Circumcision - People Are Talking

Medical historian Ed Wallerstein's good humour and wit, his thorough research and knowledge on circumcision, make for a fascinating interview.

Wallerstein published his detailed research in a definitive book, Circumcision, An American Health Fallacy (1980).

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[joelface]

What an INCREDIBLE video. It's surprising that a conversation like this happened back in the 90s and didn't reach more people - and convince them to disregard the myths and misconceptions they had.

I suppose most people just never saw it - it was probably on television at a time when most people weren't watching that channel. sad.

I think that with YouTube, this interview, which is still relevant - except with MORE convincing evidence AGAINST circumcision - can help parents realize the truth.

[Ashybasha]

1980. Eight years before I was surgically raped! All circumcisions are disfigurements!

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot The movement for genital integrity rights for all children will continue to grow. History is on the side of those who promote human rights, not restrict them.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@Bonobo3D lol wow so now you're like anti-slavery people.... Good luck with your "movement" I'll be on the side of rational people, and I won't need to twist words to speak my position.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot Well those "anti-circumcision people" are growing in number just as the people who stood up against slavery did just as the people who spoke up for gender equality did, gay rights etc. None of these efforts have been easy, those who think they are fine with the status quo fought chance, etc. Circumcision has left a bloody wake of misery, children dead, penises completely ablated, so much skin taken full erection not possible, etc. Education is ending forced cutting of children.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@Bonobo3D They aren't insane. I'd take it to the ballots to leave it up to the parents. The whole thing is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Personally, I would let the kid decide later on since it isn't necessary, but I don't hold a grudge against my parents or cry "rape" because I got circumcised. It hasn't hurt me and I'm happy with my body. And frankly I don't give a damn that a bunch of anti-circumcision people think I shouldn't be.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot Stitching the vagina up is the most extreme form of FGM. FGM is practiced with varying degrees of severity from that which is far less invasive than male circumcision a pin prick to the clitoral hood.

But the bottom line is all children require protection from insane people who claim "health benefits" from removing part of their genitals.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@Bonobo3D So foreskin removed, losing one area of sensitivity and gaining health benefits = removing all centers of sexual pleasure and stitching the vagina shut with a small gap for urination and menstruation?

I have done research. You need to learn to talk to people properly, even if you disagree.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot The study found that the area removed by circumcision contained the five most sensitive areas of the penis.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot It is exactly the same thing that happens to girls. They are held down at cut in the genitals against their will. The severity varies from that which is less invasive than male circumcision to that which is worse.

Do your research before taking about something of which you know nothing.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot I never said some of those things you've quotes. I cannot control the anger of other people about this.

Surgical rape is an accurate term for taking part of someone sexual organs away when they were most vulnerable and helpless. After circumcision one does not have a whole penis, one is missing the most erogenous, moving and protective past.

Circumcision forces an unnatural condition on the penis. Simple fact.

[Bonobo3D]

@TheTerrorUforgot Yes people who have lost part of their genitals to the barbarity of forced genital cutting in childhood usually do still feel sensation to varying degrees depending on the amount that was taken.

You're still trumpeting that "penile cancer" bullshit though. Even the American Cancer Society has stated publicly that circumcision is not a good preventive measure for penile cancer.

Washing the genitals is easy and fun. Cutting part of a child's penis off is ignorant.