t you? I can give you so many reasons why the longer you wait to have it done, the better it is for him.
Psychology Today's six part series on circumcision ...
Myths about Circumcision You Likely Believe
More Circumcision Myths You May Believe: Hygiene and STDs
Circumcision: Social, Sexual, Psychological Realities
Circumcision Ethics and Economics
What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy?
Why Continue to Harm Boys from Ignorance of Male Anatomy?
The physician has stimulated Ben, forcing an erection. This allows the prepuce to be torn easier, for the clamp or bell to be placed tightly, and for cutting to take place with a slightly reduced chance of accidental glans (head) amputation. Others have noted that this is truly the first time in a baby's life that sex (manual stimulation of the penis to cause an erection) and violence (the non-consential, painful cutting up of the penis) mix.
From Circumcision & Foreskin Restoration ...
Regardless of anyone’s »reason« for circumcising a baby, the fact remains that infant circumcision is foreskin amputation by force – the deliberate, irreversible destruction of a normal, natural, functional part of someone else’s body – living, protective, erogenous tissue that is rightfully his and that he instinctively wants to keep intact – at a time in his life when he can’t understand what is being done to him – or why – and can’t speak for or protect himself.
From Circumcision: Yes or No ... or Wait? ...
So many times this is viewed as a yes/no at-the-hospital decision, when actually it can also be a not-just-yet decision. It can be done at any time, really. Maybe you just want to get it over with, but really this shouldn’t be about your convenience, but his health. If its healthier and safer to wait, why wouldn’t you? I can give you so many reasons why the longer you wait to have it done, the better it is for him.
Psychology Today's six part series on circumcision ...
Myths about Circumcision You Likely Believe
More Circumcision Myths You May Believe: Hygiene and STDs
Circumcision: Social, Sexual, Psychological Realities
Circumcision Ethics and Economics
What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy?
Why Continue to Harm Boys from Ignorance of Male Anatomy?
Among circumcised men, the rate of bacterial STDs such as syphilis or gonorrhea, was 129.9 out of 1,000. That compares with 112.9 out of 1,000 for uncircumcised men.
The most significant difference: 26 of the circumcised men reported contracting the STD chlamydia. None of the uncircumcised men did.
For viral STDs, such as herpes or HIV, the rate was 35.3 out of 1,000 for circumcised men and 32.3 for uncircumcised men.
The most significant difference: 26 of the circumcised men reported contracting the STD chlamydia. None of the uncircumcised men did.
For viral STDs, such as herpes or HIV, the rate was 35.3 out of 1,000 for circumcised men and 32.3 for uncircumcised men.
A slightly different version of the same article ...
Are we really any more advanced as a society while we still rip, crush and slice body parts from our most vulnerable members as they scream in painful protest?
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." - Mahatma Ghandi
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." - Mahatma Ghandi
Circumcision: The more you know, the more you're against it!
Updated December 30, 2012
Updated December 30, 2012