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August 2011

Intactivism: Week in Review August 27, 2011

by Tally on August 27, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Monday, August 22, 2011

Dr Momma Peaceful Parenting: Intact or Circumcised: A Significant Difference in the Adult Penis
Removing a part of the penis from a baby boy through infant circumcision affects the man that boy grows up to be. Circumcision removes the foreskin, which has important functions like protecting the glans and making sex more pleasurable for both the man and his partner. Many circumcised men are restoring their foreskin to regain some of what they lost by being circumcised.

The New York Times: Health: Circumcise or Don’t? Quandary for Parents
The Times points out that there really are no valid reasons to circumcise baby boys in an article that still tends to advocate for male genital cutting. “There’s no compelling medical reason to [circumcise baby boys],” said Dr. Douglas S. Diekema, a pro-circ member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’s task force on circumcision. So, why not leave the choice to the owner of the penis. Maybe he would like to keep his whole sex organ. I know I would have liked to remain whole.

The Bilerico Project: To Cut or Not to Cut
A discussion of the history of circumcision, from Egypt to America. The author also tells how Victorian medical experts in the 1870s began touting circumcision as a purveyor of many health benefits for men. Currently, there are a few staunch advocates for male infant circumcision or male genital mutilation. But there is resistance from intactivists. "The United States has the highest rate of HIV infection and the highest rate of male circumcision in the industrialized world. Male circumcision, therefore, cannot reasonably be thought to prevent HIV infection."
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Foreskin Restoration at Burning Man 2011

by Tally on August 25, 2011

Burning Man 2011 themeEvery year Burning Man is held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. This year's Burning Man starts Monday, August 29 and runs through Labor Day, September 5. Burning Man's Black Rock City is dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance.

I would love to make it to Burning Man some year.

I just found out that a foreskin restoration Playa Event is scheduled at this year's Burning Man on August 30 at 5pm.

From the announcement:

Learn how to restore your foreskin using safe, non-surgical techniques. A restored foreskin provides greater sexual pleasure for you and your partner. We'll offer dialogue, support, and a safe container. All are welcome. More info at restoringforeskin.org.

I think it is great that someone restoring his foreskin is giving a class/workshop there.
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Intactivism: Week in Review August 20, 2011

by Tally on August 20, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

The WHOLE Network: Getting Back What was Lost: A Journey to Foreskin Restoration
James Mac writes about circumcision and his foreskin restoration. His is a common story. One that is repeated all too often in our circumcision culture. He does not like that he was circumcised as a child. He took matters in his own hands and restored his foreskin to regain some of what he lost.
 

Monday, August 15, 2011

The WHOLE Network: The Development of Foreskin Retraction in the Child & Adolescent
The foreskin of an intact (uncircumcised) baby boy is fused to the glans. The foreskin remains attached to the glans for several years. For some boys, the foreskin does not retract naturally until his early- to mid-teens. Care-givers and healthcare providers must be careful to avoid premature retraction of the foreskin, which is contrary to medical recommendations, painful, traumatic, tears the attachment points (synechiae), may cause infection, is likely to generate medico-legal problems, and may cause paraphimosis, with the tight foreskin acting like a tourniquet. The first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.
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Intactivism: Week in Review August 13, 2011

by Tally on August 13, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

One interesting topic this week is the furor in Africa what happens to the removed foreskins from the male circumcision campaign. News has come to light that male foreskins are used in the cosmetic industry and for manufacturing some medical products.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The WHOLE Network: An Open Letter to Mohel Michael Henesch
A young man writes a letter to the mohel who circumcised him 21 years ago. The young man does not like being circumcised. He provides his personal experience with the results of the mohel's handiwork. He does not like the irritation of the exposed tissue. Nor does he like the gradual loss of sexual pleasure as his penis develops a protective callous because the foreskin is missing and cannot protect the delicate tissues.

Salem-News:  Rites of the Parents Against Rights of the Child; Circumcision, a Misdemeanor or a Crime?
A discussion of religious rites versus bodily rights of children. "Circumcision: men's power over the child!" "Circumcision does not answer the needs of the child…" Genital cutting of children is slowly becoming abhorred worldwide. But it is not disappearing fast enough.
 

Monday, August 8, 2011

The WHOLE Network: Does Circumcision Cause Erectile Dysfunction?
The United States, a nation with 4.5% of the world's population, consumes 47% of the world's Viagra. Hmm. The United States also is one of the nations with the highest male circumcision rate in the world. Correlation? Causation? Hmm. I know that before I started restoring my foreskin that my sexual performance had dropped tremendously as I aged. I cannot say that I had Erectile Dysfunction or ED, but I was not far from it. Restoring my foreskin reversed that. Read more . . .

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Intactivism: Week in Review August 6, 2011

by Tally on August 6, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

After last week's decision to strike the San Francisco circumcision ban measure from the ballot, the blogosphere and other media have been quiet about circumcision.
 

Sunday, July 31, 2011

What I'm Missing: Part 24, The Jews
Kurt continues his story of growing up circumcised. He recalls an episode where a friend tells his theory of why almost every guy in America is circumcised. His theory that it was because of all the Jewish doctors in America has some credibility. In the mid-twentieth century, more than half of all doctors in the United States were Jewish.
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