Video reply for Momversations video on circumcision

Mothers Raising Boys weighs in on the issue of circumcision in response to Momversations video.

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News & Politics

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• circumcision
• raising boys
• mothers of sons
• parenting
• pregnant with a boy

[yoda002]

This might offend some people but I think a lot of the blame needs to go to the mothers who don't stand up for their son. They just let their son get done without saying anything. Women need to talk to other women about stopping this harmful procedure.

[Bonobo3D]

Circumcision is declining rapidly in the US because of intelligent people speaking out.

At a certain point though thoughtful people have to say, no circumcision is not an appropriate choice for any parent to make, this politically-correct paralysis that says we cannot criticize religion or "culture" and parents have a right to make choices... well no.

Having a "choice" to cut off part of a baby boy's penis is insane, and should be recognized in a sane and just society as a crime.

[PungiFungi]

All the pro-circumcision people here should realize that your position no different than other cultures that circumcise their women, a practice which you, ironically, think is barbaric and backward.

[Richbund]

Circumcision is bullshit. There is simply no justification for it, it's wrong, it's bad, it is absolutely genital mutilation.

[Tandykane]

@yoda002

We also must include the fathers who fail to protect their sons.

[Tandykane]

@neechee5150

Hell, there are dozens of documented cases of partial or whole glans loss--and many documented deaths from infant circumcision .and for what exactly? It is not necessary, has no proven benefits and many proven risks and complications.

[neechee5150]

July 19 2010 Atlanta Journal. Maker of the Mogen circumcision clamp is sued and the Court awarded a 10.8 million dollar judgement. The infant lost the entire glans of his penis. Mogen has claimed that it is impossible to damage the penis when using their circumcision tool. Mogen was also sued when use of their device resulted in an infant boy loosing 1/3 of his glans in 2009. Mogen is already in default on a $7.5 million judgement from 2007. They are on the verge of bankruptsy

[Tandykane]

@TheWorstWarlock

Don't forget, this was 1987-- the wages from circumcisions have risen quite a bit since then.

And don't forget that this character is the author of that joke of a UTI study.

[TheWorstWarlock]

@Tandykane Damn, that's a lot of money. Still, this guy sounds extremely cavalier considering he's cutting off body parts. No wonder doctors will bang on about so-called health benefits that are minimal at best.

[TheWorstWarlock]

@Tandykane Damn, that's a lot of money. Still, this guy sounds extremely cavalier considering he's cutting off body parts.

[Tandykane]

@TheWorstWarlock

The well known circumfanatic Wiswell (the one of the UTI infamy) came right out and said this.

"I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look

at a foreskin and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money.

Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much

time."

Dr.Thomas Wiswell quoted in the Boston Globe June 22, 1987

[freedom0speech]

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.