tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post7438712830902546294..comments2023-04-01T07:28:19.219-07:00Comments on The Case Against Infant Circumcision: Female Circumcision & Health BenefitsMindofownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457890566813906594noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-69613810118098863072016-02-07T14:18:02.888-08:002016-02-07T14:18:02.888-08:00In America (U.S. & Canada), “routine” ritual (...In America (U.S. & Canada), “routine” ritual (non-medically justified) circumcision was established before there was scientific research to base a standard upon. Back then, rather than research, medical practitioners’ “opinions” were used as a basis on which to formulate policy.<br />The practitioners of that age grew up during the anti-masturbation mania, when cutting the ends off of penises, removing clitorises, burning clitorises with acid, and the introduction of bland foods such as corn flakes and graham flour were supposed to prevent masturbation (none worked).<br />Once a market developed for stolen foreskins and clitorises and their prepuces, the practices stayed. Eventually stealing clitorises fell out of favor, but male genital mutilation has hung on, only gradually receding.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206855142558824460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-46274590422335939752016-02-07T13:25:05.088-08:002016-02-07T13:25:05.088-08:00Circumcision of males greatly reduces sexual sensi...Circumcision of males greatly reduces sexual sensitivity, inciting circ’ed men to “wham! bam!” in intercourse, making it less pleasurable to women. Complications, both medical following circ, and ohysical later, such as tight penile shaft skin that pulls pubic hair up to be dragged against her labia minora and into her vagina, irritating rather than pleasuring with smooth shaft skin. The frenum may be torn from tightness. The frenum is often removed, taking the remaining sensory nerves that are usually all that is left after the foreskin is removed. More “wham! bam!” as he tries to ejaculate.<br />Clitorectomied females have the 50cm/2” of the outer vagina and the corpus spongiosum that runs along the front wall of the vagina that are sexually sensitive even missing a clitoris and prepuce.<br />FGM varies from a small nick in the prepuce to removal of all external genital parts and infibulation, which is sewing the vagina shut except for a small hole to let urine and menstruation pass.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206855142558824460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-17548260698794168032014-10-21T00:11:19.415-07:002014-10-21T00:11:19.415-07:00Am coming from a society in Tanzania where our sis...Am coming from a society in Tanzania where our sisters and mothers had FGC. It beats me to read all the lies that our women are oppressed. On the contrary i remember cases of well educated urban raised daughters escaping the confines of their parents to go and do the FGC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-48682568309321004082013-09-18T00:03:27.031-07:002013-09-18T00:03:27.031-07:00There is also this Kenyan study finding that circu...There is also this Kenyan study finding that circumcised women have a reduced risk of HIV infection:<br /><br />http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=iph_theses<br /><br />-TamenTamennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-86287412898909228852013-07-28T19:34:12.320-07:002013-07-28T19:34:12.320-07:00Any organization in Toronto Ontario to be part o t...Any organization in Toronto Ontario to be part o this salvation program,. volunteers etc.<br /><br />Ernesto Fuenmayor<br />1002-1202 York Mills Road<br />Toronto-Ontrio M3 1Y1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-76762522692290573642013-02-16T17:11:00.098-08:002013-02-16T17:11:00.098-08:00Why do "researchers" continue to conduct...Why do "researchers" continue to conduct "studies" to "find" the so-called "benefits" of male circumcision? And to "prove" that male circumcision is "harmless?"<br /><br />Because they have sold the dubious premise that a practice is morally justified, or morally reprehensible based on the outcome of some "study."<br /><br />Johnsdotter and Catania found that female circumcision isn't as catastrophic as anti-FGM activists would like others to believe. Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary to have a clitoris to achieve orgasm and/or a fulfilling sex life.<br /><br />Are FGM advocates ready to change their tune?<br /><br />No. And rightly so.<br /><br />Johnsdotter warns of the perils of relying on "research" to determine the acceptability or rejectability of a practice. She and others are finding that female circumcision isn't as bad as FGM advocates tell others in order to gain support in their efforts to eradicate the practice.<br /><br />But here is the twist; Johnsdotter is against FGM.<br /><br />We have got to abandon the idea that genital cutting, male or female, can be justified or condemned based on "research."<br /><br />The principle of forcibly cutting the genitals of a healthy, non-consenting person is morally reprehensible no matter how much "research" shows "harmlessness" or "benefit."<br /><br />There would never be enough "research" to condone the genital cutting of women; it should strike people as odd that officials at a world government organization are giving credibility to all of this circumcision-prevents-HIV mumbo-jumbo.<br /><br />Read more here:<br />http://joseph4gi.blogspot.jp/2013/02/politically-correct-research-when.html Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-75315517311825576902013-02-16T16:59:48.947-08:002013-02-16T16:59:48.947-08:00Great post. Western medicine is totally biased on...Great post. Western medicine is totally biased on this subject. They like to hide behind the pretense of Science and Objectivity, while raking in a billion plus dollars a year through MGM. <br /><br />Yeoman Romannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-79160214813479461082013-01-24T01:45:23.002-08:002013-01-24T01:45:23.002-08:00Female Circumcision isn't actually barbaric li...Female Circumcision isn't actually barbaric like Male Circumcision. because a man loses a lot of meat with MGM but women don't.