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  • "Do you want your son to look like you?" I have a shitload of scars, including one that splits my left eyebrow in half. Would I be within my rights to inflict identical injuries on my kids of the sake of having a Mini-Me? Besides the boy's mother, siblings, the paternal grandparents, and maybe the paternal aunt and uncles, who the hell is ever going to see the penis of both a father and his son? Especially when the boy is an adult.

  • I like Craig's response. This woman makes me think 'Barbie doll.' Not too much going on in the head there.

  • @TiniNormi Since it is my YouTube page, I am responsible for it's content. I don't want to censor anyone's ideas, but I will remove things that I deem inappropriate due to its offensive nature. An intelligent person should be able to get their ideas across without using extremely offensive language.

  • Gee, what a difficult choice to make. I'm pretty sure I would never talk to my parents again if I found out that they had cut off part of my genitals because they didn't think I would clean myself.

  • Dr Lisa is an idiot!

  • She is such a shitty doctor. At least Craig is smarter then her.

  • in the 50's female circumcision was also used on newborn girls...for the EXACT same reasons, in america too. Funny how thats outlawed but mgm remains, along with all the BS reasons why its 'benificial'. even tho there is NO evidence that it is. fucking retarded people who hack off perfectly healthy body parts then forge bs reasons for it, its absolutely mind numbingly non sensicle

  • There are no health benefits to circumcision. I'm angry that I was circumcised, and at the age of 19, I'm restoring my foreskin.

  • @Boghman22 SO many men are enraged by the fact they were raped as children by the dr.'s that violated the Hippocratic oath for the sake of profit to mutilate a helpless infant boy's penis.

  • Some of the comments on this video make me lose faith in humanit...

  • @jamieelynnx You should see the comments I've deleted. I will delete any that are vulgar or outright abusive, but I do want to allow free speech.

  • @YogaAndBirth

    You want to allow free speech by means of censorship?

  • She is not an idiot. She explained exactly what the benefits are, she went to medicine which took another 11-13 years out of her life, anyone else here have that experience?

  • @mine213

    She called it a social thing, the male has double the nerve endings in the part removed then what the woman has in their hood which is banned to be removed, hmmm, most likely she is just being a tool trying to make money off it.

  • @mine213

    And so what if she did medicine, if she didnt cover the most basic biology of the mail private area she has no worth in the discussion, hell i think i know more then she does, sure i aint a doctor, but nowadays it doesnt seem to matter what field you are in to talk about things.

  • @mine213 Many if not most American doctors are completely ignorant on the natural penis. Even their medical books picture a mutilated penis. In this case, yes is an idiot.

  • @mine213 She Is. There is no benefit to circumcision. If the theory that Gays have spread the AIDS in US is true, then there is no difference between cut or uncut penis. The processes involved in infection are far more complex than this "doctor" can possibly explain. However you should test the theory yourself. The best empirical evidence is derived from self-testing. So go get a STD partner and begin testing, then post your results here. Remember no condoms.

  • @UltraSkid alright so then ill pick you as my partner and this "far more complex" process well perhaps you can elaborate on it bc according to you no scientist has ever cured a disease bc its so complex and with your internet knowledge you can explain it

  • @mine213 If you are interested how infectionsspread. You should ask an Infectologist, to explain to you the process. This woman is not an infectologist, she is propably an M.D.

  • @mine213 She also ignored the policy statements by both the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics which have both stated that non-theraputic infant circumcision is not recomended or is not medically indicated.

    Masterson is a poor role model for women seeking a career in medicine. Just because she has a degree in medicine does not mean that she does not promote her own beliefs and seek additional profits from circumcision.

  • "it's really just a personal choice" i wasnt aware that babies could choose?

  • She is so ignorant - just like so many American women. There are no benefits to circumcision. Doesn't she realize most men in the world are not circumcised? This isn't an issue in Europe.

  • Jews are Gods Chosen People bringing grace comfort and compassion to a world without it. President Obama is one of the great Jewish Leaders who does his best to fortify our banks, promote social welfare+ guard Americans from MuslimTerror. If not for Jews, you Gentiles would still be wearing deerskins, dancing around bonfires, and eating oats. Circumcision shields against all cancers, impotence, blood disease, and 100 ailments. We introduced Circumcision to assist you. Wakeup to Viagra!

