Circumcision 'vs Natural Childbirth, Holistic Parenting, and Alternative Medicine

* International Groups Call to Abolish Circumcision Worldwide. *

The Whole Baby Revolution.
Intact State of the Foreskin. (USA & International)
http://www.wholebabyrevolution.com/
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The Whole Network.
Intact State of the Foreskin. (International)
http://www.thewholenetwork.org
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Intact America. (USA)
http://www.intactamerica.com
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Intactivisit Mommies. (America)
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org
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* The intact foreskin is the male's original state. *
'Circumcision harms the developing brain: Recent studies published in leading medical journals have reported that circumcision has long-lasting detrimental effects on the developing brain, adversely altering the brain's perception centers. Circumcised boys have a lower pain threshold than girls or intact boys. Developmental neuropsychologist Dr. James Prescott suggests that circumcision can cause deeper and more disturbing levels of neurological damage, as well.'
- Paul M. Fleiss, MD., MPH., The Case Against Circumcision
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html
Paul M. Fleiss, MD, MPH, is assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California Medical Center.
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* What's wrong with circumcision? *
In Norway, 60% of the rapes are committed by 2% of the population who are circumcised.''
http://circabolition.multiply.com/journal/item/344/Genocides....
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* International Groups Call to Abolish Circumcision Worldwide. *

The Whole Baby Revolution.
Intact State of the Foreskin. (USA & International)
http://www.wholebabyrevolution.com/
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The Whole Network.
Intact State of the Foreskin. (International)
http://www.thewholenetwork.org
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Intact America. (USA)
http://www.intactamerica.com
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Intactivisit Mommies. (America)
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org
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Real Laws for Male Protection. (USA)
http://mgmbill.org/hearing.htm
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* Jewish Radio Host Howard Stern Says Circumcision Should Be Against The Law.*
Howard Stern, Jewish Intactivst by Rebecca Wald, JD
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/03/howard-stern-jewish-int....

Satellite radio talk show host Howard Stern told millions of listeners this Tuesday that he felt male infant circumcision should be illegal in the United States, declaring it a “mutilation.”
“I agree with you that men should not be circumcised. . . I don’t know where this circumcision came from, some people feel it’s a religious thing, it’s about health... There’s been all kinds of myths. I think it’s nonsense. That if you’re born that way, it seems to me it’s a mutilation to cut it off. The same way in Africa they sometimes cut off a woman’s clitoris and they think that’s justified. I think our foreskins were cut off in order to desensitize us, and I think it was a bunch of religious nudnicks who decided they didn’t want us going around fornicating so they cut off some of our penis skin.”
Many times during the interview, Stern said he agreed with Low that circumcision should be illegal.
Stern wrapped things up by telling Low, “You’re preaching to the choir . . . I happen to agree with you that foreskin removal should be illegal. It is a mutilation.”
- Howard Stern, Jewish Intactivst by Rebecca Wald, JD
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/03/howard-stern-jewish-int....


'The foreskin has numerous protective, sensory, and sexual functions.'


The Foreskin Is Necessary
By Paul M. Fleiss, MD, MPH

Paul M. Fleiss, MD, MPH, is assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He is the author of numerous scientific articles published in leading national and international medical journals.

Published in Mothering: The Magazine of Natural Family Living, Winter 1997, pp. 36--45.
http://www.cirp.org/news/Mothering1997/

What Are the Foreskin's Functions?

The foreskin has numerous protective, sensory, and sexual functions.

• Protection: Just as the eyelids protect the eyes, the foreskin protects the glans and keeps its surface soft, moist, and sensitive. It also maintains optimal warmth, pH balance, and cleanliness. The glans itself contains no sebaceous glands-glands that produce the sebum, or oil, that moisturizes our skin.11 The foreskin produces the sebum that maintains proper health of the surface of the glans.

• Immunological Defense: The mucous membranes that line all body orifices are the body's first line of immunological defense. Glands in the foreskin produce antibacterial and antiviral proteins such as lysozyme.12 Lysozyme is also found in tears and mother's milk. Specialized epithelial Langerhans cells, an immune system component, abound in the foreskin's outer surface.13 Plasma cells in the foreskin's mucosal lining secrete immunoglobulins, antibodies that defend against infection.14

• Erogenous Sensitivity: The foreskin is as sensitive as the fingertips or the lips of the mouth. It contains a richer variety and greater concentration of specialized nerve receptors than any other part of the penis.15 These specialized nerve endings can discern motion, subtle changes in temperature, and fine gradations of texture.16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

• Coverage During Erection: As it becomes erect, the penile shaft becomes thicker and longer. The double-layered foreskin provides the skin necessary to accommodate the expanded organ and to allow the penile skin to glide freely, smoothly, and pleasurably over the shaft and glans.

• Self-Stimulating Sexual Functions: The foreskin's double-layered sheath enables the penile shaft skin to glide back and forth over the penile shaft. The foreskin can normally be slipped all the way, or almost all the way, back to the base of the penis, and also slipped forward beyond the glans. This wide range of motion is the mechanism by which the penis and the orgasmic triggers in the foreskin, frenulum, and glans are stimulated.

• Sexual Functions in Intercourse: One of the foreskin's functions is to facilitate smooth, gentle movement between the mucosal surfaces of the two partners during intercourse. The foreskin enables the penis to slip in and out of the vagina nonabrasively inside its own slick sheath of self-lubricating, movable skin. The female is thus stimulated by moving pressure rather than by friction only, as when the male's foreskin is missing.

• The foreskin fosters intimacy between the two partners by enveloping the glans and maintaining it as an internal organ. The sexual experience is enhanced when the foreskin slips back to allow the male's internal organ, the glans, to meet the female's internal organ, the cervix-a moment of supreme intimacy and beauty.

The foreskin may have functions not yet recognized or understood. Scientists in Europe recently detected estrogen receptors in its basal epidermal cells.24 Researchers at the University of Manchester found that the human foreskin has apocrine glands.25 These specialized glands produce pheromones, nature's chemical messengers. Further studies are needed to fully understand these features of the foreskin and the role they play.

- The Case Against Circumcision, by Paul M. Fleiss, MD

Paul M. Fleiss, MD, MPH, is assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He is the author of numerous scientific articles published in leading national and international medical journals.

Published in Mothering: The Magazine of Natural Family Living, Winter 1997, pp. 36--45.
http://www.cirp.org/news/Mothering1997/
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* The Influence of Intactivism and Human Rights in the International Arena *

International Organization for Genital Intactneess.
http://www.icgi.org/information/medicalization/
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Alice Walker's Essay on International Intactivism and Human Rights. (International)
http://circabolition.multiply.com/journal/item/344/Genocides....
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The Founding Seeds of an Islamic Intactivst Movement (International).
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/aldeeb1/
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The History of Circumcision (Worldwide).
http://www.HISTORYOFCIRCUMCISION.net
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Real Laws for Male Protection (California).
http://sfmgmbill.org
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Will the USA make circumcision against the law? (U.S.)
http://mgmbill.org/hearing.htm