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What is an intactivist?
in·tac·tiv·ist [in-tak-tuh-vist]
noun
1. an especially active, vigorous advocate of children's rights, especially the right to genital integrity or the right to be free from genital cutting (circumcision).adjective
2. of or pertaining to intactivism or intactivists: an intactivist organization for the right of male, female, and intersex children to be free from genital cutting.3. advocating for children by vigorously opposing genital cutting (circumcision), especially the cutting of children who lack capacity to consent: Intactivist opponents of the American Academy of Pediatrics picketed their annual conference in New Orleans.
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- 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
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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
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AMAZING: Ronald Gray would rather 100+ infant boys die than to give them the HPV vaccine later in life
Statistically insignificant difference in HPV infection in circumcised and intact men? Check. Slightly higher HPV clearance rate in circumcised men? Ok, check. Highly efficacious HPV vaccine available and recommended for girls and boys? Double check (double because there are two … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged circumcision, health care policy, HIV, HPV, Johns Hopkins, Ronald Gray
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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
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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
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