  • @MrBGoldfarb Actually circumcision does not shield from penile cancer. While i was working in a Clinic in Europe, there was a Bosnian teenager with circumcised penis (they re muslim) which had metastatic penile cancer. The teen died after 6 months even after having the penis amputated. So please stop the bullshiting when you don't have first hand experience. Removing the skin only kills the pleassure in the base of the head that is why most circumcised men need viagra when they get older.

  • Wow - I hate women telling men what they should do with their bodies. I'm not lopping off a part of penis because it might cause a woman to have cancer. How about protection and hygiene? Thanks Craig Ferguson for your informed view!

  • Anyone who chooses to circumcise their child hasn't done any research (like true peer reviewed medical research, not opinions on BabyCenter, etc.) which means they did NOT make an informed choice and the doctor is in the wrong for performing the circ and the parents should be ashamed for failing their child right off the bat.

    Even the religion argument is BS. What about the freedom of religion of the child?!?!

  • You go, Craig Ferguson!

  • @RobWillieJesse

    As for the numbers in NZ, they are of course approximate, but about the right order of magnitude. You can easily find about how circumcision lost popularity in UK/NZ/Australia/Canada. No "wealthy&educated" country circumcise most boys except for USA and South Korea (because of American occupation...). Although some American's attitude cast some doubts on the "educated" part.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    The fact that they all called me a FRENCH asshole just shows how educated circumcisors are :-)

    YOU said those 30% were educated blah blah, and did you give reference, American asshole? But OK, let's make in simple : 23% of the world is muslim (easy to find), almost all of them are cut, 30% of men worldwide are circumcised, so more than 2/3 of circumcised men are muslim. I hope your inferior American mind is able to understand basic math.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    "That 30% is comprised of the wealthiest, best educated, elite men of the world."

    Most of "that 30%" are in muslim countries, hardly the wealthiest & best educated men in the world... Wealthy&educated circumcised men would be anglos, and you know what, except for Americans they all have mostly dropped the "procedure". (NZ in the 80s : 90% of cut fathers, 10% of cut babies.)

  • She doesn'tt deserve the title of 'doctor' because:

    1) She's presumably a member of the American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) specializists in FEMALE genital/reproductive organs. Just because she's present at the birth DOES NOT give her the right to circumcise boys. We should all lobby the MEDIA to investigate the ethics of ACOG members doing MALE surgery.

    2) Even if she were a pediatrician, cutting foreskins off healthy unconsenting boys violates medical ethics: Do No Harm

  • Ferguson dealt with her idiocy well. Nature didn't create a mistake...Religion fabricated one to to *deal* with perceived sins of the flesh. Talk about a sin.

  • But was have an HPV vaccine now, and there are lots of ways to have safer sex ... why do we have doctors offering cosmetic/social surgery on babies?

  • @marymactavish Here goes a rant from someone who actually worked in Somalia in the 90's. HIV infections were present in circumcised males in large numbers. If oyu are interested I can send you reprts I did as field examiner working for WHO. There is no benefit to circumcision, by destroying some serious nerve endings you are removing the sensory receptors from the skin which is supposed to wrap around base of the head in order to provide stimulatory effect during penetration. Get educated.

  • "So you can have this chopped off, or you can wash it. Your call." Unfortunately many newborns have that choice made for them.

  • Craig Ferguson is right here, man people are so nieve on this subject, especially americans, I am not Circumcised I am 28 , ive never had any problems with it, no infections diseases and my Wife hasnt had any problems either.. the whole it prevents aids is a total myth, and hpv thing is just another myth just another way to scare people

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  • Woman is totally lying. Thanks Craig for bringing her back to earth!

  • What the hell is a RISK benefit?

  • It just struck me halfway that a guy is asking women about penises.

  • @RandomCoked

    He's asking a DOCTOR.

  • except its not "your call" parents are making that decision for their babies - let it be their "call" when they are at an age to consent, and then it will be ok. Its all about autonomy. And by the way Dr. Lisa - what the hell is a "risk-benefit" You can bring yourself to say their are risks to genital surgery? Same as you think c-sections are better than natural birth. I'm kind of glad you are on TV - if it keeps you from practicing medicine. Keep talking and people will realize you are stupid.

