Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with circumcision www.salem-news.com 2010 American exceptionalism takes many forms. One of the least noticed is the preference for circumcision of boys. Other than among Muslims and Jews, for whom it is a religious or at least traditional requirement, cutting off part of the penis is alien to most other cultures and usually only carried out for medical, or occasionally aesthetic, reasons. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/flap-circumcision.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/flap-circumcision.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:26:00 PST New research shows one in four newly circumcised men resuming sexual activity before their wounds have healed. Most reporting the early resumption of sexual activity engaged in unprotected sex, often with multiple partners. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/zambia-aids.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/zambia-aids.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:00 PST Freud was his own first patient. He may have been conditioned from Maternal Emotional Incest. The condition lies in the mother and from experience transferred into the child’s psyche. Freud’s mother’s condition may be termed the Gaia Complex. Gaia was the pre-Olympiad Great Mother Earth goddess. Gaia created Uranus by herself. Uranus became her son/mate and they begat Titans. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/freud-circumcision-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/freud-circumcision-rm.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:39:00 PST Zimbabwe is probably wasting millions from its circumcision drive which critics claim is a waste of money and is also ‘an ineffective and yet invasive attempt to prevent HIV AIDS virus infection’. Zimbabwe’s political leaders and other advocates may actually have other motives which are not HIV-AIDS prevention critics and professionals claim. http://salem-news.com/articles/december282011/zimbabwe-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december282011/zimbabwe-circ.php Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:06:00 PST An article in the December Journal of Law and Medicine cites numerous flaws in three African studies that claim male circumcision reduces transmission of HIV. According to the article, the studies, which are being used to promote the circumcision of up to 38 million men in Africa, had selection bias, inadequate blinding, problematic randomization, experimenter bias, lead time bias, supportive bias, participant expectation bias, time-out discrepancy, and lack of investigating of non-sexual HIV transmission among other confounding factors and problems. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/circumcision-hiv-rg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/circumcision-hiv-rg.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:48:00 PST Livia Manera Sambuy, is a journalist at the Corriere della sera and the director of the film "Phillip Roth sans complexes" (Cintévé et Arte) affirms that Roth hates Woody Allen. And with good reason; when the hero of "Deconstructing Harry" – played by Woody Allen himself – addresses his son whom he did not have mutilated, he tells him: "You won't look like dad." At the contrary, Zuckerman, Phillip Roth's hero and alter ego, holds his wife the abject, delirious discourse of the sect, so that in this opportunity, Roth should really rise up against Zuckerman if he wishes to get the literature Nobel Prize... http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/sambuy-circ-hn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/sambuy-circ-hn.php Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:39:00 PST Abstract – Only mentioning the lips of the mouth and the vulva, anatomy textbooks do not generalize the notion of lip to all the organs that have a similar structure and function. Among these, the foreskin moreover includes an erogeneity and an ability to retract that make it the specific organ for masculine autosexuality. http://salem-news.com/articles/november212011/circumcision-organs-hn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november212011/circumcision-organs-hn.php Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:45:00 PST Myself I never performed a circumcision, but my colleagues tell me that it was a fairly ordinary practice here until the 1997s,” he says ”but in the years from then and until 2008, where it was made illegal, it became less ordinary.” “I have only been repairing,” he says, referring to those one or two times a week, when a young woman will be brought in with a ‘traumatic case,’ as he calls it. http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/egypt-fgm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/egypt-fgm.php Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:02:00 PST Genital rituals are forms of play homicide without the intent of taking life. Thus, circumcision is a mock death ritual.[2] The theory of initiation ceremonies is that a person, the initiate, must die from an existing life to be reborn into a proper social order. http://salem-news.com/articles/november122011/circumcision-homicide-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november122011/circumcision-homicide-rm.php Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:13:00 PST The group behind efforts to ban forced circumcision of boys has recorded a new dance tune entitled “Foreskin Man” to promote their comic book series of the same name. The song is performed by Vulva Girl, Foreskin Man’s female counterpart, and was released today by MGMbill Records. The lyrics were written by Matthew Hess, president of MGMbill.org. http://salem-news.com/articles/november112011/foreskin-vulva-sd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november112011/foreskin-vulva-sd.php Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:54:00 PST Michael Dulin is passionate about penises—uncut ones. The 59-year-old Jupiter artist has long been an activist against infant circumcision and in recent years has focused his art on educating the public about the practice, which is common in the United States. “It’s a human rights issue,” Dulin argues. http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/jupiter-sculptor-jwa.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/jupiter-sculptor-jwa.php Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:08:00 PST Psychoanalysis alone can link these slaughters and explain the one committed by Anders Breivik. Freud showed himself to be shy in his condemnations of the individual outcome of circumcision; he did not publicly qualify it a threat of castration in his lifetime... http://salem-news.com/articles/october302011/shoah-circumcision-hn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october302011/shoah-circumcision-hn.php Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:23:00 PDT In Britain it is accepted wisdom that female circumcision on minors (now widely referred to as female genital mutilation) is in effect child abuse. How else could you describe carrying out an unnecessary, risky, painful surgery to remove parts of a child’s genitalia? But why do our infant males’ genitals not receive the same protection from cutting? http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/male-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/male-circ.php Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:56:00 PDT Journalists have professional and ethical obligations to present different views on controversial issues. Unfortunately, most reporting on the topic of male infant circumcision tends to be virtually one-sided, claiming a debatable potential health benefit, and ignoring the inherent harm of this genital surgery. We the undersigned want balanced reporting on circumcision. http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/media-_anti-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/media-_anti-circ.php Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:08:00 PDT Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision is a powerful film. It takes a critical look at circumcision, and specifically at how it's viewed within the Jewish community. It explores the conflict between personal ethics and what some people have been told is a religious obligation. Below, you can watch a one hour abridged version of this film to get a sense of how it can open people's eyes. http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/cut-slicing-showing.