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No national health organization in the
world recommends routine infant circumcision.
The United States is the only country in the world
that circumcises a majority of its newborn sons without a religious
reason.
In the United States, circumcision is on a big decline,
from 90% twenty years ago to 59% in 1995.
1. The foreskin is the natural protective covering for
the glans, or head of the penis. It prevents the surface of the glans
from becoming thickened and de-sensitized.
2. The loose foreskin covers the longer shaft of an erect
penis. It is long enough to slide back and forth, facilitating intercourse
as nature intended.
3. The foreskin plays an integral part in sexual pleasure.
Recently described in the medical literature, a series of tiny ridged
bands on the inner surface of the foreskin contribute significantly
to sexual pleasure.
4. An intact man can choose as an adult, with fully informed
consent, whether or not he wishes to have his foreskin removed. A man
circumcised in infancy has no such choice.
5. An intact male does not suffer, as an infant, the pain
of circumcision.
6. An intact male does not have to wonder why someone else
removed a normal, useful part of his sexual organs.
7. An intact male has skin to cover his glans penis which,
in all mammals, is an internal organ.
8. An intact male will never have to consider spending
years trying to stretch what skin he has over his glans penis.
9. The overwhelming majority of intact men thank their
parents for keeping them intact.
10. Intact men do not have their basic human rights (to
an intact body) violated.
By not having him circumcised, you can give your son a
gentle beginning, the gift of his whole body, and all the sensitivity
and feeling that nature intended.
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