#stop circumcision

As a Jew who has often been criticized by other Jews and non-Jews alike for my anti-circumcision views: STOP CUTTING UP BABY GENITALS! Fuck your religious reasons for it. Fuck your traditions and cultural justifications for it. ANY and ALL religious or cultural reasons for it. Fuck the idea that you somehow “own” your child. They’re your responsibility, not your property. ANY and ALL forms of genital mutilation on ANY and ALL forms of a minor’s genitalia are wrong. Full stop. Immoral, unethical, objectively wrong. This applies to non-consensual Intersex “corrective” surgeries on babies as well. Until a child is old enough to understand and consent to an elective, non-medically necessary procedure, fuck off with choosing it for them because of YOUR religion or medical ignorance. *steps off of soapbox*

His body, his choice.

GIVE ME STRENGTH FOR THESE MUTILATION APOLOGISTS

What is infant circumcision? Why is the practice common in U.S. hospitals and not in other countries? What does it remove and how does that affect the child? Does scientific data suggest that circumcision has benefits? What are the potential complications? How does it affect sexuality? Is it a medical procedure or a social surgery? If it's unnecessary surgery, what about contemporary bioethics principles? Through both a review of scientific literature and a discussion of the human cost of the procedure, this presentation explores these questions from the perspectives of the child, the adult survivor, the parent, and the practitioner. Ryan McAllister, PhD, is a parent, a biophysicist, an Assistant Professor of Physics and Oncology at Georgetown University, and also a volunteer who supports parents and families. Over the last 10 years he has been studying the medicalization of childbirth in U.S. hospitals.