Circumcision: Mums Don’t Take Your Infant Sons to Town
Circumcision is sexual mutilation practiced extensively by Muslims and Jews. They claim that circumcision has many benefits. None have been demonstrated. Circumcision exposes young, living, sensitive, male infants to surgical trauma and unnecessary pain. These are both costly and harmful. This ritual and religions practice needs to end. We do not have the right to mutilate our next generation in the name of religion or culture, particularly because research shows that it is harmful to the child.
Circumcision is defined as the excision of the foreskin of the glans penis. It is both a religious ritual and a cultural practice which has many followers in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Muslim parts of Asia. It is practiced extensively by Muslims and Jews alike. Believers of the ritual state that there are many advantages of circumcision. Current research shows that circumcision does not have any advantage. The World Health Organization, a branch of the United Nations, has published information which recommends that the practice of routine circumcision be discontinued. This article too argues against circumcision, particularly infant circumcision.
Male infant circumcision has been made an acceptable practice by convincing the “ill informed” that there is a flap of skin, called the foreskin, at the end of the penis which is not needed or necessary. This is a myth and it is factually incorrect. The foreskin is a functional part of the penis. It is alive, has living tissue, has a blood supply, and has a rich supply of sensitive nerves. The foreskin has twelve essential functions. These vital functions are lost when a child or an adult is circumcised.
An infant’s penis (male organ) is not well developed. Therefore cutting even a little extra removes growing tissues which will have consequences when the infant grow up. Excision of the frenulum will result in the infant never being able to experience a true sexual orgasm. When circumcision is done under a general anesthetic then it carries all the postoperative risks of surgery.
As a human being, I am opposed to circumcision because it is done on children. Circumcision is a form of genital mutilation whether we like it or not. When these children grow up they find that a vital part of them is missing. They never know what it would have felt like to have that part of them. At best, we as a society should consider letting children grow up and then let them choose. Also by then the penis has grown and the person can choose which parts he want to keep and which parts he wants to get rid off. There are many other articles on circumcision.
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Maryann McDonald | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
Shergill,
Your article is right. I have a set of twins. They are grown up but are seeing psychiatrists for their circumcision problems. I am sorry about this but my husband and I did not give them a chance to decide.
The surgeon cut off all the sensitive tissues. They are left with erectile non-sensitive male organs. Children should not be circumcised.
Rask Balavoine | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
God article Shergill. I’ve never heard a single convincing arguement for infant circumcision. Let’s leave well alone – needless surgical intervention is a nonsense, glad my parents never went down that path.
Shergill | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
Good Day Rask Balavoine,
Thank You for reading and commenting on my article. Did you read John’s outburst of raw anger? If not please take the time to read it. It is in this section, just above my comments. He believes that just because a publication by Wiley publications talks of advantages then it is good to have a circumcision. He chose to ignore the World Health Organization.
Now he has chosen not to respond to my response to his comments.
Thank You once again.
Rana Sinha | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Is there any study of adults in different cultures reporting changes in sexual enjoyment due to sensitivity loss, incidents of infection risks etc in males who were circumcised as adults?
I know only about this survey
http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/fink1/
Most of the religious strictures are usually contextual. It is curious that people are willing to change some of these, while others are followed blindly even if the circumstances have changed drastically.
Shergill, your writing must’ve touched an intact nerve ending, so you get flames. I guess, that as an educator you’re used to it. Goes with the job!
Jason Rose | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
Okay Shergill, please answer me this
I am an uncircumsised male suffering from thrush that will not go away. The doctor said I should consider circumsision. Most of the articles I have read go against what you are saying- saying that it increases sexual sensitivity from both partners- that it generally helps prevent diseases. What am I to do? Now I read all this anf hear that some people are saying it decreases the size of the penis. But I have had this thrush infection for over 8 months. What should I do?
Mercury In Retro | Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
Jason Rose.
Go on an anti-candida diet. You don’t need to get a perfectly functional part of your body cut off, you need to take sugar and acid-forming foods out of your diet.
Alex | Oct 10, 2010 | Reply
Their kids their choice, dont tell people how to live or what to do. Its because of people like you that i think that America is Selling out its Freedom. thanks a lot ass hole. Hell as long as the kids don’t die who cares? like i said Their Kids Their choice. instead of adding your two cents on peoples rituals, why don’t you help people realize that slavery is still an issue that is going on today.
Raj | Mar 19, 2011 | Reply
Good article and so true. Under Alex\\\’s theory it is ok to beat a child, break their legs etc as it\\\’s the parent\\\’s child. It is people like that, that give american\\\’s a bad name.
What happened to the Freedom of choice that American citizen\\\’s are entitled to, instead they are mutilated at birth and are scarred by a religious act without choice. If the religion is so wonderful the child will choose to circumcise themselves when adults. Why are ass holes like Alex so scared of allowing people to have the freedom of choice over their own body rather than others forcing a mutilation at birth, it seems bizarrre. A parent should have the autonomy over a child, but not to the extent where the body is mutilated beyond natural repair when they are an adult. If a person is willing to mutilate their own child just think what they are prepared to do to someone they don\\\’t even know. It\\\’s a sick act and needs to be banned, we don\\\’t live in the medievel times any more.
Guy | Mar 28, 2011 | Reply
it seems like circumcision is more of a cosmetic procedure nowadays. not sure how you guys feel about it, but i’m glad i’m circumcised (a) no risk of infection and (b) it looks better IMO (of course it is MY dick so of course i think it looks better lol). ive heard of so many cases (from friends and forums) of guys feeling estranged, at least in american culture, from not being circumcised. i’m not sure how it came to this point, but it seems that most chicks expect circumcised dicks. a lot of girls that i’ve talked to about the issue have said that they prefer circumcised penises to un-circumcised for cosmetic reasons (don’t like the anteater look). not that having an uncircumcised penis is something to be ashamed of, i’m just providing the opposite side of the argument.
i’m also not entirely sure where you found your information regarding the health benefits though. i’ve always heard that circumcision prevents infection and other unwanted medical conditions from occurring.
as far as the mutilation part goes, i guess there might be some sort of subconscious trauma that i suffered and am not aware of, but who knows. i dont remember anything before 3rd grade that well at all, so i cant imagine that i’m subconsciously storing a minor traumatic incident from when i was first born lol. the entire birthing process is a traumatic experience if that is the case. being squeezed out of a tiny crevice (sometimes with clamps and vacuums) into a loud room full of strange people and devices, sounds pretty traumatic to me lol.
if youre trying to say that circumcision is a mutilating and emotionally scarring experience, then you are wrong at least in my case. i’m not emotionally scarred from having my foreskin snipped off and i’m certainly not de-sensitized in the area. as for the mutilation, i’ve never heard of mutilation making something better looking or more attractive
so id have to say that is false as well.
duckletshut | May 29, 2011 | Reply
i didnt get my two sons circumsized — i didnt know much at all about it but it seemed unnecessary and the hospital didnt really give me any input either way so i didnt
Mauka | Apr 28, 2012 | Reply
Some people people think the whole world is just like America.