r/Intactivists • u/Exciting_Wind2388 • 2h ago

what is the foreskin?

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r/Intactivists • u/adelie42 • 1h ago

This is precisely what John Kellog understood and sought to destroy.

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r/Intactivists • u/ElegantlyLethal_R0se • 23h ago

My younger cousin lost 2 pounds within 2 weeks after being born, and nearly died from blood loss from being mutilated.

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Non-consensual non-therapeutic circumcision is not ethical. The foreskin is not pathological, a deformity or a defect. It is a normal part of the human penis, and research has confirmed it is normally an important part of penile sensitivity. Individuals have a right to make their own decisions about genital modifications like nontherapeutic circumcision.

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The foreskin is not worthless or disposable. It is sensitive and functional.

As the most sensitive part of the penis, the foreskin provides a large part of penile sensitivity (Sorrells, 2007; Bronselaer, 2013; Meislahn & Taylor, 2004). The foreskin is not insensitive keratin like fingernails or hair like people in cutting cultures assume.

Infant circumcision videos demonstrate infant genital surgery is destructive and extremely painful.

The history of medicalized male and female circumcision makes a strong case against genital cutting.

CIRP.org: Foreskin anatomy & function

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other subreddits
r-foreskin_restoration (note: the top mod supports cutting)
r/CircumcisionGrief
r/IntactivistMemes
r/JewsAgainstMilah

medical organizations
that have issued statements questioning or opposing circumcision

Canadian Paediatric Society
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia [pdf]
Australian Pædiatric Association
Australian College of Pediatrics
Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
Australian College of Paediatrics
Royal Australasian College of Physicians [pdf]
Australian Medical Association
Paediatric Society of New Zealand
New Zealand Society of Paediatric Surgeons
Belgium Advisory Committee on Bioethics
British Medical Association
General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom
British Association of Paediatric Surgeons
President of the British Association of Paediatric Urologists
The Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) [pdf]
The Netherlands Society of General Practitioners
The Netherlands Society of Youth Healthcare Physicians
The Netherlands Association of Paediatric Surgeons
The Netherlands Association of Plastic Surgeons
The Netherlands Association for Paediatric Medicine
The Netherlands Urology Association
The Netherlands Surgeons’ Association
German Association of Pediatricians
German Association of Child and Youth Doctors
Nordic Association of Clinical Sexology [pdf] - joint statement issued on behalf of Finnish Association for Sexology, Norwegian Society for Clinical Sexology, Danish Association for Clinical Sexology, Swedish Association for Sexology, Icelandic Sexology Association and Estonian Academic Society for Sexology
Nordic Ombudsmen for Children and Pediatric Experts [pdf] (representing Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Greenland)
Finnish Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Sulamaa Society)
Finnish Medical Association
Norwegian Council of Medical Ethics [pdf]
Norwegian Children’s Ombudsman
Norwegian Medical Association
Norwegian Nurses Organization
Norwegian Nursing Association
University of Oslo
Swedish Pediatric Society
Swedish Children's Ombudsman
Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS)
Swedish Society of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet)
Swedish Paediatric Society (BLF)
Swedish Association of Pediatric Surgeons (SLF)
Danish Medical Association (Lægeforeningen)
Danish Society of Family Physicians (Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin)
Danish Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive-care Medicine (DASAIM) [pdf]
South African Medical Association
Icelandic Medical Association [pdf]

political organization

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly [statement later retracted under pressure from the circumcision lobby]

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