The Angry Intactivist- New Educational Film On Circumcision Makes the Scene
- CORONAVIRUS: Elective Surgery Including Infant Circumcision Being Delayed
- DETROIT: FGM Now Legal in US
- The State of Affairs for Joseph4gi
- Twitter Censoring Joseph4GI
- The Benefits of Toe Removal
- Circumcision Status, Lube & Masturbation Twitter Poll Results
- PEPFAR: The Plot Thickens
- BREAKING: PEPFAR To Nix Infant Circumcision in Africa
- International Men's Day Issues: Circumcision
- His Body, His Rights – Bonobo3D
- Equal Rights for Boys
- Save the Next Generation
- Circumcision - Reinforces Harmful Stereotypes
- I Had To Witness A Circumcision
- Circumcision: Trauma, Psychological Effects, Cultural Beliefs
- Circumcision: Cultural & Media Bias, Long-term Psychological Effects
- Reliving Circumcision: Disruption of Infant Mother Bond, Effects on Relationships
- Circumcision: Taking Action, Cultural Denial and Media Censorship
- Jewish Circumcision Ritual and Jews Who Say No
- Circumcision: Trauma as Motivating Factor and Avoidance of Debate
- Circumstitions News
- FLORIDA: Last charge dropped against mother of spite-circumcised son
- ZIMBABWE: Youth tries to cut off his own foreskin after being teased
- CHILE: Officials oppose 'normalisation' surgery of intersex children
- EASTERN CAPE: Death Toll at 23
- MALAYSIA: Boy loses penis-head in botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Boy faces loss of his penis after botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Knife-rapists go door-to-door
- EASTERN CAPE: 9 male genital cutting deaths so far this season
- JAKARTA: Why female genital cutting is so common in Indonesia
- COPENHAGEN: Danish doctors come out against infant male genital cutting
Tag Archives: HPV
Circumcision Tweet of the Day
Forgive me, my Jewish friends and colleagues if this appears disrespectful, but it’s a legitimate question in light of metzitzah b’peh, which is quite literally baby penis sucking. Look at that smug photo of the chief Rabbi of Israel, wonder how … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged AIDS, circumcision, herpes, HIV, HPV, metzitzah b’peh
BUSINESSWEEK: Two reviews of the circumcision literature offer starkly different views
Businessweek published a brief review of the current debate on infant circumcision yesterday. Not surprisingly, American researchers largely dismiss any concerns while Australian researchers consider the psychological and complication rate more worthy of consideration. A short excerpt: In general, “there … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged adult circumcision, Africa, AIDS, Annals of Family Medicine, Australia, Businessweek, circumcision, complication rate, Diekema, HIV, HPV, infant circumcision, Perera, psychological harm, USA
CRAZYTOWN: The fringe benefits of spousal abuse
I used to be in an abusive relationship. While it wasn’t one that I sought out, neither was it one I sought to escape. You see, through all the beat downs and late nights in the ER, I found there … Continue reading
Posted in Africa
Tagged Africa, AIDS, circumcision, fools, foreskin, HIV, HPV, IRIN PlusNews, Kenya, parody, penis
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AUSTRALIA: Tale of Two Opinions on Circumcision
NOTE: This is a republished “best of” post from 2009. Unfortunately, not all of the links are still live. Sorry about that. Excellent analysis of the latter article below is available from the Intactivism Pages. HIV and circumcision share one … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Australia, Australian, circumcision, Halperin, HIV, HPV, Murray, Nations Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, New South Wales, STD, STI, Wodak
Mandatory Medicine: why are males and females treated differently and where’s the outcry?
“To be discussing mandatory vaccination when the main clinical trials are still ongoing seems extremely premature. We’re feeling like the enthusiasm is driving policy rather than data.” – Dr. Karen McCune, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged Africa, AIDS, cancer, cervical cancer, circumcision, clinical trials, Gardisil, health policy, HIV, HPV, North America
