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‘Circumcision Is Barbaric And Stupid’

By majestic on October 5, 2011 in News 30

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Well that’s Russell Crowe’s opinion, anyway. IOL Scitech reports from the battlefront over circumcision in the United States:

In the United States, a vocal movement of “intactivists,” or people who oppose male circumcision, is engaged in a fierce debate with doctors over the practice of clipping baby boys’ foreskins.

Actor Russell Crowe may be the most famous of them. Earlier this year he declared on Twitter: “Circumcision is barbaric and stupid,” before swiftly tweeting sorry to anyone who thought he was “mocking the rituals and traditions of others.”

Over the weekend, California’s governor blocked a bid by opponents of circumcision to have voters decide if local governments could make it a crime for doctors to perform the procedure unless medically necessary.

But the movement has vowed to keep fighting against a medical practice that is done to about 57 percent of American boys – down from more than 80 percent in the 1980s according to US health authorities – yet remains rare in most of Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Clitoraid: Restoring A Sense Of Pleasure

By phunkychic666 on March 8, 2010 in News 5

Clitoraid is a non-profit organization created by the Prophet Rael in 2006. Rael, founder of the Raelian Mouvement, launched the Clitoraid association to come to the help of Black African and non-African women around the world that have suffered from excision.

Now, thanks to science it is possible to help those women recover their sense of pleasure…

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We Need To Stop Circumcision

By phunkychic666 on February 27, 2010 in News 24

Christiane Northrup, M.D., a board-certified ob/gyn, for Huffington Post:

In the weeks ahead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are likely to publish a recommendation that all infant boys undergo circumcision. This is a huge mistake. Circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications, including death. No organization in the world currently recommends this. Why should we routinely remove normal, functioning tissue from the genitals of little boys within days of their birth?

The vast majority of the world’s men, including most Europeans and Scandinavians, are uncircumcised. And before 1900, circumcision was virtually nonexistent in the United States as well–except for Jewish and Muslim people, who’ve been performing circumcisions for thousands of years for religious reasons. Believe it or not, circumcision was introduced in English-speaking countries in the late 1800s to control or prevent masturbation, similar to the way that female circumcision–the removal of the clitoris and labia–was promoted and continues to be advocated in some Muslim and African countries to control women’s sexuality.

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For and Against Foreskin

By majestic on October 20, 2009 in News 3

baby In what might just might be the most comprehensive glossy magazine coverage devoted to foreskins ever, New York Magazine includes a slew of articles including:

Would You Circumcise This Baby? Why a growing number of parents are saying no to the procedure.

Anatomy of a Circumcision: What, precisely, does the procedure entail?

What Your Sex Partners Think: Uncensored thoughts on the pros and cons of cut versus uncut lovers.

One Man, Both Ways: The real difference, according to someone who’s been cut and uncut.

And, believe it or not, a whole lot more about foreskins. In New York Magazine…… Read the rest

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