This week is Genital Integrity Awareness Week. Every year, the Stop Infant Circumcision Society sponsors a Demonstration / March Against Infant Circumcision at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Many intactivists demonstrate in Washington, DC, and other places. We wish to inform others of the harm of infant circumcision and that baby boys have the right to grow up with all their parts.

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.
 

Monday, March 26, 2012

Huff Post Women: Circumcised or Uncircumcised: Does It Matter in Sex?
A woman writes about her first encounter with an intact man. Until then, she had only been used to circumcised men. She liked it so much, she did more research. She recommends that women should have sex with an intact man at least once so that they can see what they have been missing. The author even linked to another post with tips on giving an uncircumcised man oral sex. This is yet one more example of how women love foreskin.

ERIC: End Routine Infant Circumcision: 2012 Genital Integrity Awareness Week
A report on the first day of Genital Integrity Awareness Week in Washington, DC. Peaceful demonstrations and marches are planned in Washington DC and other places. The objective is to raise awareness of the harm of infant circumcision.

Joseph4GI: Random Thought: Is Circumcision Human Ikebana?
Joseph draws an analogy between passages of a book about the Japanese Tea Ceremony and male infant circumcision. The imagery is striking in its similarity.
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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.

Mainstream media has picked up on the study that reported a correlation between circumcision and prostate cancer. One doctor, a surgeon, has publicly stated that the media reporting is overhyped and the study does not support the many headlines.
 

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Child Up: Should You Circumcise your Child?
A pragmatic look at male infant circumcision. The conclusion is that there is no medical reason to support cutting of part of a baby boy's sex organ.

Enlightened Male2000: Four Reasons Why Baby Boys Should Keep Their Foreskin
Four very good reasons baby boys should not be circumcised. The list is accompanied with NSFW pictures of adult foreskins.

Body + Soul: The circumcision debate
An article weighing the pros and cons to male infant circumcision in Australia. The general slant is that male infant circumcision serves no purpose in modern societies. Pro-circumcisionist Brian Morris did not like the article, based on his comment to the post. What is this fascination with cutting the sex organs of baby boys that some men have?
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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, February 26, 2012

Zimbabwe News Day: More questions on male circumcision and HIV prevention
An insightful article questioning the male circumcision campaign being waged in Africa. After considering all the evidence, the author concludes that local research is needed. He is particularly concerned with the research showing that the HIV rate increased about 61% for women when they had a circumcised partner. But no one is considering the adverse impact of male circumcision on women. He also points out that several African nations have higher HIV rates for circumcised men than for intact men.

All Voices: Circumcision, PrEP and Vaginal Gel: HIV Prevention Show-Stoppers?
HIV in Kenya: Circumcision, PrEP and Vaginal Gel: HIV Prevention Show-Stoppers?
Absolute and relative risk reduction is discussed with respect to advocates of various HIV related treatments. Before anyone accepts circumcision or other treatments as a way to stop HIV, they should consider all the numbers. The low absolute risk reduction numbers tell a different story than the circumcision advocates want people to hear.

Intact America intactivist blog: Talking Points for Intactivists – Part Two
Part two in a series that provides information that activists can use to educate others about the harms of male infant circumcision.

Edward Virtually: On HIV Prevention as New Justification for Male Infant Circumcision
Some straight-forward thoughts about the several trials promoting the male circumcision campaign in Africa.
 

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Saving Our Sons: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Welcome Healthy, Whole Baby Boy
In 2006 Ben Affleck appeared on The Daily Show, where Jon Stewart showed a fake headline about Ben Affleck's stance on circumcision. Chances are, Affleck's recently born son is intact.

EmpowHER: Male Reproductive Disorder: Balanoposthitis
Balanitis is inflammation of the glans (head) of the penis. Posthitis is inflammation of the foreskin. And balanoposthitis a condition in which there is inflammation of both. Medscape.com says that topical antibiotics and antifungals or low-potency steroid creams can help treat balanoposthitis. Male circumcision is not as necessary as previously thought.

Moralogous: The problem with HIV as a justification for circumcision
The claims by advocates of the circumcision campaign in Africa do not hold up under scrutiny. The author puts forth several reasons why the claims are not sufficient to justify genital cutting of males. "The African circumcision and HIV studies are dangerous, immoral and futile, and only make sense if you see them in their historical context: yet another in a long string of diseases that circumcision was supposed to prevent.  We laugh when people joke that masturbation causes blindness, but 150 years ago, doctors really did think that was true, and so promoted circumcision as a way to prevent masturbation which would lead to blindness, epilepsy, and so on.  Today’s focus on HIV is no different."
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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, February 12, 2012

an unschooling adventure: Circumcision: How Much Do You Know About It?
An attachment parent blog post seeking to educate about male infant circumcision. The blogger covers the gamut from religion to supposed health benefits. She then describes how a circumcision is performed. It is a shocking and barbaric procedure. It is a shame so many still inflict this painful, unnecessary surgery on their infant boys.

Saving Our Sons: Medicaid Response Letter to Circumcision Coverage
Dr Momma peaceful parenting: Medicaid Response Letter to Circumcision Coverage
The US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing a new rule: Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs; Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests; Proposed Rule. Saving our Sons presents a comment to the proposed rule. The comment discusses the need for increased transparency and public awareness. Male infant circumcision is more prevalent in those states and hospitals that receive Medicaid funding for the elective surgery of infant circumcision.
 

Monday, February 13, 2012

Guggie Daly: Confessions of a Mom who Circumcised and Wants Answers
A mother deeply regrets her decision to have her healthy baby boy circumcised. She now realizes that she allowed part of her son's penis to be removed. She now questions why she let them do surgery on her son without doing any research on the issue.
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