  • @TheMomofOz "I am kind of glad you are on TV - if it keeps you from practicing medicine. Keep talking and people will realize you are stupid" Kudos to you for such an excellent, astute observation and comment. The show the Doctors is about entertainment & not about legitimate competent medical advice.

    Dr. Masterson displayed her sexism,biases & ignorance on national TV during the Doctors episode that dealt with circumcision, and statements were out of line with the AAP's position on circ

  • Geez, obviously I would want to cut it off. I mean, regularly cleaning it like doing it in the shower? Preposterous.

  • I used to belong to an occult that used to sacrifice a baby goat on the alter of their christian church until it became outlawed by the animal rights activists. So apparently these Jews and christians have more respect for animals than they do for their own children.

  • Cultural, social procedures hugh? Great, why don't we just sacrifice a virgin to the volcano God?

  • I want to circumcise this whole woman's face!

  • As far as developing HPV, some chick SAID I gave it to her but....yeah she wasn't exactly the "Modest" type. It could've been anyone. Plus I like my weiner looking like a pig snout, I can really call it a "Hog". I don't see why people should get circumcised, it doesn't change anything but the look, and that fish smell turns chicks on during sex.

  • Wash your peepee on a regular basis haha! funny. The one thing I DO hate about foreskin is, when you Wash it and later like if you sweat a little it smells when you pull back the foreskin to pee. You have to wash your weeny like six times a day to get rid of the "pew". As far as pulling it back I don't mind pulling it back everytime I have to pee, ocassionally the skin gets tight and when I do it bleeds but I only got an infection TWICE in my WHOLE life from that. Not a big deal.

  • @Bleeepism u aint got foreskin dude,

  • THis woman, Forgive my french, is a FUCKING idiot!

  • @JaelynSmith89 this woman is a medical doctor...

  • @teaganlovesfood And she has missed the memmo of NO medical organization recomending this cosmetic surgery being done on an infant. Therefore it isn't medically necessary, and ALL of her reasonings have been debunked,. She may be a medical doctor, but she is an idiot and needs to get educated on the foreskin.

  • @teaganlovesfood "this woman is a medical doctor" While that may be true, her claims on this show and an earlier episode of "the doctors" were not in harmony with the AMA, the AAP or the CPS position on infant circumcision. These three organizations are the medical and pediatric who dictate practice guidelines for doctors in the US and Canada

  • @RobWillieJesse

    Apparently.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    i'm not the one who buys the delusion that chopping off part of a person's genitals is NOT mutilation and a violation of basic human rights.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    And you're being what?

    What's trollish about standing up for the right of people not to sexually assaulted?

  • @RobWillieJesse

    I'm just persistently rational. You, are simply stupid.

  • I don' wish to insult anybody, but most of you on both sides of this discussion,seem to be full of .....well...bullshit.. sorry but its true.remember "there are lies, there are damn lies and then there are statistics" for the record I am AGAINST RIC. I am cut (phimosis) I feel neither superior or inferior to uncut men.My son is not cut but I hope that should he wish to be someday that he won't be thrown in jail for it.or have to find a black market clinic to have it done.

  • @reyjalapeno

    We're not against circumcision if it's the choice of the one to whom the penis belongs. What's evil is forcing genital mutilation upon another person. No person has the right to cut another person's genitals.

  • @brajamtho757 agreed.

    

  • @brajamtho757 agreed.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    no, just watching how crazy some people are about wanting to sexually abuse children for no reason.

  • Mis informed girl, the lower rate of HPV in Jewish women is true but there is no proof male circumcision is the reason.

  • Since she is such a strong supporter of the procedure she performs, I expect her to do "charity" work for the thousands of males who end up with half a penis or a sex change. It's only a reasonable request, just like circumcision is reasonable for her on the opposite sex.

  • Wow, I would be embarrassed if I were her...after seeing this I am convinced she is a hack.

    Hmmm... cut it off or wash it? I think most men would choose to wash.

    Personal choice<---Of the person who has the penis.

  • Thank god my parents aren't into fashion.

  • this is gold

  • Fuck. Circumcision.

