This list is mostly an effort to consolidate old bookmarks and fix links I'd bookmarked that were broken. It'll be updated as I find new links, or have to fix broken links. Be aware that links to images or videos are probably NSFW, given that this is a discussion involving genitals.
My writing on the topic:
When you hear "Male circumcision isn't comparable to female circumcision"
Other Research:
Mythbusting
For Jewish Readers:
Jewish Intactivist Resources and Groups
On the Good for the goose, good for the gander front, many arguments used to support neonatal circumcision are the same arguments used to support female circumcision
*Note - many of these links I obtained either from this page (huge thanks to Reddit's thrway_1000) or by researching broken/outdated links on it. I've put them here to have them in a place that's easy to find. I will update this page as I run across new links.
**Thanks to Gaius Baltar for the link to the timeline of the medicalization of circumcision
† Thanks to reddit.com's iwasnotshadowbanned for the link on the prevalence of circumcision as a risk factor among Nigerian men.
†† Thanks to reddit.com's adreamtomeat for the first link to Brian D Earp's writing
††† Thanks to Nathan Phillips for the second link to Brian D Earp's writing
†††† Thanks to Black Knight Fool for the link to the video The Penis - Sex education 101
♦ Thanks to Imperfect God Mode for the link to the video The Elephant in the Hospital.
♦ ♦ Thanks to Brian D. Earp (retweeted by @SlyNine1 and @IntactByDefault on twitter) for the link to the article "Circumcised men at twice the risk for cancer-causing HPV, study shows"
° Thanks to @KelbPanthera on twitter for pointing this one out.
♦ ♦ ♦ Thanks to Brian D. Earp for tweeting the link.
¤ Thanks to @Mephitus_Skunk on twitter for the link
○○ Thanks to @VioletVampire2 on twitter for the link
My writing on the topic:
- No Justification for routine neonatal circumcision, part 1, fallacious medical arguments
- No Justification for routine neonatal circumcision, part 2, unmerited social support
The first article includes a lot of links to information supporting the assertions I've made. - Those links are also included among the links below on this page.
Videos:
Circumcision as a prophylactic against STIs and cancer
- Doctor Discusses Circumcision Controversy
- The Prepuce Anatomy and Physiology of the Foreskin
Video I originally had linked here was removed from youtube, but this one is excellent. - Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital ♦
- Whose body, whose rights
- Difference Between: Male & Female Circumcision
- Discussion after screening of the movie "Cut."
- Related to Cut, the Film: Debate with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Eli Ungar-Sargon offers facts and logic; Rabbi Shmuley preaches, ridicules, and mocks, even after hearing evidence. - Brian D Earp, scientist and ethicist; discusses why there's no moral difference between male and female circumcision. ††
- More from Brian D Earp on comparing male circumcision to female circumcision †††
- Brian D. Earp; Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework
- The Penis - Sex education 101 ††††
- Water Bear Brigade: Circumcision, male and female
- tl;dr - Oxford doesn't understand Genital Mutilation °
- Ronald Goldman testifies on circumcision trauma... ○○
- doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision HIV Statement
- Medical Association Position Statements
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision - Publications
- Medical Organizations Statements on Circumcision
- How the circumcision solution in Africa will increase HIV infections
- Commentary 3/4 down the page is great - counters the "cancer prevention" argument.
Circumcision as a prophylactic against STIs and cancer
- NORM COHEN: Circumcision AIDS Fraud
- U.S. Navy Finds That Circumcision Does Not Prevent HIV or STIs
- Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth
- Circumcised men at twice the risk for cancer-causing HPV, study shows ♦ ♦
- Circumcision and Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Circumstitions.com: Circumcision and the HIV prevention myth
- Circumcision in HIV-infected men and its effect on HIV transmission to female partners in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised controlled trial
- PrePex in Rwanda: Male Circumcision Associated with Higher HIV Transmission and Higher Profits
- Sub-Saharan and African randomized clinical trials into male circumcision and HIV transmission: Methodological, ethical, and legal concerns
- STD prevalence over time: Europe vs U.S.
- American Cancer Society: Penile cancer and circumcision
- Circumcision the most common risk factor for hepatitis B & C infection in men in Nigeria †
- Phimosis: Is circumcision necessary?
Damage
- Penile Vascular Tissue Removal Reduces Organ Capacity for Erection
- Leaked Audio Shows Doctors’ Association LYING About Effects Of Circumcision On The Penis
- Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark
- Adult Circumcision Outcomes Study: Effect on Erectile Function, Penile Sensitivity, Sexual Activity and Satisfaction
- Alexithymia and Circumcision Trauma: A Preliminary Investigation
- Circumcisionharm.org
- Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark
Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfillment. - Estimated U.S. Incidence of Neonatal Circumcision Complications (physical only) Affecting Males Born between 1940 and 1990
- 100+ circumcision deaths each year in United States
- Access to the 100 deaths study cited above
- Another place to access the 100 deaths study
- Toddler's tragic death after circumcision
- Baby dies in circumcision
- A Gallery of Botched Circumcisions[NSFW]
- Male Circumcision: Pain, Trauma and Psychosexual Sequelae
- Study Links Circumcision to Alexithymia part 1 - article
- Study links Circumcision to Alexithymia, part 2 - the study
- Why Not Circumcise Your Boy? Risk for Autism
- Ritual Circumcision And Risk Of Autism Spectrum
- The consequences of pain in early life: injury-induced plasticity in developing pain pathways
- Adversarial childhood events are associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): an ecological study ♦ ♦ ♦
When you hear "Male circumcision isn't comparable to female circumcision"
Other Research:
Follow the money:
- Circumcision: Who Profits?
