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January 2010

Intactivism: Week in Review January 30, 2010

by Tally on January 30, 2010

Genital cutting of infants is wrong! No more infant circumcision!Say no to circumcision - support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Male Circumcision and HIV: INTERVIEW: Stephen Svoboda of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child talks about HIV and infant circumcision
J. Stephen Svodboda of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child discusses the current campaign for circumcsion as an HIV preventative measure. He makes that point that infant circumcision to prevent HIV is lunacy because infants do not get HIV from sex. It will be many years later, when the infant grows into a man, before he needs to be concerned with HIV protection. Condoms prevents AIDS, circumcision does not.
 

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I am a circumcised man that hates his circumcision

by Tally on January 25, 2010

Unhappy about being circumcised at birth - I want my foreskin!I spend too much time surfing the 'net. And, as an intactivist, I read a lot of blogs related to circumcision. I frequently come across a comment that the person has never met a circumcised man who was unhappy with his circumcision. Hello. Now you have met one. I do not like my circumcision. I do not like being circumcised.

I was circumcised more than 50 years ago. It was something that was done to most infant boys at the time. For most of my life, I never thought about my circumcision status. My penis worked, at least, I thought it did. I know it gave me lots of pleasure. At least it did when I was younger.

I remember in my twenties when I ejaculated I could not bear to have my glans touched because it was hypersensitive at that time. As I reached my late thirties and early forties, I noticed that my glans did not have the hypersensitivity after ejaculation. As my forties flew by I noticed it became more and more difficult to ejaculate during sex. My glans was turning dry and leathery. I had much less sensitivity in my glans and penis. There was only one small spot on my corona where there was any sensitivity. The rest of my glans was less sensitive than a finger.

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Intactivism: Week in Review January 23, 2010

by Tally on January 23, 2010

Circumcision is genital mutilation - Infant circumcumcision is wrongSay no to circumcision - support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

This has been another busy week for intactivists. The number of pro-intact blogs and articles seems to be increasing. Hopefully, this trend will continue and the circumcision debate will have a wider audience. I can only believe that as more people learn about circumcision, the more that people will realize what an obsolete and barbaric practice it is.
 

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Male Circumcision and HIV: VIDEO: Correcting Stephen Lewis
A discussion of Stephen Lewis campaign for circumcsion and two videos that offer a critique of Stephen's circumcision advocacy.

They Belong To Us: Why I Didnt Circumcise My Boys
One mother writes about how she came to decide to leave her two sons intact. She decided her sons were perfect as born and circumcision was unnecessary.

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Intactivism: Week in Review January 16, 2010

by Tally on January 16, 2010

NOHARMM Genital Integrity of both boys and girls - do not circumcise © 1998 NOHARMMSay no to circumcision - support intactivism Blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

This has been a good week for some good, educational posts on the harms of infant circumcision.
 

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Lay Scientist: Circumcision and HIV/AIDS - I
A critical look at the circumcision campaign and how it includes partners who actively work against promoting condom use. The agenda of the campaign partners may explain the unreasonable push for circumcision in view of the weak evidence supporting it as a means to control HIV.

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News for us overachievers!

by Tally on January 14, 2010

Yesterday, Science Tanslational Medicine published the article Uncovering Residual Effects of Chronic Sleep Loss on Human Performance. Researchers determined that, after an extended period of sleep loss (working too much for too long), one night of catch-up sleep offers only marginal benefit. The researchers determined that for a few hours after waking from the catch-up sleep, a person performed well. But, after a few hours, the effects of the cumulative sleep loss contributed to lower performance.

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What foreskin restoration method is best?

by Tally on January 12, 2010

The best way to restore foreskin is by incorporating tugging into your lifestyleA common question by those starting foreskin restoration is what is the best way to restore a foreskin?  Which one of the numerous methods and/or devices is best?

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Intactivism: Week in Review January 9, 2010

by Tally on January 9, 2010

NoCirc.org: Genital Autonomy 'International Child' symbol See GenitalAutonomy.orgSay no to circumcision - support intactivism. This is a list of blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting. The week was dominated by the reaction to Dr. Amy Tuteur's very opinionated pro-circumcision blog.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Dr. Susan Block's Journal: Inside Both Heads of the Crotch Bomber
Dr. Block discusses the young man who attempted to blow up an airplane on Christmas day. He hid the bomb in his underwear and, for whatever reason, it did not go off. Dr. Block discusses the terrorists circumcision status and how his sexual repression may have contributed to his actions.
 

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Intactivism: Week in Review January 2, 2010

by Tally on January 2, 2010

Say no to circumcision - support intactivism. This is a list of blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting. The holiday week did not see many circumcision related posts.

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