<br />and it leads to reduce the sensitivity up to 40% beside a man has only penis to achieve the sexual gratification where a woman can use his clit,g-sop,nipples etc.. so Male circumcision is indeed barbaric and worse than Female Circumcision as I believe. AAAAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-70243816228141448292013-01-24T01:41:38.641-08:002013-01-24T01:41:38.641-08:00No. there is no ONE against the Male Genital Mutil...No. there is no ONE against the Male Genital Mutilation. people only oppose to circumcise baby boys not adults. but female circumcision is banned for anyone even adult women are not allowed to do it. beside if female circumcision can be done with trained surgeons plus using anesthetic it wouldn't be barbaric as much as like the Feminists whine. AAAAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-61253870797392158862012-10-18T17:43:55.004-07:002012-10-18T17:43:55.004-07:00My post was to demonstrate how values determine wh...My post was to demonstrate how values determine whether research and funding is devoted to find health benefits to genital cutting, and how cultural values determine this issue. It was not a treatise on the severity of the practice. Its not meant to minimize FGM but nor should MGM be minimized either.Mindofownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457890566813906594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-85560523121164032292012-10-18T05:44:07.495-07:002012-10-18T05:44:07.495-07:00Very interesting post. I am doing a paper on FGM (...Very interesting post. I am doing a paper on FGM (FGC) and have only recently come to realize there are inactivists against MGM/MGC as well. But, it definitely makes sense. In both cases, the victim is an unconsenting child. Perhaps FGM is a more prevalent issue because it is done to women who are older and therefore can remember in lurid detail and distress what was done to them, vs. a newborn baby will be less psychologically affected... it certainly doesn't make it right, but babies can't complain and recount their story like a 15-year-old girl can. Also, I think the reason inactivists are more outraged over FGM is because it is more extreme than male circumcision. Both are accepted in their cultures, both have an aesthetic element and a possible health benefit (regarding HIV, which can be eliminated with proper contraceptive use) but one does not inhibit sexual or reproductive health, and that is MGC. While it does have some element of desensitizing the male organ, MGC does not take away all sexual pleasure for a male. Whereas FGM or FGC as you call it tamely, exists in four methods, the most common of which involves removing part or ALL of the clitoris (This is 80% of FGM). MGC is done by western culture for traditional and hygienic purposes, and can be done without eradicating future sexual pleasure. Over the lifespan of these men and women affected by circumcision/mutilation, the females experience more detrimental affects, many going into shock, hemorrhaging, or gaining severe psychological issues. FGM is motivated by a desire to keep girls "pure" in African cultures and faithful (the logic being that they don't enjoy sex anymore, so they won't seek out another partner). MGC is not aimed at inhibiting a man's sexuality, and therefore while it does affect the rest of his life, it does not affect it to the extent which female victims of FGM experience. Both are crucial issues, however, and both infringe on a child's individual rights and freedom. One, though, is more pressing than the other, because one's long-term effects seem to be more severe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-6812447283184691542012-08-28T07:03:50.979-07:002012-08-28T07:03:50.979-07:00Awesome post, thanks!Awesome post, thanks!Thea Tapsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403373225292318551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-2838187411801590792012-08-27T01:28:05.318-07:002012-08-27T01:28:05.318-07:004.Stallings RY, Karugendo E (2005) Female circumci...4.Stallings RY, Karugendo E (2005) Female circumcision and HIV infection in Tanzania: For better or for worse? [poster] 3rd International AIDS Society Conference; 2005 24 July–27 July; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International AIDS Society. Available: http://www.hiv-knowledge.org/iasmaps/i10.htm. Accessed 13 December 2005 . Mindofownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457890566813906594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-41325250322111619092012-08-27T01:24:54.758-07:002012-08-27T01:24:54.758-07:00Female Circumcision and
HIV Infection in Tanzania:...Female Circumcision and<br />HIV Infection in Tanzania:<br />for Better or for Worse?<br />Rebecca Y. Stallings,<br />χ2 Statisticus Consultoris, USA and<br />Emilian Karugendo,<br />National Bureau of Statistics,<br />TanzaniaMindofownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457890566813906594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-90171882515605751602012-08-27T01:23:57.574-07:002012-08-27T01:23:57.574-07:00http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/femalecircumcisionandH...http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/femalecircumcisionandHIVinfectionintanzania.pdf<br /><br />Mindofownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457890566813906594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-65123290719408066322012-08-26T21:26:32.399-07:002012-08-26T21:26:32.399-07:00Can you please give the journal reference (citatio...Can you please give the journal reference (citation) for the 2009 Stallings research?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659562638756579161.post-71772402338716484322012-08-26T21:25:49.195-07:002012-08-26T21:25:49.195-07:00Can you please give the journal reference for the ...Can you please give the journal reference for the 2009 Stallings research? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com