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18 Dispelling Myths About Circumcision

by Tally on October 24, 2009
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A November 2008 article discussing 18 common myths about routine infant circumcision.

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38 Good Reasons Not to Circumcise

by Tally on October 21, 2009
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Circumstitions' page on reasons not to circumcise.

"I always see more problems from a circumcision than from a foreskin."
                                                        - a paediatrician, quoted on America On Line.

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Adolescent Sexual Health in Europe and the U.S. - Why the Difference?

by Tally on April 4, 2010
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An article in Advocates of Youth that compares data between Europe and the United States.

In France, Germany, and the Netherlands, two things create greater, easier access to sexual health information and services for all people, including teens. They are: 1) societal openness and comfort in dealing with sexuality, including teen sexuality; and 2) pragmatic governmental policies. The result - better sexual health outcomes for French, German, and Dutch teens when compared to U.S. teens.

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Book: A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain

by Tally on May 19, 2010
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Buy the book from Amazon: A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in BritainThe book A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain is a critical look at why male infant circumcision became prevalent in Britian.

The Victorian era is examined, along with the medical establishment's idea at that time that the foreskin must be excised as a routine precaution against every imaginable sexual dysfunction, from syphilis and phimosis to masturbation and bed-wetting. Why Britain adopted a practice it had traditionally abhorred and then abandoned it after only two generations is the subject of A Surgical Temptation.

The author reveals that circumcision has always been related to the question of how to control male sexuality. Many men in the US claim that their infant circumcision has not affected them in any way. Unfortunately, men cut at birth have no way of telling how their sexual pleasure has been affected by their infant circumcision. This book attempts to add a ray of light to the circumcision controversy.

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Circumcision and Footbinding: The parallels are astounding

by Tally on December 10, 2009
Visit http://www.circumstitions.com/Foot.html

A comparison between Chinese foot binding of women and routine infant circumcision of boys.  The Chinese stopped foot binding in the 20th Century with good results. Routine infant circumcision has yet to enjoy that result.

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Circumcision Information Australia

by Tally on November 23, 2009
Visit http://www.circinfo.org/

Circumcision in Australia is a website presenting circumcision information. The site addresses news items, has a guide for parents, discusses the ethics of circumcision of infants, provides information on the statements of medical authorities, and discusses the failed claims to health benefits of circumcision.

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Circumcision Resource Center

by Tally on October 22, 2009
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The Circumcision Resource Center is a nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision. It's mission is to raise awareness and facilitate healing.

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Circumcision Update 2009

by Tally on December 12, 2009
Visit http://www.femalepatient.com/html/arc/fea/articles/034_12_014.asp

The Female Patient feature article: Circumcision Update 2009. The article discusses benefits, risks, prevalence, and circumcision techniques. It concludes, "Neonatal circumcision has limited medical benefits as well as potential risks. Parents should be apprised of these prior to giving informed consent. Many American parents are uninformed of the risks and the limited benefits because of the universality of circumcision a generation ago."

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Circumcision's complications: what could go wrong?

by Tally on October 24, 2009
Visit http://www.examiner.com/x-26184-DC-Family-Health-Examiner~y2009m10d17-Circumcision-complications-parents-need-more-information

October 2009 Article in the Examiner describing what can go wrong during a routine infant circumcision. No organization tracks circumcision complications, so very little information is available.

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Circumcision, by Dr. John Dean

by Tally on October 28, 2009
Visit http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/menshealth/facts/circumcision.htm

Dr. John Dean writes about circumcision issues for netdoctor. The December 2005 article discusses how the foreskin in children is not retractable and addresses why circumcision occurs. He discusses why circumcision is not reasonable as a disease prevention measure. He also identifies the complications of circumcision.

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Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision

by Tally on October 26, 2009
Visit http://www.cutthefilm.com/

Cut is a documentary film by Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon which examines the subject of male circumcision from a religious, scientific and ethical perspective. Using cutting-edge research, in addition to interview footage of rabbis, philosophers, and scientists, Cut challenges the viewer to confront their biases by asking difficult questions about this long-standing practice.

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Delicate decision (male infant circumcision)

by Tally-admin on May 3, 2010
Visit http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/31/health/he-circumcision31

Article from the LA Times published March 31, 2008. The news article reports various facts:

  • Penile cancer affects only 1 in 100,000 men
  • In the first year of life, 1 in 100 uncircumcised boys will develop a urinary tract infection. Only 1 in 1,000 circumcised boys will. "While that's a tenfold reduction, you have to keep in mind that the risk was only 1% to begin with," says Dr. Andrew Freedman, pediatric urologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Proper hygiene can prevent most infections.
  • In 1965, 85% of boys born in the United States were circumcised
  • as of 2005, 56% of newborn boys were circumcised, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • 75% of boys born in the Midwest were circumcised, 65% in the Northeast, 56% in the South and only 31% in the West
  • Worldwide, only 25% of males are circumcised, and that is mostly for religious or cultural reasons.
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Google Video: Mother, why was I circumcised? with Subtitles

by Tally on November 25, 2009
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Dutch journalist/filmmaker Michael Schaap's personal documentary. He learns from interviewing his own mother, circumcisers, politicians, Jews, Muslims, a restored British man, and some American intactivists.

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History of Circumcision

by Tally on October 29, 2009
Visit http://www.historyofcircumcision.org/

The site explores the varied history of circumcision around the world. The distinction is made between ritual and medical circumcision.

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Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child? Yes

by Tally-admin on June 12, 2010
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Part of a debate published in BMJ, 2007;335:1180 (8 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.39406.520498. Geoff Hinchley argues that the practice of male infant circumcision is harmful and should be stopped.

