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r/Intactivists • u/ElegantlyLethal_R0se • 22h 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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r/Intactivists • u/adelie42 • 28m ago

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

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r/Intactivists • u/Exciting_Wind2388 • 1h ago

what is the foreskin?

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Intactivists: against forced genital cutting

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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

See r/intactivists/wiki
for more information

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]

For more information see r/intactivists/wiki

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