Mom, why did you circumcise me? Part 4 of 4

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jl0qL_3dUg

This excellent personal documentary in English and Dutch with English subtitles, follows Dutch journalist/filmmaker Michael Schaap as he learns from interviewing his own mother, circumcisers, politicians, Jews, Muslims, a restored British man, and some American activists.

Watch and/or embed it in one piece here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7272603373993370309

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[Gumbee65]

Too bad more people don't educate themselves on the significance of this mutilation. We are damaging our children.

[james3d]

Indeed a recent study comparing penile sensitivity of circumcisied and intact men confirms that "circumcision removes the most sensitive parts of the penis."

[666DevilDeath666]

@903gamefreak I made my youtube channel when i was was 11 or 12 years old.. That reply reallllyyy dont bother me.. And yes i do care.. Why get rid of something you are born with? Its not right..

[PungiFungi]

If a circumcised man's penis is not being irritated by his underwear, then something is wrong. Why would you exposed a sensitve area of the body to constant stimuli? Any moron could figure that out. Then again, the human race is never known to show common sense.

[GabriellaEgypt]

Thank you for this video. Has definitely made me rethink this practice.

[andreo]

@LordReserei01 I don't know how any person and especially someone that could be a mother one day not look at a video of a circumcision and decide "yep, that's what I want for my little one". And when you throw in the fact that it's not needed AND nerves are being removed that are in the foreskin, it should be no brainer.

It looks better is not a reason to have this done. Unless she has some plan on having her adult son show it to her later in life.

[Mase58]

we all know the hygiene myth is complete bullshit.. and the idea that it looks better? well i'm sure my son would look A LOT better if he had his TONGUE SPLIT then PIERCED, eyebrows and ears as well. maybe some horns implanted into his forehead...

it just seems people want to be "cool" and will do just about anything blindly to do so! imagine if you saw someone with their baby all tatted up, pierced, and whatever else? and their reasoning behind their decision is:

"it looks better!" =D

[666DevilDeath666]

I am a girl yes but i do not speak for all women

I believe that circumcision is wrong.. The poor babys are screaming, what sicko would putt there child thro that??? But i also think it should not become illegal all together. I believe when the child hits 16 they should decide themselves if they want to be circumcised or not, it should not be up to the parents it should be up to the child. I feel so sorry for these little babys :( I hope when they grow up they cut off there dads foreskin REVENGE

[joshd321]

Thank you for not thinking I was being glib. I tried to imagine a real person standing before me and I asked myself whether I would say what I wrote to their face. If you've done everything you said you did and the stubbornness persists, I can (almost without doubt) guarantee you it is the result of very bad parenting she was subjected to during her upbringing. That's what I would look into. That also happens, in my opinion, to be the root of why this continues to be a taboo subject in society.

[LordReserei01]

I admire honesty and seek facts, so for your comment I thank you as it's something that has been on my mind of late although I'm still persistent in my efforts to make her see sense. =)

[joshd321]

@LordReserei01 You probably don't want to hear this, but that, my friend, is what is known as a deal-breaker.