Comments on: “Intactivist” Group Lobbies CDC Against Circumcision

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:29:03 +0000

As a result of being circumcised at birth, I had a myth about uncircumcision since
I was 6 years old. Ten years ago, I got on one of those NOCIRC websites and saw a
list of the features lost due to circumcision. I had thought they left out something
on that list, so I e-mailed them to inform them they had forgotten something.
I told them they had neglected to mention the bulge like feature located toward
the rear (base) of the penis. Someone with the group replied that they didn’t know
what I was refering to. I explained to them again, this time in more detail. Later,
someone replied to me,” I’ve never been circumcised, and I still have no idea what
you are talking about.” Then He asked,” How do you know what all is normally
there if being circumcised is all you’ve known?” I e-mailed back,” I’ve seen it on
male dogs since I was a kid… You know?…It’s that bulge a couple of inches behind
the head that swells into a knot during an errection so a man can lock into his
woman. Your group left that one off of the list.” Needless to say, the folks had to
take some “time out” to explain to me that is not a part of human anatomy, and
never was. They told me,” You may have not had a way of knowing it untill now,
but that feature is found only on K-9 animals.” I was 47 years old at the time of
this conversation. When I was a kid, I never asked my mother about that because
my dad had a strict rule against talking about sex related matters. I had assumed
that if a male human baby is circumcised, that bulge will not develope. All the boys
I went to school with were circumcised and some of them also thought that bulge
should have been there. Some even thought we male humans have that bone in
the penis that carnivore animals have. Biologists and zoologists call that a baculum.
Another train of thought that had me convinced of the bulge myth was when I heard
of stories of men getting caught cheating with another man’s wife. Some men will
imeadiatly spring out of an open window and run away. And some men caught in
the act will still lay with the woman and try to explain things to the angry husband.
I had thought those were the uncircumcised men who were still locked into the
other man’s wife and can not pull free to run away.
What the nocirc group explained to me came with mixed emotion. I was relieved to
know that was not another thing I lost to circumcision. But after so many years of
thinking what I thought, I am to this day really dissapointed that we human men
and boys do not have that knot like bulge that male dogs, wolves, foxes and
cyotes all have.

By: A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision

A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:11:40 +0000

Intact America
http://www.intactamerica.org

Catholics Against Circumcision
http://www.catholicsagainstcircumcision.org/

International Coalition for Genital Integrity
http://www.icgi.org/

Jews Against Circumcision
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/

Not Just Skin
http://www.notjustskin.org/

By: A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision

A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:13:13 +0000

To the Mohel Who Cut Me by Shea Levy
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/06/to-mohel-who-cut-me.html

On Circumcision, Authority and the Perpetuation of Abuse by Jonathan Friedman
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/06/on-circumcision-authority-and.html

By: A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision

A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:37:51 +0000

Many, many Jews are questioning circumcision from many perspectives including religious, ethical, and spiritual as well as men, women, feminists, and parents. A variety of Jewish and Israeli groups are working to abolish circumcision also.

Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision – A Movie by Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
http://www.cutthefilm.com

How “Cut” Saved My Son’s Foreskin: A Movie Review By Diane Targovnik
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/05/how-cut-saved-my-sons-foreskin-movie.html

Jewish Circumcision Critics Integral in National Circumcision Debate
http://intactnews.org/node/84/1309957856/jewish-circumcision-critics-integral-national-circumcision-debate

Jewish Circumcision: An Alternative Perspective by Jenny Goodman, MD.
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/

On Alternative Rituals by Ronald Goldman, Ph.D.
http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/ritual.htm

By: A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision

A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:33:49 +0000

Many, many Jews are questioning circumcision from many perspectives including religious, ethical, and spiritual as well as men, women, and parents. A variety of Jewish and Israeli groups are working to abolish circumcision also.

Jews Against Circumcision
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org

Beyond the Bris: A Jewish Intactivist Parenting Blog
http://www.beyondthebris.com

Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective by Ronald Goldman, PhD.
http://www.jewishcircumcision.org

Kahal: Giving Up Brit Milah (in Hebrew and English)
http://www.kahal.org

Intact Son: The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation
http://www.britmila.org.il

By: A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision

A Jewish Male Opposing Circumcision — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:49:08 +0000

The Jewish movement to interpret our covenant symbolically is increasing all over the world, both in Israel and America.

Challenging the Circumcision Myth by Jan Jaben-Eilon, Jerusalem Post, 4/10/11 (PDF)
http://lisabravermoss.com/uploads/Challenging_the_Circumcision_Myth.pdf

Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision – A Movie by Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
http://www.cutthefilm.com

Brit B’lee Milah (Covenant Without Cutting) Ceremony
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php

Being rational about circumcision and Jewish observance by Moshe Rothenberg, MSW
http://www.noharmm.org/rationaljew.htm

By: Male Circumcision and HIV | The African Database

Male Circumcision and HIV | The African Database — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:54:36 +0000

[...] Male Circumcision and HIV August 4, 2009By afdbIt would appear that circumcised men have a lower rate of HIV infection than uncircumcised. Some people seem to think that this is because these men are religious and abstain from sex more than their uncircumcised counterparts. Source [...]

By: norm

norm — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:29:17 +0000

c king goes on and on in the typical way of a circumcision supporter and quotes the usual old tired and not very accurate surveys we have all read about but misses the point that the highest number of hiv suffers in the west are in the u.s. where doubtless they were almost all circumcised already proving it does’nt really help significantly. one has also to point out that given his discription of the sex life of an ethnic african any protection if there is any will only be short lived and may just allow its owner a few more years worth of dirty cheating sex until the odds become stacked so high he succumbs to hiv anyway so all circumcision will do is prolong his activities spreading hiv for a bit longer .why the u.s. is so deeply involved in this is dubious in itself and smacks of secret agendas , without a doubt the routine circumcision of babies is unethical and unnecessary and physically damaging and i worry about the mentality of adults who dwell on this subject constantly .

By: CDC Considers “Universal Circumcision” to Fight HIV Cases : Eco Child’s Play

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:15:55 +0000

[...] of the groups lobbying against such a blanket recommendation is Intact America, a newly-formed group in the U.S. with the aim of lowering the circumcision [...]

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:10:43 +0000

I had an uncle who went through circumcision as an adult and he was in pain. I don’t know the reason why he did that but it was something he wanted done. I have heard other married women speak of their husbands who were not circumcised and wished that they were. It is a personal choice of the parents and maybe even an economical one. I believe it is a painful experience and we have yet to learn what the repercussions are. Child labor and delivery is a difficult thing and painful too but I don’t feel that pain today but I know my body is changed from that experience. I think having children in your twenties is the best time as a woman’s body usually can bounce back into shape but for some men to say they feel a lot more than a circumcised man makes me wonder, how do they know that?? My uncle never made such a statement (I doubt that he would have said that to anyone other than his own wife though) but who knows for sure if it is true?