A survey about the harm done by circumcision

kanuk876 · 2011-06-12T15:49:50+00:00

I encourage every circumcised man to take this survey.

In terms of managing expectations... The survey cannot demonstrate harm or harm rates in a scientific manner due to uncontrolled variables (eg: biased sampling). But it can certainly disprove the purported claim that circumcision causes no harm.

Hopefully this survey helps those in favor of researching the long-term effects of circumcision.

Make no mistake: the pro-mutilation camp does not want any long-term study of circumcision performed/published because they know what the results would show, if only subconsciously. And if the results were known openly to all, then a lot of fallout would occur, including but not limited to:

parents feel shitty for harming their kids
men feel angry towards their parents (and rightfully so)
doctors get sued for malpractice
biomedical industry loses access to neonatal human foreskin; applications like insulin production and beauty cream products must find alternate source for human flesh.
governments (eg: Canada) which paid for the procedure under social health care may share liability
many men suffering-in-ignorance would understand their problems were deliberately inflicted; they were not born this way, leading to the above points.

... you see why it is in the interest of many large organizations to quietly phase out circumcision and wait for us circumcised men to die off. Then they can stand up and say "we used to perform this barbaric practice, but NO MORE! What were our parents' generation thinking?! Who knows. But we're the good guys now!"

Eryemil · 2011-06-12T09:59:10+00:00

I can't take part as I am intact but I will try to donate some money. The rest of you cut guys should contribute if you can.

In my experience with circumcised guys in the past, many are not even aware that there is something wrong with their penis e.g. skin bridges, too much skin removed etc.

memymineown · 2011-06-12T07:29:31+00:00

I would encourage anyone who is against circumcision to do this survey.

Skareymc · 2011-06-13T00:51:18+00:00

I am a circumcised male, and I was going to fill out this survey, but then I started reading it, and it is just incredibly biased. If there is a non biased survey out there, I will fill it out. My fear now, is because I clicked through the first option, they will use that stat to say that I am against circumcision.

Is circumcision a bad thing? Possibly. Is it a good thing? Possibly as well. I have seen studies that point to a correlation between decreased chance of contracting STIs and cancer, and circumcision. I'm not a doctor, I cannot attest to the veracity of these studies, however I am a mathematician, and I can say that there is not enough clear data for me to make an informed decision at the moment.

As for the claim that because most adults who are uncircumcised do not choose to get circumcised, it is wrong to perform the procedure on children, that seems wrong to me on a number of levels. One level is that I think it would be crazy to expect any man to want to have something done to his penis that he has been used to for decades. I would absolutely refuse to have a foreskin surgically attached to my penis, is that an argument for mandatory circumcisions?

Title	A survey about the harm done by circumcision
Author	memymineown
Upvotes	17
Comments	33
Date	June 12, 2011 7:28 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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