- Wrinkle Treatment Uses Babies' Foreskins
- Interest in circumcision more than foreskin deep
- Sale of Neonatal Dermal Fibroblasts is quite lucrative.
- Hair Loss Treatment Uses Baby Foreskins
- Human Foreskins are Big Business for Cosmetics
- The Foreskin Mafia
- American Bias (1) (2)
- Circumfetish
- NoCirc.com Articles on Circumcision
For Jewish Readers:
- How “Cut” Saved My Son’s Foreskin: A Movie Review By Diane Targovnik
- Cut, the film Q & A
- Jewish Circumcision Critics Integral in National Circumcision Debate
- Jewish Circumcision: An Alternative Perspective by Jenny Goodman, MD.
- On Alternative Rituals by Ronald Goldman, Ph.D.
- Jewish Intactivism: Circumcision Resources
- Jewish Intactivism Part II
- Jewish Intactivism Part III, More Jewish Parents Are Skipping Circumcision, Keeping New Sons Intact
- Jewish Voices: The Current Judaic Movement to End Circumcision: Part 1
- Jewish Voices: The Current Judaic Movement to End Circumcision: Part 2
- Jewish Voices: The Current Judaic Movement to End Circumcision: Part 3
- Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
- Jews Against Circumcision
- Beyond the Bris
- Brit Shalom
- What is a Jewish Bris Shalom (Covenant Without Cutting)? A 'Bloodless Bris' is Becoming Popular Among American Jews
How Judaic is circumcision? An Israeli Hebrew scholar on Biblical intactivism. - 100+ Rabbis and Celebrants who lead intact covenant ceremonies worldwide.
- Song for a Brit Shalom.
- Bris B'lee Milah Ceremony
- A Bris Shalom Ceremony
- Rabbis on a Brit Shalom / Covenant without Circumcision
- Humanistic Jewish Movement is Increasingly Intactivist
- Jewish Ethical Advancement, the Foreskin, and Human Rights | Part 1.
- Jewish Ethical Advancement, the Foreskin, and Human Rights | Part 2.
- Jewish Ethical Advancement, the Foreskin, and Human Rights | Part 3.
- Cut: A Movie by a Jewish Intactivist.
- Questioning Circumcision. A Jewish Perspective By Ron Goldman, Ph.D.
- Beyond the Bris Weblog by Rebecca Wald.
- Jews Against Circumcision (Bay Area)
- Jewish Family in Vancouver Canada Opts for a Brit Shalom
- A Jewish Father's Brit Shalom Journey
- Laura Stanley: A Jewish Woman and Midwife Denounces Circumcision
- Tikkun: Michael Kimmel: The Kindest Un-Cut: Feminism, Judaism, and My Son's Foreskin
- Circumcision Questions (Letter from an Intact Jew). | Published in the Northern California Jewish Bulletin.
- Jewish Daily Forward: Outlawing Circumcision: Good for the Jews? By Eli Ungar-Sargon. Published in the Jewish Daily Forward.
- Dear Elijah: A Conservative Jewish Father's Letter to His Intact Son | Published on Peaceful Parenting.
- Stacey Greenberg: My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin
- How Male Circumcision Harms Women
- Why feminists should be anti-circumcision
- Similarities in Attitudes and Misconceptions toward Infant Male Circumcision in North America and Ritual Female Genital Mutilation in Africa
On the Good for the goose, good for the gander front, many arguments used to support neonatal circumcision are the same arguments used to support female circumcision
- Page full of links on female circumcision ¤
- Female circumcision does not reduce sexual activity
- The Association between Female Genital Mutilation ( FGM ) and the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Kenyan Girls and Women (15-49 Years)
- Yes to female circumcision?
- Medical benefits of female circumcision
- INDONESIA: Health official claims 'female circumcision is not genital mutilation'
- Two studies have reported that FGC is associated with decreased risk of HIV.
*Note - many of these links I obtained either from this page (huge thanks to Reddit's thrway_1000) or by researching broken/outdated links on it. I've put them here to have them in a place that's easy to find. I will update this page as I run across new links.
**Thanks to Gaius Baltar for the link to the timeline of the medicalization of circumcision
† Thanks to reddit.com's iwasnotshadowbanned for the link on the prevalence of circumcision as a risk factor among Nigerian men.
†† Thanks to reddit.com's adreamtomeat for the first link to Brian D Earp's writing
††† Thanks to Nathan Phillips for the second link to Brian D Earp's writing
†††† Thanks to Black Knight Fool for the link to the video The Penis - Sex education 101
♦ Thanks to Imperfect God Mode for the link to the video The Elephant in the Hospital.
♦ ♦ Thanks to Brian D. Earp (retweeted by @SlyNine1 and @IntactByDefault on twitter) for the link to the article "Circumcised men at twice the risk for cancer-causing HPV, study shows"
° Thanks to @KelbPanthera on twitter for pointing this one out.
♦ ♦ ♦ Thanks to Brian D. Earp for tweeting the link.
¤ Thanks to @Mephitus_Skunk on twitter for the link
○○ Thanks to @VioletVampire2 on twitter for the link
1 comment:
This is an excellent set of links, especially for Jews interested in the growing debate over brit milah.
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