    End genital mutilation.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    Ha ha. Of course, since you can't handle the actual argument I make, you merely insult me. That's the tactic of one who has lost the argument. If you had a legitimate rebuttal, you'd use it. You don't, so you can't, and resort to insult.

    That was a total fail. Try using an actual argument, and perhaps you'll not make a fool of yourself.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    you can't answer it because you can't refute the point.

    I win because men deserve equal protection from unnecessary genital cutting.

    Learn a thing or two about NORMAL male anatomy. Most men in the world have a whole penis, WITH the foreskin, and have no problems.

    Women have way more problems with their genitalia than men do and we don't cut them up.

  • @RobWillieJesse

    Yeah, so what. Vagina smells. Is that a good reason to chop bits off of it. Your argument is bullshit and idiotic.

  • I think robwilliejessee is a twink that likes his men cut, that is his preference. You don't have to be so hostile boi, we get you don't like the turtleneck.

  • @RobWillieJesse ...constant air circulation will eventually trap a certain scent, but does that mean that we should cut off our arms, lips, butt cheeks, or labia?...and besides that i also want to note the benifits of those "stenches", as gross as this sounds it is still true, the scent that the labia and forskin trap actually releases pheromones that attract male and female to one another, it to get even more gross, the same is true for a mans sweat and for a womens menstual blood. research it

  • @RobWillieJesse i just what i think was your original comment & i just want to clarify to you & anyone else reading that having a forskin on the penis does create or trap a scent in the same way that a womens labia does to the vagina & the same way our butt checks trap a scent of the butt hole & the same way our lips will trap a scent of our mouth & the same way the flaps in the skin of an obese person traps the scent of sweat & the same for our armpits... any thing that doesn't get constant...

  • @RobWillieJesse i just read your comment and i'm left very confused, are you trying to suggest that circumcised men are wealthier, smarter and elite in comparison to men who aren't circumcised? I really hope that i'm misreading your comment because that would just be ridiculous

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  • @RobWillieJesse well guess better than being sexually handicapped

  • @RobWillieJesse Yes I'm the lunatic that thinks thousands of years of evolution is wrong because u say skunk still smells like skunk,u washed wet dog,wtf,foreskin is basic sex mechanics,guess u missed that class

  • @RobWillieJesse woo try this one vaginal secretions, which are then absorbed by the encompassing foreskin stimulate the g spot leading to multiple orgasms,u want some more

  • @RobWillieJesse Tough gay. Why are you hating on autistic people all of a sudden

  • @RobWillieJesse And i was just making fun of you. Stop crying.

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  • @RobWillieJesse FALSE. So FLASE. LMAO my intact XH has NEVER had an odor, and neither do my intact boys. Maybe the problem is YOU

  • 0:16 What are "risk benefits"?

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  • Craig hit it right on the bulls-eye...just WASH your dick people. Cutting off a piece of your dick so fucking unnecessary.

  • 2-cut or not 2-cut, that is the question :)

    New studies out now..

    1) World Health Organization Recommends.

    2) Teaching hygiene is the point & getting cut increases hygiene.

    3) When both sides follow "same" hygiene-regime ..cut is cleaner?

    4) What is better, more insurance or less?

    5) What about old-age, when men will need a nurse?

    6) When a boy is learning, can we-all afford the addition risk?

    7) It's best down when young -on the exact day suggested!

    8) Women benefit & prefer men 2 b cut :)

  • LMAO, this woman is a doctor?!

  • Personal choice is just that.........a choice made by a person.........not by his mother or society. Wash your penis and don't screw about and you'll be fine!!!!!

  • There are no health benefits from cutting off your foreskin. This is ONLY promoted by American doctors, who are influenced by Jewish, religious reasons.

  • Ah, so circumsised people are dirtier than non-circumsised people? Because there is absolutely no difference in the cancer or STD statistics. It is banned in many countries in Europe, Norway was the latest to ban it just now. Almost nobody did it there anyway, just immigrants, but now the immigrant won't be doing it either!! Yay, modern society 1, dark ages 0!: )

  • Circumcising dumb bimbo "doctors" from the neck up, by publicly exposing them as the mental health menace they are?

    Now *that's* a social procedure me likey-likey!

  • I tell ya who she ain't consulting with and that's the newborn male that's about to get his pecker mutilated! NORM-UK!

