| Hot Topics | |
|---|---|
by Mike Oxlong » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:31 pm
BigInJapan wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Maybe he turned it into one of those lil change purses.
Speaking of change purses, an Aussie friend actually imported and tried to sell these a few years ago (I don't think he sold too many...).
by wagyl » Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:08 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Why the fuck would you keep the foreskin?
by Russell » Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:11 pm
wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Why the fuck would you keep the foreskin?
I suppose some people bronze their baby's first shoes, others preserve their baby's first body modification.
by matsuki » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:11 pm
Mike Oxlong wrote:BigInJapan wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Maybe he turned it into one of those lil change purses.
Speaking of change purses, an Aussie friend actually imported and tried to sell these a few years ago (I don't think he sold too many...).
You can get ones like that on Kokusai Dori in Naha, Okinawa.
by Grumpy Gramps » Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:39 am
RT wrote: A doctor is facing trial in Switzerland after severing a four-year-old's penis during a circumcision operation and ‘wasting time’ before sending him to hospital. The medico is accused of inflicting serious bodily harm through negligence.
The tragic incident occurred on July 2014, when the boy's parents took him to the doctor's office in Geneva.
The parents had confidence in the physician, who had at the time performed 700 circumcisions, according to Le Matin newspaper.
Once the procedure was underway, the boy's father, an Algerian refugee, began taking photos of the event, which many families believe to be a ritual worthy of celebration.
However, when the boy's father raised his hand to take a photo and his son turned towards him, the child moved his pelvis. This reportedly caused the doctor to sever the penis, which subsequently fell to the floor.
[...]
The surgeon responsible for the circumcision-turned-amputation continued practicing after the incident, and has since conducted an additional 1,800 circumcisions.
The court will give its verdict at a later date which has not yet been announced.
by Russell » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:10 am
Grumpy Gramps wrote:Doctor faces trial for cutting off 4yo boy's penis during circumcisionRT wrote: A doctor is facing trial in Switzerland after severing a four-year-old's penis during a circumcision operation and ‘wasting time’ before sending him to hospital. The medico is accused of inflicting serious bodily harm through negligence.
The tragic incident occurred on July 2014, when the boy's parents took him to the doctor's office in Geneva.
The parents had confidence in the physician, who had at the time performed 700 circumcisions, according to Le Matin newspaper.
Once the procedure was underway, the boy's father, an Algerian refugee, began taking photos of the event, which many families believe to be a ritual worthy of celebration.
However, when the boy's father raised his hand to take a photo and his son turned towards him, the child moved his pelvis. This reportedly caused the doctor to sever the penis, which subsequently fell to the floor.
[...]
The surgeon responsible for the circumcision-turned-amputation continued practicing after the incident, and has since conducted an additional 1,800 circumcisions.
The court will give its verdict at a later date which has not yet been announced.
So genital mutilation is not only bad for females then?
by Coligny » Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:30 pm
by Russell » Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:25 am
In one Sex and the City episode, Charlotte is so repelled by her lover’s foreskin, she likens it to a “shar-pei”, the analogy cementing Miranda’s resolve to circumcise her kids.
It’s written for entertainment value, but for Adam Zeldis, a 36-year-old software developer from New York, it’s no laughing matter.
Many men circumcised as babies “have an epiphany when the cultural blinders come off”, he tells the Guardian. “I was a vulnerable 16-year-old when I realised how much skin was removed and that my bodily autonomy was violated.”
Georganne Chapin, who runs Intact America, hears about foreskin degradation often. “Men call us saying their wives think it’s ‘disgusting and dirty’ not to circumcise their sons. It’s sad,” she says.
“Intactivists” (portmanteau of “intact” and “activist”) are raising their voices in increasing numbers about infant male circumcision – but are they being heard?
Not according to Zeldis. “I felt immense loss and grief that I’d never be given the chance to experience sex the way nature intended it. And nobody in society cared. It was terribly isolating.”
America is the western nation with the highest proportion of infant male circumcisions. Many do it for non-religious and non-therapeutic reasons. Due to different tracking measures and non-uniform reporting of newborn circumcisions, the prevalence is difficult to measure accurately. One American healthcare agency report in 2012 found that circumcisions had dropped from around 60% in 2000 to 54.5% in 2009.
Madison Zaliski, 26, gave birth to her son in Arkansas eight months ago. Despite not consenting, she was “asked multiple times a day” when he would be circumcised. “Most nurses thought it was a paperwork mistake,” she says.
The other notable western nations circumcising baby boys are Canada and Australia. The Canadian Paediatric Society uses the figure of 31.9%, based on research conducted in 2007. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians puts Australia and New Zealand’s figure at between 10% and 20%.
In the UK, the National Childbirth Trust estimates 8.5% of men are circumcised. The NHS stopped paying for it in the 1940s.
‘It creates trauma, pain and risk’
Why do it? The most common response is custom: because dad did. Zeldis says this is the “response people like my parents give when they don’t really know why”.
The non-religious history, at least in America, comes from the Victorian myth that masturbation was dangerous because the loss of semen would weaken a boy permanently, and threaten the moral order. It was thought that circumcision would somehow prevent masturbation. The 1960s sexual revolution debunked that.
[...]
Paediatrician Dr Paul Bauert says the Royal Australasian College of Physicians believes the frequency of diseases modifiable by circumcision (penile cancer, HIV, STIs, UTIs) and the complication rates don’t warrant routine infant circumcision in Australia and New Zealand. And, he says, “ethical and human rights concerns have been raised regarding elective infant male circumcision because it’s recognised that the foreskin has a functional role”.
That functional role includes a dispute over how many nerve endings the foreskin has to enhance sexual function and pleasure (estimates vary between 20,000 and 100,000, making it the most sensitive part of the penis and an erogenous zone). But Chapin says: “How many nerve endings would make it OK? The body is designed that way, for that sexual function.”
In addition to potential loss of sensitivity, there are stories of painful erections. A study of 5,552 people found that circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men.
In the Netflix documentary American Circumcision, for every medical professional who makes claims about the benefits of male circumcision, there are three who will dispute the risk-to-benefit ratio.
Intactivists and foreskin reclaimers are speaking up in higher numbers, but many will not.
Zeldis has a theory as to why: “The majority of circumcised men tell themselves it was good for them. The alternative to that denial involves admitting you were harmed and sexually maimed as a child in one of your most sensitive areas.
“Many men don’t want to psychologically deal with that. It’s overwhelming.”
More
by matsuki » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:12 pm
Intactivists and foreskin reclaimers are speaking up in higher numbers, but many will not.
Zeldis has a theory as to why: “The majority of circumcised men tell themselves it was good for them. The alternative to that denial involves admitting you were harmed and sexually maimed as a child in one of your most sensitive areas.
“Many men don’t want to psychologically deal with that. It’s overwhelming.”
by pragmatic » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:49 pm
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests
