{"id":31063,"date":"2022-03-09T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/?p=31063"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:10:20","slug":"the-negative-consequences-of-male-circumcision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/the-negative-consequences-of-male-circumcision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Negative Consequences Of Male Circumcision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circumcision, the excision of the male foreskin, is torturous genital mutilation with life-long consequences and no health benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all mammals have foreskins. The foreskin boasts a plethora of functions and benefits such as pleasure, protection and natural lubrication during sexual intercourse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During circumcision, what would have grown to be a couple of inches of erogenous skin is removed. This includes parts of the frenulum, the highly erogenous elastic tissue that keeps the foreskin contracted, the ridged band which rests at the tip of the foreskin and the glans (head) of the penis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without the protection of the foreskin, internal body parts that are supposed to be kept moist are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stwing.upenn.edu\/~lydia\/FAQ\/FAQ_files\/Page455.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">forced to callus<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Eventually, these body parts become desensitized after being exposed and rubbed against clothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31065\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-31065\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Child-Circumcision_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Child-Circumcision_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Child-Circumcision_web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Child-Circumcision_web-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ORIANA DOS SANTOS \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today somewhere between 55 and 80 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/childrensnational.org\/visit\/conditions-and-treatments\/urology\/circumcision\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">percent<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of United States newborns undergo circumcision, whether performed medically in hospitals, ritually at home or at a synagogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some boys today are circumcised without anesthesia. Most boys will scream at the top of their lungs and go into a state of shock due to the pain. But even with anesthesia, circumcision is still very painful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medical justifications for circumcision argue that it helps prevent penile cancer, urinary tract infections and STIs. However, these issues are less prominent in areas where circumcision is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinedoctor.superdrug.com\/std-us-eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">uncommon<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as the European Union.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removing the foreskin may increase infections and diseases since <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirp.org\/library\/disease\/STD\/fleiss3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">studies<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have shown that the foreskin actually has immunological properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some doctors have been taught to forcefully retract the foreskin to clean it even though the foreskin is naturally fused to the glans until puberty. This practice is painful and makes the area vulnerable to infections that may cause <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/health-library\/diseases-and-conditions---pediatrics\/p\/phimosis-and-paraphimosis-in-children.html#:~:text=By%20age%2017%2C%20most%20boys,back%20before%20it%20is%20ready.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">phimosis<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a case of a tight foreskin that won&#8217;t retract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This prolongs the issue, as some doctors may solve phimosis through circumcision.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news for anyone circumcised is that it\u2019s possible to <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/men\/what-to-know-about-foreskin-restoration#:~:text=Foreskin%20restoration%20is%20something%20that,surgery%20and%20skin%20stretching%20tools.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restore<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> foreskin by stretching and keeping the remaining skin under tension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In light of the harm involved, some Jewish people have also opted for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/intactamerica.org\/dyk_about-brit-shalom\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Brit Shalom<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an alternative ceremony known as a \u201ccovenant of peace\u201d that does not involve circumcision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations such as Intact America, Your Whole Baby, Doctors Opposing Circumcision and the Bloodstained Men are dedicated to ending infant circumcision. This anti-circumcision movement is known as intactivism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the movement keeps growing, I still urge readers to spread awareness of the harms of circumcision so that we may end <a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/female-genital-mutilation-common\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">genital mutilation<\/span><\/a> altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circumcision, the excision of the male foreskin, is torturous genital mutilation with life-long consequences and no health benefits. Almost all mammals have foreskins. The foreskin boasts a plethora of functions and benefits such as pleasure, protection and natural lubrication during sexual intercourse.\u00a0 During circumcision, what would have grown to be a couple of inches of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482585,"featured_media":31064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[138,3256],"class_list":{"0":"post-31063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-forum","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-circumcision"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Negative Consequences Of Male Circumcision<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sim Sitzer argues that circumcision should be stopped due to its negative impact on reproductive health. 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