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Intactivism: Week in Review December 11, 2010

by Tally on December 11, 2010

John Harvey Kellog and corn flakes and masturbation prevention by circumcisionParents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

The featured page this week an undated article published in the Brooklyn magazine Stay Free!:

Stay Free!: Porn Flakes: Kellogg, Graham and the Crusade for Moral Fiber
A Brooklyn magazine article describing how sexual repression was promoted by J.H. Kellogg and Sylvester Graham in the late 19th Century. Their legacy lives with us as most adult men in the United States are circumcised, along with some women who had clitorectomies.
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Intactivism: Week in Review December 4, 2010

by Tally on December 4, 2010

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

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what the muck!: Sex and the Circumcised
This post from 2008 is by a woman who says the secret to pleasing a woman is a foreskin, either natural or restored. She describes why sex is more pleasurable when there is a foreskin involved. She also describes how foreskin restoration helps. This s one woman who enjoys an intact man and thinks it is terrible that men are deprived of erogenous tissue by infant circumcision.
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Intactivism: Week in Review November 27, 2010

by Tally on November 28, 2010

I did not consent to male genital mutilation - infant circumcisionParents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

The proposed ballot to ban infant circumcision in San Francisco is still in the news. See the San Francisco MGM Bill website for basic information on the proposed ballot. Many religious activists are speaking out about the proposed ban on infant circumcision.
 

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Peachy Keen Birth Services: A Public Apology to My Circumcised Son
A mother apologizes for having her son be circumcised shortly after birth. She now realizes that there is no medical reason to circumcise. She left her second son intact because she knew better the second time around. Read more . . .

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Intactivism: Week in Review November 20, 2010

by Tally on November 20, 2010

Infant circumcision violates human rights of the baby boy who has part of his sex organ cut offParents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

The San Francisco, California, proposed ballot to ban male infant circumcision continues as a hot item in the news this week. I applaud and support Lloyd Schofield in his effort to promote bodily autonomy and genital integrity for children.The San Francisco MGM Bill website provides some basic information on the proposed ballot. Not everyone is in favor of banning male infant circumcision. In addition to the cut men who are in denial, Bay Area Jews are up in arms over the potential ballot initiative. Read about it here, here, and here.
 

Sunday, November 14, 2010

mario piperni: Outlawing Male Circumcision
In a perfect world, perfect parents make perfect decisions. But, in this imperfect world of ours, imperfect parents sometimes require a little forceful guidance, such as a law telling them not to cut off part of their child's sex organ. Read more . . .

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Intactivism: Week in Review November 13, 2010

by Tally on November 13, 2010

The Measure of His Grief by Lisa Braver Moss Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

The big news this week is the publication of the intactivist book The Measure of his Grief by Lisa Braver Moss and the proposal to ban male genital cutting in San Francisco. Links below.
 

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Male Circumcision and HIV: AAP 2010 Annual Conference Report and an Epilogue on the Future of MC_HIV
David describes the various types of pediatricians that circumcise baby boys. He also posts that he is retiring from the blog. He will be missed.
 

Monday, November 8, 2010

Berkeley Side: Berkeley native tackles circumcision in novel
An interview of the author of the book The Measure of His Grief. The book is about a Jewish doctor in contemporary Berkeley who wages a campaign against circumcision--and finds himself feeling more deeply Jewish in Jewish life in the process. The author seems to get it about circumcision. She discusses intactivism and foreskin restoration. I have not read the book, yet. I hope it is as good as it sounds.
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Intactivism: Week in Review November 6, 2010

by Tally on November 6, 2010

NoCirc.org: Genital Autonomy 'International Child' symbol See GenitalAutonomy.orgParents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

This has been a quiet week. Little has been written about intactivism and circumcision. If it only were because so few infant circumcisions were performed. I can dream.
 

Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Examiner: From Elvis to James Dean: Whole Network shares list of famous intact men
The infant circumcision rate is dropping in the United States. This article lists many famous men who are intact. They were spared the harm of infant circumcision and grew up to be well known. Read more . . .

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Intactivism: Week in Review October 30, 2010

by Tally on October 30, 2010

Born perfect. No snipping necessary. Circumcision not needed.Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

Parents Against Circumcision Today (PACT):
I just discovered this website. I do not know how long it has been up, but it has not been long. PACT has a No-Circumcision Pledge that parents can make to show their support for intact babies. The pledge symbolozes a cultural commitment to support genital integrity. The pledge puts the world on notice that not everyone circumcises.
 

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Forever the Queerest Kids: Circumcision and HIV- Is the Old Way Providing New Solutions?
The author asks about circumcision and HIV risks. My circumcision status has no bearing on the HIV issue. I practice safe sex. Because you need to wear a condom regardless of circumcision status, I would prefer to be intact and have my whole sex organ. Alas, I was circumcised at birth.
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Intactivism: Week in Review October 23, 2010

by Tally on October 23, 2010

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Salem-News: Circumcision is a Real Killer in America
Salem-News.com is one of the few news agencies that ever writes about the dark side of the unnatural mutilation process known as infant circumcision. Non-circumcised males exist in a natural state. One third of the tissue that contains the nerves for sexual pleasure, is whacked off by a doctor's knife at birth in a circumcision. Infant circumcision is a painful, terribly cutting off process. That people allow this to happen to their newborn children is tragic. The medical community, on the other hand, profits from the mutilation of a baby's penis. That borders on criminal. Read more . . .

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Intactivism: Week in Review October 16, 2010

by Tally on October 16, 2010

Infant circumcision is not healthy for children and other living thingsSay no to circumcision - support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Male Circumcision and HIV: FOLSOM STREET FAIR: An Intactivism Update
Intactivism outreach activities at Folsom Street Fair this year went well. Once again, the Intactivist presence was sponsored by Attorneys for the Rights of the Child and organized by the MC&HIV blog.
 

Monday, October 11, 2010

Elephant: Cut or uncut?
A Jewish man questions his Brit Milah or ritual infant circumcision. He admits having low penile sensitivity and believes it is the result of his glans rubbing against his clothes. Read more . . .

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Another baby dies shortly after his circumcision

by Tally on October 9, 2010

RIP my foreskin, removed from my body too soon. RIP all babies harmed from circumcision.Parents, protect your babies. Infant circumcision is unnecessary cosmetic surgery.

A firestorm erupted this week. The infant son of a blogger mother died shortly after his circumcision. Baby Joshua was born with congenital heart defect (CHD). Despite multiple surgeries and being medically fragile, the mother opted for circumcision after the doctors said that the circumcision was safe to perform, even considering the babies condition. Unfortunately, the circumcision was botched when a blood vessel was cut. The circumcision wound started bleeding. At one point the doctor applied pressure to the circumcision wound for 2-1/2 hours to control the bleeding. A urologist was called to correct the botched circumcision.[1] By the next morning, the baby was dead. The doctors said the cause of death was heart failure. Yeah, right. More likely, the trauma of the circumcision and the loss of blood from the circumcision affected the infants ability to cope with his CHD. Read more . . .

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