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/cut-slicing-showing.php Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:23:00 PDT Doctors still attempt to promote the unnecessary and unethical practice of male infant circumcision – and have begun using increasingly questionable science to support their argument. America is moving the right direction. http://salem-news.com/articles/october222011/circumcision-science-rh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october222011/circumcision-science-rh.php Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:15:00 PDT The #1 controversy facing American parents in 2010 was male infant circumcision. That's quite a statement, but the real eye opener is the knowledge that it is needless, genital mutilation, and that it is dangerous, even potentially fatal, particularly for infants. As an author, singer and songwriter who takes on the hardest subjects, Agron Belica's level of social consciousness is wide awake; his radar is on and his passion is hard to miss. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/circumcision-song-ab-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/circumcision-song-ab-tk.php Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:50:00 PDT A preliminary study published in the International Journal of Men’s Health investigated the effect of circumcision trauma on the personality trait alexithymia, a difficulty in identifying and expressing feelings. Three hundred men were provided with a questionnaire that has been shown to be a reliable method of testing this trait. http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/circumcision-effects.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/circumcision-effects.php Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:59:00 PDT Doctors are given the privilege to practice by the people of the State.  The State Board of Medical Examiners represents the people in allowing that privilege.  A doctor’s ability to practice is NOT a right by virtue of degree. http://salem-news.com/articles/september092011/circ-rituals-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september092011/circ-rituals-rm.php Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:38:00 PDT If passed, article 50 will ban genital cutting for boys in San Francisco, with profound religious implications for Jews and Muslims. But isn't it time to oppose all circumcision? San Francisco voters will decide later this year whether, like its female counterpart, male infant circumcision should be outlawed. http://salem-news.com/articles/september052011/jewish-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september052011/jewish-circ.php Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:07:00 PDT Ashkenazi Jews represent more than 90% of the Jews. Several medical enquiries revealed that a minority of two to four per cent of them (against 0.2% for the general population) inherit a genetic mutation (BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes), occurred 600 years ago5, inducing a very high risk of cancer of the organs of reproduction. http://salem-news.com/articles/september052011/circumcision-cancer.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september052011/circumcision-cancer.php Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:47:00 PDT The last 100 years have been marked by the declaration and protection of universal human rights, and a marked increase in the quality of life, both in America and worldwide. With these improvements, higher expectations regarding a child’s right to bodily autonomy have become socially accepted and legally mandated. http://salem-news.com/articles/august282011/jewish-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august282011/jewish-circ.php Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:50:00 PDT The past century has been marked by the declaration and protection of universal human rights, as well as a marked increase in the quality of life, both in the United States and worldwide. With these improvements, higher expectations regarding a child’s right to bodily autonomy have become socially accepted and legally mandated. http://salem-news.com/articles/august262011/jewish-anti-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august262011/jewish-anti-circ.php Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:30:00 PDT More and more Jewish parents in the United States are skipping circumcision. Instead, they are holding alternative ceremonies sometimes called Bris Shalom or Brit B’lee Milah (covenant without cutting) ceremonies. Many Jews throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union have stopped circumcising over 100 years ago. http://salem-news.com/articles/august212011/jewish-circumcision-nw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august212011/jewish-circumcision-nw.php Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:45:00 PDT This article had been written in support of the defenders of the child promoting the 2011 November ballot in San Francisco. Learning Judge Georgi's decision quashing this ballot, we didn't change a line in it but we must say that if that decision is maintained, San Francisco, the USA and the world will lose much more. http://salem-news.com/articles/august072011/anti-circ-hs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august072011/anti-circ-hs.php Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:17:00 PDT Spirituality is; Theology explains; Religion practices. Theological and historic arguments for, and religious practices of, routine circumcision is a fallacy. Circumcision was brought into Jerusalem’s three religions through Comixio Religionis: the mixing of religions. Sorting through circumcision’s maze clouded by smoke and mirrors requires multi-disciplinary effort. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242011/comixio-religionis-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242011/comixio-religionis-rm.php Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:09:00 PDT The current San Francisco circumcision referendum has made the public aware of the severe physical consequences of the controversial surgery. The idea that an individual has the right to their own body is recent by historical standards. http://salem-news.com/articles/july232011/ending-jewish-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july232011/ending-jewish-circ.php Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:50:00 PDT The current San Francisco circumcision referendum has made the public aware of the severe physical consequences of the controversial surgery. The idea that an individual has the right to their own body is recent by historical standards. http://salem-news.com/articles/july202011/ending-circ-1.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july202011/ending-circ-1.php Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:52:00 PDT "The promotion of male circumcision sends the wrong message, creates a false sense of protection, and places women at greater risk for HIV." The human rights group Intact America(IA) is exhibiting at the IAS 2011 conference in Rome, Italy, July 17-20, urging policy makers to halt male circumcision rollout, calling the plan exorbitant, dangerous and unethical. http://salem-news.com/articles/july162011/hiv-circ.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july162011/hiv-circ.php Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:32:00 PDT The FORESKINMAN cartoon depicts the story of the rescue of baby Glick's foreskin by Superman's own brother. Indeed the child's sexual parts are in danger of being mutilated by religious Jews. http://salem-news.com/articles/july152011/foreskin-man-hn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july152011/foreskin-man-hn.php Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:55:00 PDT