  • "...some health benefits, some risk benefits. So its really a social procedure."

    wtf is she talking about.

  • @luf4rall She's solely thinking of ratings for that "Doctors" show she's in! It's an outright lie that there are any benefits to circumsition for a normal, healthy baby or grown-up. It is banned in many countries now and of course it should be banned in America too. But since the tradition is so deep-rooted and common it's difficult to have rating-concerned TV-doctors tell you the truth about it!!

  • I HATE that woman. She talks over anyone on the show who disagrees with her. She is also very misinformed and passes that misinformation to millions daily. UGH!

  • I'm not a man, but I'd rather wash it, then have it cut off. Come on, really? What guy wants less dick? She's a total idiot and as a doctor should know there is NO health benefits. I haven't been through medical,  and I even know this.

  • The woman is a total idiot and does not know what she is talking about. I guess she would say that all women's tits should be chopped off to prevent breast cancer?

  • It's amazing how everything the "doctor" said could apply to female circumcision and cleanliness. It's also amazing how easy it is to be a doctor nowadays and it makes me scared to go to the hospital to know that people like her are going to be trusted with my life.

  • Would you be offended if some "doctor" sliced off your clitoral hood without regard for your human rights? What if the "doctor" got permission from your parents, would that make it ok to slice off your clitoral hood? What if your parents are not qualified to give medical advice? What are we supposed to think about a "doctor" who accepts medical advice from a person who is not qualified to give medical advice? What are we to think of a "doctor" who ignores the oath "...first do no harm

  • Does this Dr. Lisa realizes how stupid she is coming off or is she still harping on this circumcision = prevention of STDs and cancer? My father died of cancer and it is not cancer from his foreskin but from his liver. Why not we all remove our livers? What a stupid ignorant bitch.

  • "You can have this chopped off or you can wash it." ROFL !!

  • 0:18 "It's really a social procedure."

    She actually said it!

    Apparently she never got the memo that social surgery on children is generally considered unethical in the modern world, as with child lip disc stretching, foot binding, cranial deformation, Kayan neck coils, and other abuses of children's bodies.

    0:09 "That's a personal choice."

    Yeah, lady. A personal choice to commit aggravated sexual battery on a child.

    Sometimes bibosity rises to the level of pure evil.

  • I HATE this woman. The episode of The Doctors which discussed circumcision was a complete circus. She was the most vocal person about male circumcision, a woman! What a completely worthless commentary.

  • I wonder what other body parts of a newborn baby shall we chop off in the name of preventing STD's and Cancer?

  • "You can have this cut off or you can wash it - your call!" "Exactly!" NOT exactly! What she means to agree with is that it's his PARENTS call which is WRONG. His body, his choice!

  • This woman is dumb! How did she become a obstetrician/physician?

  • @jmlew Only in America!

  • getting circumcised is just like cuting a girls breast for the risk of breast cancer

  • Ok, so-called "doc", when the head of the penis is keratinized (sp?) (means dried out) the cell membranes are brittle and much more receptive to the penetration by viruses. Cervical cancer rates are higher in cinrcumcising countries.

    The best way to reduce your risk of cervical cancer, women, is to not be promiscuous. Mutiliating your sons is not the answer.

  • She's a classic dipsh*t!

  • Ferguson got it right: leave the penis alone!

    That "doctor" talks like an ass. Does she recommend vulva mutilation to make daughter look like mom?

  • @finklesk - she is indeed very stupid. i would have told her that I want my baby to look like his grand -father (who was probably not circumcised, since in the US circumcision is something introduced after WWII), or like grand-grand-father.

  • welp it is a social thing . honestly its retarded and i d k if i want my son circumsized after reading abt it.

  • scottish mofucka got it right! HAHA bitch.

  • Dr. Lisa's ignorant and idiotic opinion on foreskins is the main reason why I stopped watching The Doctors. How can a doctor, someone who takes an oath to preserve lives, utilize scientific procedures and lead society through a profession of enlightenment, be so biased and ignorant of a backwards, barbaric practice? Take note that I'm not criticizing religious circumcision, but even so do parents have the right to subject their children to such a procedure without the child's consent?

  • WHAT IS A RISK BENEFIT!?!?!