The unpalatable truth is that logic and the rights of the child play little part in determining the acceptability of male genital mutilation in our society. The profession needs to recognise this and champion the argument on behalf of boys that was so successful for girls.

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Jewish Circumcision Resource Center

by Tally on October 23, 2009
Visit http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/

The Jewish Circumcision Resource Center is a section of the Circumcision Resource Center. The Jewish Circumcision Resource Center represents Jews around the world who question circumcision (bris or brit milah). The primary intended audience is non-traditional Jews, those Jews who generally evaluate an idea not solely based on its conformance with the Torah, but also in light of its agreement with reason and experience. They believe that Jewish practice must be consistent with what they think and feel.

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Jews Against Circumcision

by Tally on October 23, 2009
Visit http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/

Jews Against Circumcision is a group of educated and enlightened Jews who realize that the barbaric, primitive, torturous, and mutilating practice of circumcision has no place in modern Judaism.

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Keratinization

by Tally on November 4, 2009
Visit http://www.noharmm.org/IDcirc.htm

National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM) page describing keratinization of the mucous membranes of the circumcised penis, namely the glans and inner foreskin remnant.

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mothering Forum : The Case Against Circumcision

by Tally on November 6, 2009
Visit http://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=44

A pro-intact forum in which mothers and others describe their experiences regarding circumcision. The forum is very active with many posts each day.

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Mothers Against Circumcision

by Tally on October 23, 2009
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Mothers Against Circumcision is an older website advocating against routine infant circumcision. The last update was apparently made in 2002.

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National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC

by Tally on November 26, 2009
Visit http://www.nocirc.org/

NOCIRC, the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, provides information to expectant parents, healthcare professionals, educators, lawyers, ethicists, and concerned individuals about circumcision and genital cutting of male, female, and intersex infants and children, genital integrity, and human rights.

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Neonatal (infant) circumcision

by Tally on October 1, 2011
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This is a YouTube video of a male infant circumcision showing the doctor informing the parents that infant circumcision is only cosmetic and has no medical benefits. For some reason, the parents still want to cut the sex organ of their baby boy. There there is the surgery in graphic detail. I cannot watch such videos. I cannot bear to hear the screams of a baby boy having the most sensitive part of his body being cut off.

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Protect Your Uncircumcised Son: Expert Medical Advice for Parents

by Tally on December 9, 2009
Visit http://www.mothering.com/health/protect-your-uncircumcised-son-expert-medical-advice-parents

Paul Fleiss article in Mothering magazine. The article identifies various statements provided by doctors who wish to circumcise an infant or young boy. These statements are analyzed and reasons why circumcision is not indicated are provided.

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Should newborns be circumcised? No

by Tally on October 26, 2009
Visit http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2097

One half of a debate published in Can Fam Physician, Vol. 53, No. 12, December 2007, pp.2097 - 2099. Deirdre Andres, MD CCFP, addresses historical reasons for circumcision, along with the small amount of health benefit relative to the risk of the surgery. See Should newborns be circumcised? Yes for the other half of the debate.

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Should newborns be circumcised? Yes

by Tally on October 26, 2009
Visit http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2096

One half of a debate published in Can Fam Physician, Vol. 53, No. 12, December 2007, pp.2096 - 2098. Edgar J. Schoen relies upon the protective benefits of circumcision to support his position. See Should newborns be circumcised? No for the other half of the debate.

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The Truth About Circumcision and HIV

by Tally on December 9, 2009
Visit http://www.mothering.com/health/truth-about-circumcision-and-hiv

Gussie Fauntleroy writes The Truth About Circumcision and HIV in Mothering magazine.

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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Circumcision

by Tally on October 29, 2009
Visit http://www.infocirc.org/uti2.htm

Dr. David Alwin, MD, discusses the reduced risk of male infant urinary tract infections (UTI) from circumcision. The decreased incidence is inconsequential, as he shows with his illustrations and analysis.

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Video: Routine Infant Circumcision

by Tally on December 11, 2009
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Routine Infant Circumcision video provided as an educational resource for healthcare professionals and parents/guardians who are interested in learning more about what circumcision entails. Actual surgery on a baby done by a doctor in a hospital is shown, so viewer discretion is advised.

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Whose Decision Is It?

by Tally on December 9, 2009
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Mothering magazine article about the decision on circumcision.

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Yahoo! Video: Birth As We Know It: Circumcision

by Tally on March 19, 2011
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An excerpt from the documentary, Birth As We Know It. The narrator describes the three functions of the foreskin: 1) to protect the internal mucosal tissue of the inner foreskin and the glans, 2) to provide sensory pleasure because the foreskin is erogenous tissue, and 3) to provide the gliding action during sex, which aids both the man and woman during intercourse. The video clip also shows a circumcision being performed on an infant boy.

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YouTube: Look just like Dad, by matching genitalia?

by Tally on March 28, 2010
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A news video about infant circumcision in the Untied States. The reporter documents that the infants feel pain during circumcision because doctors do not like to use general anesthesia and, instead, use a topical pain relief, which has been proven to be ineffective. The reporter concludes that infant circumcision is unnecessary because there is no medical reason to perform routine infant circumcision.

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YouTube: Q&A: Anger Over Circumcision

by Tally on January 25, 2010
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A YouTube Video by Dan and Jenn where they describe why infant circumcision, although widely practiced, violates the bodily integrity of the infant. Babies cannot give informed consent for genital alterations. If it was any other body part that was being altered, everyone would be upset.

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YouTube: The Circumcision Debate

by Tally on February 4, 2010
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A radio interview with Dr. Dean Edell with accompanying images. Dr. Edell describes the harm of circumcision and how circumcising men in Africa who consent to the surgery is different than circumcising infants. Dr. Edell also notes that there are no long term studies of the efficacy of circumcision with respect to preventing HIV. The Africa trials were short term studies.

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