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On the issue of circumcision - can we collate a list of links to medical papers against it?

_____D34DP00L_____ · 2015-04-22T08:56:52+00:00

I am against circumcision of babies who are unable to consent, but I'd like to get some sources; they'd be helpful for advocating, as I like to have...

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April 22, 2015

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Title	On the issue of circumcision - can we collate a list of links to medical papers against it?
Author	_____D34DP00L_____
Upvotes	0
Comments	9
Date	April 22, 2015 8:56 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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This is the actual study.

Conclusion: "The body of empirical evidence reviewed here suggests that there is severe pain at the time of circumcision and shortly thereafter in unanaesthetised boys, as well as heightened pain sensitivity for some considerable period of time afterwards. Evidence has also started to accumulate that male circumcision may result in lifelong physical, sexual, and sometimes psychological harm as well. A variety of forces are converging from fields as diverse as psychology, medicine, law, medical ethics, and human rights, all questioning the advisability of circumcision which originated millenia ago and was promoted in the Victorian era. As Chamberlain (1998) pointed out, "parents are not warned that their infants will endure severe pain and will be deprived of a functional part of their sexual anatomy for life." Non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors is now being questioned by legal and ethics scholars in an unprecedented way. The mental health community can play an important role in the growing debate about circumcision. We encourage closer examination of this issue and even more empirical research into the psychosexual sequelae associated with circumcision."

"Van Howe (1996, p. 431) reported that, "Newborn males respond to circumcision with a marked reduction in oxygenation during the procedure, a cortisol surge, decreased wakefulness, increased vagal tone, and less interactions with their environment following the procedure...""

Honestly if I have to ELI5 it would be the trauma of losing something that needed to be lost, for aesthetics. An beyond that, most say they don't remember being circumcised, but most don't remember everything from 0-6 but during that time, you do. you may not be able to remember, but you are never able to forget.