  • @stkcarm5 i know, right? there is absolutely no benefit on cutting off something healthy from a healthy baby.

    it's fucking sick that people can even molest children this way. and yet, it's happening every single damn day....

  • @stkcarm5 a risk benefit is that stupid doctors way of saying the word benefit enough that she can sway public opinion to her personal beliefs while still saying risk and covering her dumb ass

  • @stkcarm5 - A risk benefit means that is risky for her bank account to not benefit from the ignorance of some people. lol

  • @AndradaDava Bullseye!

  • @jsandlin08 yes the parents,funny thing is that some parents in the USA don't get to make that same choice when it comes baby girls! gosh darn guhvarmant folkz poking their nosez in other peoplz buzinez hurr fukin durr

  • In this moment Lisa is pathetic, Ferguson is gold.

  • He just chopped her down, that was hilarious!!! xD

  • @jsandlin08

    It's my business that I have to live with a permanently disfigured desensitized cock for the rest of my life. I resent that decision and always will.

  • @TiniNormi Take it up with your parents.. or see a therapist.... problem solved! But dont harp on others who choose to do it or not. To each their own.

  • @jsandlin08 the thing is, it really shouldn't be the parents' choices. it's not their body

  • wow she just got owned. I can't believe she's a doctor, she's incredibly uninformed. wow I wanted to kick that hoe.

  • More babies die from circumcision than adult men die from penile cancer.

    The skin on the penis is suppose to slide back and forth during sex, it can't after circumcision.

    Look up "The Anatomy of the Penis, Mechanics of Intercourse"

    The foreskin has many many functions but she doesn't think so.

    Every time the subject comes up she lies and says it's a personal choice and then pulls out every trick in the book to get parents to circumcise there son.

    IT IS THE BABY'S CHOICE you sexual mutilator !!!

  • I rarely say this about people I don't know, but I kind of hope she dies, horribly, or is at least terribly terribly disfigured. I'd kind of feel it as poetic justice.

  • "He has been pretty candid about himself being uncircumcised, that being the norm in Scotland."

    ....and most of the rest of the world. My mother would have slapped her in the face.

  • This chick represents the medical profession which routinely makes easy money on circumcisions.

    No reason for circumcision.

  • Disgusting female doctor. This isn't about science, it's about ideology/religion. Let's see a male doctor go on CBS to advocate female circumcision.

  • @funkybjorn11 Male and female circumcision is completely different.

  • I find that woman offensive! I cannot believe what she is suggesting simply to benefit women. If a man suggested we alter a womans body for our own preference and benefit there would be uproar. I hope someone chops something of hers off!!!

  • @dafty97 I agree, not only is that woman offensive, but her claim that circumcision prevents STDs, is cleaner and better for the woman is totally false. There are just as many studies which refute her claims, particularly about women enjoying it more. In fact many studies showed that women preferred sex with uncut men than circumcised men.

  • @InspectorMontelbano1 True. HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids and cannot exist outside the body. So what circumcision has to do with preventing its spread i do not know.

  • I fucking hate this lady, that episode of the doctors that aired a couple months ago made me sick.

  • Is she an idiot. Decreases STDS? That is what a condom is there for. She is just encouraging circumcised men to have unprotected sex. Because they are somehow 'protected' from getting STI'S.

  • @sneekz07 , and this woman is a DOCTOR? Unless she advocates that circumcised men can have unprotected sex, then circumcision doesn't prevent STD. What a Bimbo!

  • @53dumey Just because it harbors bacteria, does not mean it "should" be removed. A woman's labia can harbor bacteria too, should that be removed? I think it's a personal choice that a man should make when he's ready.

  • @thelastkodama

    A Law banning the Right of parents to make that choice is Bullshit.

  • @53dumey I don't actually support the law - I think parents should be able to chose, like they chose to immunize their baby or not. But just because you think that's right for you, doesn't mean that's right for everyone.

  • @thelastkodama

    I don't propose that all male children should be snipped, just that the Parent has the right to choose.

  • @53dumey A child's genitals do not belong to his parents. A patient can be subjected to surgery without his consent if it will save his life, but that is not the case here. Circumcision has no proven therapeutic benefits and is not endorsed by any medical organization in the world. Therefore, circumcision is by definition a violation of the child's human rights.