The idea that it is to keep it clean might had a point 2000 years ago... before we had access to soap and water... Take a shower! I'll break my harm before I cut away my foreskin... but this is my choice... not my parent's choice. Thank God I was born in Quebec.
Actually, 2000 years ago, when they were doing it with bronze or flint knives with no sterilization, infant circumcision was more risky than anything it might prevent. Rabbis argued learnedly about how many brothers might die of circumcision before one could be excused.
Hi Jason, would have been great to have met you at this years San Francisco Pride Parade our contingent mgmbill / SFmgmbill marching Bay Area Intactivists plus people who just care about intact genitals and intact rights. How about marching with us next year? Want to sing? KOTFrank on twitter Frank McGinness facebook
I was circumcised - and I am NOT happy with the results. We need a worldwide end to this torture and genital mutilation of children. Adults can cut, pierce or tattoo their own bodies if they wish.
A blind man is born blind, never had sight, never will. You try to explain sight to him with hopes that he'll understand it, but to avail. Technically he's not missing out on anything in life because life is what he made of it. Now replace all that with a man who was circumcised.
I myself could care less that I was circumcised and I have a question for you.
How could you not be happy when you've never felt anything other than that?
(cont from previous comment) I would, however, like to correct something you mentioned in this video. you said that you believe most women who choose circ for non-religious reasons do so b/c they had just given birth and didn't have.the time or resources to make an informed decision. as a childbirth educator and doula, i can assure you that the reality is that most parents make an uninformed decision to circumcise well before the birth.
"There were no significant differences in sexual drive, erection, ejaculation, & ejaculation latency time between circumcised and uncircumcised men. However, there was a decrease in masturbatory pleasure & sexual enjoyment after circumcision, due to loss of nerve endings."
Williams N, Kapila L.
Complications of circumcision.
Brit J Surg 80:1231-6. Kim D, Pang M.
Effect of male circumcision on sexuality.
BJU Int 2006 doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x
Circumcision removes the most sensitive part of a man's penis. The five most sensitive areas of the penis are on the foreskin. The transitional region from the external to the internal foreskin is the most sensitive region of the fully intact penis, and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis.
"The Reason for circumcision is to bring about a decrease in sexual intercourse and a weakening of the organ in question, so that this activity be diminished and the organ be in as quiet a state as possible. The bodily pain caused to that member is the real purpose of circumcision. Violent concupiscence and lust that goes beyond what is needed are diminished."
The problem is not circumcision. It's the circumciser. they make money doing it. They are wacky people... be them ritual circumcisers, be them member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
...This guy sang the pokemon theme song
tomod0415 2 weeks ago
I felt this way before I watched this video, but if ever met one of these sick penis cutters I would get verbally abusive.
I was circumsized, and my parents arent even religious.
Equity213 5 months ago
The idea that it is to keep it clean might had a point 2000 years ago... before we had access to soap and water... Take a shower! I'll break my harm before I cut away my foreskin... but this is my choice... not my parent's choice. Thank God I was born in Quebec.
trancis36 6 months ago
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Hugh7777 3 months ago
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Actually, 2000 years ago, when they were doing it with bronze or flint knives with no sterilization, infant circumcision was more risky than anything it might prevent. Rabbis argued learnedly about how many brothers might die of circumcision before one could be excused.
Hugh7777 3 months ago
Hi Jason, would have been great to have met you at this years San Francisco Pride Parade our contingent mgmbill / SFmgmbill marching Bay Area Intactivists plus people who just care about intact genitals and intact rights. How about marching with us next year? Want to sing? KOTFrank on twitter Frank McGinness facebook
kotfrank 7 months ago
I was circumcised - and I am NOT happy with the results. We need a worldwide end to this torture and genital mutilation of children. Adults can cut, pierce or tattoo their own bodies if they wish.
Chadolution 8 months ago 3
@Chadolution
Think of circumcision this way.
A blind man is born blind, never had sight, never will. You try to explain sight to him with hopes that he'll understand it, but to avail. Technically he's not missing out on anything in life because life is what he made of it. Now replace all that with a man who was circumcised.
I myself could care less that I was circumcised and I have a question for you.
How could you not be happy when you've never felt anything other than that?
Werdfrerb2 3 days ago
(cont from previous comment) I would, however, like to correct something you mentioned in this video. you said that you believe most women who choose circ for non-religious reasons do so b/c they had just given birth and didn't have.the time or resources to make an informed decision. as a childbirth educator and doula, i can assure you that the reality is that most parents make an uninformed decision to circumcise well before the birth.
phlebogal 8 months ago
thank you so much for speaking out, jason. i hope your creativity and passion causes folks to stop and think about this harmful practice.
phlebogal 8 months ago
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"There were no significant differences in sexual drive, erection, ejaculation, & ejaculation latency time between circumcised and uncircumcised men. However, there was a decrease in masturbatory pleasure & sexual enjoyment after circumcision, due to loss of nerve endings."
Williams N, Kapila L.
Complications of circumcision.
Brit J Surg 80:1231-6. Kim D, Pang M.
Effect of male circumcision on sexuality.
BJU Int 2006 doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x
wdmm94 8 months ago
Circumcision removes the most sensitive part of a man's penis. The five most sensitive areas of the penis are on the foreskin. The transitional region from the external to the internal foreskin is the most sensitive region of the fully intact penis, and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis.
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Fine-Touch Pressure Thresholds In The Adult Penis
British Journal of Urology International,
2007, Vol. 99, No. 4, 864-869
Sorrells et al
wdmm94 8 months ago 2
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"The Reason for circumcision is to bring about a decrease in sexual intercourse and a weakening of the organ in question, so that this activity be diminished and the organ be in as quiet a state as possible. The bodily pain caused to that member is the real purpose of circumcision. Violent concupiscence and lust that goes beyond what is needed are diminished."
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Moses Maimonides (Rabbi, Philosopher, Scholar, Physician) 1135-1204 AD
wdmm94 8 months ago
The problem is not circumcision. It's the circumciser. they make money doing it. They are wacky people... be them ritual circumcisers, be them member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
rickyseabra 8 months ago
I have the feeling that this is the beginning of an avalanche of such complaints.
Hugh7777 8 months ago 3
Thank you for sharing your story, Jason. We need victims of this barbaric practice to continue to speak out if we wish to end it.
MelancholyLogic 8 months ago 3