It’s amazing the myths that abound about circumcision. From the idea that it’s “cleaner” to the notion that it reduces the risk of “HIV” (which this clip ignores is a wholly African thing with methodological flaws and has not been studied in or is possibly relevant for North America and ignores the fact that European countries with almost no circumcision have lower rates of HIV), people in the US in particular seem to be stuck in the belief that circumcision is something they should do. Forget that it’s the only cosmetic surgery we allow to be performed for non-religious and non-medical reasons. The only one.
Now watch and learn exactly why you are circumcised… and then ask yourself if it’s a good enough reason to want to do that to your child.
If you want to read more on circumcision (including information relevant to things that were mentioned in the video), please check out this article on why you should care about circumcision and the Canadian Health and Human Rights Partnership or Intact America.
I am well aware this is the base for American circumcision, but I’m always surprised how ‘gender unbalanced’ it was in it’s continued application. Kellog and the doctors of the day actively practiced female circumcision, clitorectomies, and other ways of destroying the clitoris (as mentioned acid instead of removal) just as avidly as they practiced male circumcision. Parents took their daughters in to be circumcised or to have their clitoris removed just like they took male children to be circumcised. It did ‘catch on’, but then public sentiment turned against female circumcision/clitorectomies and it went so far as to be banned even to the point that a ritualistic prick for religious reasons is illegal. Yet somehow at the same time the male version was ignored. It makes absolutely no sense. All the quasi-medical reasons dealing with hygiene and disease prevention are equally parroted by studies (just as valid as the male versions) in countries where female circumcision is still practiced. it’s one of those massive illogical points in history I’ll never understand.
Part of me fears that some of this comes from the idea that women are “weaker” and needing of protection whereas men are capable of handling anything. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s a bias in US society that is frankly ridiculous. In other countries I imagine the cultural reasons FOR women doing it (whatever it means about them – somehow it improves them) are so strong they remain. But you are right that it’s a very weird situation indeed!
“I wholeheartedly disagree with their statement of “there’s no harm in it” because I think there are a lot of families and especially young boys who would completely disagree with that.”
Well, I’m sure there are people who suffered from a botched rhinoplasty, but since it’s not the norm, we can safely say there is no harm in getting one done. Right?
And likewise, there are men who suffered from not getting it done as a child, and needing it done as an adult – and suffering long-term because of the resulting discomfort (I know a couple). So there are two sides to it!
Well, there are MEDICAL reasons for it – no one is debating that. However, the long-term pain response to circumcision suggests it does affect every child that undergoes it.
Man who got it done later in life feels pain every time he gets an erection. Man who had it done as a child is fine and happy. : | The younger we are, the better we heal.
Do you truly believe that? It sounds like the man who got it done later had it done poorly. If you think we can traumatize our children when they don’t have the capacity to understand or cope, I think you are lacking an insight into what we know of trauma and psychology.
Foreskin feels REALLY good. Seriously, it’s the best part. I know an intact guy who just published videos of himself reaching orgasm from the lightest tickling to ONLY the parts commonly amputated in circumcision. do a search for Foregasm.