No Such Thing as an Unbiased Opinion on Circumcision

I no longer believe that there is such a thing as an unbiased opinion on circumcision. People try to present their own beliefs as some sort of eternal truth, and even present logical arguments in favor, but since they never agree with each other they cannot all be true at the same time.

Circumcision and Nudity

Cultures where people run around naked typically don't practice circumcision while cultures that do typically require people to be clothed and may even have taboos against seeing each other naked.

Are Most Studies on the Effects of Circumcision Just Bullshit?

I think a lot of them are. Studies usually have two groups circumcised and uncircumcised men, but reality certainly is more complicated.

Laws, Sausages and Circumcision Videos

“If you want to respect sausage or law, don't watch either being made."

Why All The Obsession With Other Men’s Penises?

Circumcision supposed to be a personal matter.

It has health and other benefits but they are mostly limited to the owner of the penis and his sex partners.

Spreading the Misery Around

Why do so called intactivists who were circumcised at birth (thus have no memories of ever having a foreskin) love to perpetuate the idea that having a foreskin is somehow “awesome”?

Apples and Oranges

Describing clitoridectomy and infibulation as “female circumcision” is kind of like describing a beheading as “He has accidentally cut himself shaving.”

It Is Not Meant To Be Torture

Even though circumcision was probably invented as a means to mark the transition to adulthood, and pain was an integral part of the experience, it was never meant to be torture.

Check this out: What Does Science Say?

A retired doctor reminisces about circumcision.

Danish Nanny State On Circumcision

A Danish group says petition seeking to set a minimum age of 18 for non-medical male circumcision in the country has gathered the required 50,000 signatures to send the proposal to Parliament for debate later this year.

http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/some-danes-seek-to-limit-male-circumcision-to-18-and-over

So if you live in Denmark and you want to get a circumcision when you are 16 the government says that you cannot, even if you parents would agree.

And this is supposed to be somehow the protection of your rights? More like the government making your decisions for you.

My problem with the proposed circumcision ban

The Vikings are at it again:
Ban circumcision for boys under-18s, says Intact Denmark
Iceland MPs propose ban on circumcision of boys

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.

Check this out: How Circumcision Broke the Internet

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/09/intactivists_online_a_fringe_group_turned_the_internet_against_circumcision.html

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.

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.

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.

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.