Thursday, December 7, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Myth: Foreskins Used for Catching Sharks
"At first many men were reluctant to come for VMMC due to several myths and misconceptions. For example some people were alleging that we sell the severed foreskins elsewhere to be used for catching sharks,"
From: Malawi: Dedza Men Embrace Medical Circumcision
Monday, October 16, 2017
Check this out: Circumcision Revision
"When not enough of the foreskin is removed during the original circumcision, it results in a condition known as redundant foreskin. It is also considered the outcome of an “incomplete circumcision.” When the penis is flaccid, the foreskin will still cover the glans, so the organ appears as if it is uncircumcised.From: https://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision-revision/
For families who chose circumcision this defeats the purpose of the original procedure. Plus, though the foreskin is not entirely removed, it is shortened. This can lead to discomfort, rubbing and a build up of scar tissue, with a heightened risk of phimosis as your child grows."
Monday, July 10, 2017
Check this out: More Men Wish They Were Circumcised
"The truth is, as a physician, it’s very hard to see where activists are getting this distorted view foreskin free male genitalia. Over the years, I’ve discussed this with a number of adult Urology docs and they all say the same thing: “many more men come in wishing they were circumcised than men who show up with problems related to circumcision as an infant.”From: http://www.circumcisionchoice.com/single-post/2017/05/21/From-the-Physicians-Lounge-1
Circumcision and Labiaplasty
Opponents of male circumcision often claim that it should be banned and use the ban on FGM as an excuse to demand “equal rights for men”.
Check this out: Circumcision Without Anesthesia is Painful
"It's because we want to be honest about the past while we fight the nonsense that is spread about medical circumcision in the present: whether it's the persistent anti-circumcision activist claim that numbing medication still isn't used in the U.S.; that pain control methods are universally not effective for circumcision pain; or, more laughably, that babies who receive pain control don't cry because they're in 'neurogenic shock;" or, taking a page from the anti-vaccination activists, that newborn circumcision pain leads to later-life autism, depression, anger, violence, sexual dysfunction, etc., etc."From: http://www.circumcisionchoice.com/single-post/2017/06/23/From-the-Physicians-Lounge-2
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Check this Out: Rites of Passage in Kenya
Most initiation rites include circumcision:
https://hubpages.com/politics/10-Remarkable-Rites-of-Passage-from-Kenya
https://hubpages.com/politics/10-Remarkable-Rites-of-Passage-from-Kenya
Horror Story: Nurse Midwife Accidentally Cuts Off Glans
A nurse midwife was performing a circumcision and has accidentally cut off the glans of the child.
What sort of 3rd world country is Georgia, USA that midwives perform circumcisions.
Aren't there actual doctors in that clinic?
https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/georgia-medical-malpractice/interview-georgia-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-22343.html
What sort of 3rd world country is Georgia, USA that midwives perform circumcisions.
Aren't there actual doctors in that clinic?
https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/georgia-medical-malpractice/interview-georgia-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-22343.html
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Don’t Be a Wuss
Many men who want to get a circumcision keep postponing it because they obsess about how painful it is going to be.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Just Because You Are Loud Does Not Mean You Are Right
One of the main reasons I have started to write this blog was that half the Internet is covered in anti-circumcision propaganda and I think my opinion is just as valid as the next guy’s.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Circumcision as a Sign of Adulthood
Probably half of the circumcision debate would not exist if Americans did not insist that one must be cut as a newborn.
I think Africans have the right idea: You signal that you are no longer some teenage hoodlum and ready to be regarded as a responsible adult by accepting circumcision – which also permanently carves the sign of your new status in your flesh.
Of course it would be interesting if one had to prove his circumcision status just to buy beer.
I think Africans have the right idea: You signal that you are no longer some teenage hoodlum and ready to be regarded as a responsible adult by accepting circumcision – which also permanently carves the sign of your new status in your flesh.
Of course it would be interesting if one had to prove his circumcision status just to buy beer.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Can’t Believe Your Own Eyes
A common anti-circumcision tactic is to post the picture of a healthy uncircumcised penis next to a leathery ‘keratinized’ circumcised penis as evidence that circumcision destroys the glans.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
His Body His Choice
While I am all for voluntary circumcision, when intactivists talk about informed consent they just mean to restrict the individual’s rights to choose to be circumcised.
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Whose Consent?
I am not sure that I understand the law correctly. But it seems that in the US until you turn 18 it is up to your parents to decide if you should be circumcised.
Monday, April 3, 2017
The Third World: Bedford (UK)
Apparently a young man has been waiting for a circumcision for over two years and he still can't even get an appointment, or have sex, or pee without pain:
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Horror Story: Cutting off the penis not just the foreskin
A Swiss doctor apparently has cut off the entire penis of a boy during circumcision:
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
The Third World: Newfoundland and Labrador
Apparently some guy with no medical training in Newfoundland ran a home circumcision service out of his wood cabin. He was soliciting would be patients on FaceBook.
Check this out: You were circumcised in a hospital?
Apparently in Kenya the mere suggestion that one was circumcised in a hospital and not in the bush "like a real man" is a serious enough insult to start a fight over:
http://www.sde.co.ke/article/2001231614/kericho-brothers-kill-man-for-calling-them-sissies-who-got-circumcised-in-hospital
http://www.sde.co.ke/article/2001231614/kericho-brothers-kill-man-for-calling-them-sissies-who-got-circumcised-in-hospital
Thursday, March 9, 2017
The Circumcision is Mutilation Debate
I don’t think there is any unassailable truth in the circumcision is mutilation debate as a lot of things depend on your perspective.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Why I am Against Government Involvement
Some demand that circumcision should be mandatory.
Others take the opposite view and want to ban it altogether.
My question is: Are you out of your f-ing minds?
Others take the opposite view and want to ban it altogether.
My question is: Are you out of your f-ing minds?
Friday, January 13, 2017
Do not try this at home: DIY Circumcision with a Machete
Even more bizarre than these stories usually are, a 16 year old boy has attempted to circumcise himself with a machete:
http://www.chronicle.co.zw/16-year-old-injured-in-machete-self-circumcision/
This was in an area where voluntary medical circumcision is readily available, so it is not clear why he has decided that trying to hack his own foreskin off with a machete was the way to go.
http://www.chronicle.co.zw/16-year-old-injured-in-machete-self-circumcision/
This was in an area where voluntary medical circumcision is readily available, so it is not clear why he has decided that trying to hack his own foreskin off with a machete was the way to go.
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