References Against Circumcision

intactisnormal · 2018-08-05T01:40:12+00:00

I've found the Canadian Paediatrics Society's position paper to be by far the most informative. They give the actual stats on all the talking points which shows technically the benefits exist but the stats are terrible.

http://www.cps.ca/documents/position/circumcision

93re2 · 2018-08-05T06:54:52+00:00

Here are some resources you may find useful.

Royal Dutch Medical Association: Non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors. May 2010. (PDF).

Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology: Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys. Helsinki. Oct. 2013. (PDF)

Taylor, JR. Lockwood, AP. Taylor, AJ. The prepuce: Specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. British Journal of Urology, Vol. 77, Issue 2. Pp. 291-295. Feb. 1996. (NSFW)

Cold, CJ. Taylor, JR. The prepuce. British Journal of Urology, Vol. 93, Suppl. 1. Pp. 34-44, Jan. 1999. (NSFW)

Hofvander, Y. Circumcision in Boys: time for doctors to reconsider. World Hospitals and Health Services, Vol. 38, No. 2. Pp. 15-17. 2002.

Darby, RJL. The masturbation taboo and the rise of routine male circumcision: A review of the historiography. Journal of Social History, Vol. 27. Pp. 737-757. Spring 2003.

Hannyu · 2018-08-05T01:36:02+00:00

Not that this helps now, but sometimes you can find good scientific articles on Google Scholar.

goodmod · 2018-08-05T02:11:10+00:00

We can't fit any more information on the sidebar.

However, we do have a wiki that could do with some expansion. Any volunteers?

serbarde · 2018-08-05T18:56:11+00:00

This one is also extremely interesting:

http://circumcision.org/studies-on-circumcision/

flashersenpai · 2018-08-06T14:29:31+00:00

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child do several speaking engagements, were at the latest ICMI, and published a paper in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073110516654120?journalCode=lmec) I found it on their site for free, and its quite good.

https://www.arclaw.org/resources

MRA-automatron-2kb · 2018-08-06T14:56:13+00:00

This is a medical diagram showing the before and after effects of circumcision.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6nJIVSYwqdA/UTK2EmHTzSI/AAAAAAAAA48/I2pqFwklStY/s1600/Sorrells-Chart.jpg

MRA-automatron-2kb · 2018-08-06T14:57:11+00:00

Another sub that has information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivists/

2018-08-05T02:39:12+00:00

Sometimes you can’t always access the full article, unless you are a college student/professor. But if there is a pdf next to the article title you can.

MRA-automatron-2kb · 2018-08-06T01:26:51+00:00

This member has lots of references: user/Consilio_et_Animis

Source: user/Consilio_et_Animis

Note: The vast majority (not all) of these links from reputable scientific journals, with peer-reviewed research.

1: Women prefer intact penises. And elsewhere you can find men do as well!

Source: http://www.healcthcentral.com/drdean/408/60750.html

http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/ohara/

2: Masturbation feels better.

Source: http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/

3: Circumcision significantly reduces sensitivity.

Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x/epdf

http://www.livescience.com/1624-study-circumcision-removes-sensitive-parts.html

4: Despite the reduced sensitivity, there is no change to lasting longer during sex.

Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00070.x/abstract;jsessionid=E233A9E106A9 A6D724B4E3606446784E.d03t01

5: Cut men have a more difficult time fapping.

Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00070.x/abstract;jsessionid=E233A9E106A9

Which was the reason it was promoted in the USA in the first place.

http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/27-03-2006/77873-circumcision-0/

6: Circumcision increases risk of erectile dysfunctions.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14979200&dopt= Abstract|

7: If too much skin is removed in circumcision, it can make the penis smaller since the dong needs some skin to expand during an erection:

http://www.altermd.com/Penis%20and%20Scrotal%20Surgery/buried_penis.htm

http://www.drgreene.com/azguide/inconspicuous-penis

8: Circumcision does not lower the risk of AIDS.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22096758/

9: Circumcision is more hygienic. Who the heck doesn't clean their penis? It's a three second job you do when you shower so this is not a valid argument. Women produce 10 times as much smegma as men - so it's OK to amputate an infant girls' labia lips so she doesn't have to wash them??

10: Circumcised foreskin sold to cosmetic manufacturers for profit:

http://voices.yahoo.com/human-foreskins-big-business-cosmetics-201840.html

11: Erectile dysfunction 4.5 times more likely to occur if you're circumcised

http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/08/does-circumcision-cause-erectile-dysfunction.html etc

12: Stanford's school of medicine list of circumcision complications (including infection, haemorraging, skin-bridging, phimosis, amputation and death):

http://newborns.stanford.edu/CircComplications.html

13: Cut infants get long-term changes in pain response from the trauma of being circumcised

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9057731

14: Circumcision decreases penile sensitivity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23374102?dopt=Abstract

15: Circumcision associated with sexual difficulties

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672947

16: Circumcision linked to alexithymia

http://www.mensstudies.com/content/2772r13175400432/?p=a7068101fbdd48819f10dd04dc1e19fb&pi=4

17: The exaggeration of the benefits of circumcision in regards to HIV/AIDS transmission

http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/12/798.abstract

18: Circumcision/HIV claims are based on insufficient evidence

http://www.4eric.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/MC.pdf

19: There is no case for the widespread implementation of circumcision as a preventative measure to stop transmission of AIDS/HIV

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00761.x/full

20: Circumcision decreases sexual pleasure

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17155977

21: Circumcision decreases efficiency of nerve response in the glans of the penis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847

22: Circumcision policy is influenced by psychosocial factors rather than alleged health benefits

http://www.circumcision.org/policy.htm

23: Circumcision linked to pain, trauma, and psychosexual sequelae

http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/boyle6/

24: Circumcision results in significant loss of erogenous tissue

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8800902

25: Circumcision has negligible benefit

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9091693

26: Neonatal circumcision linked to pain and trauma

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9057731

27: Circumcision may lead to need for increased care and medical attention in the first 3 years of life

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9393302

28: Circumcision linked to psychological trauma

http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/

29: Circumcision may lead to abnormal brain development and subsequent deviations in behaviour

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10657682

30: CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the importance of the foreskin for penile sensitivity, overall sexual satisfaction, and penile functioning: Furthermore, this study shows that a higher percentage of circumcised men experience discomfort or pain and unusual sensations as compared with the uncircumcised population.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23374102?dopt=Abstract

31: CONCLUSIONS: Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672947

32: CONCLUSION: There was a decrease in masturbatory pleasure and sexual enjoyment after circumcision, indicating that adult circumcision adversely affects sexual function in many men, possibly because of complications of the surgery and a loss of nerve endings.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17155977

33: CONCLUSIONS: The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the uncircumcised penis. The transitional region from the external to the internal prepuce is the most sensitive region of the uncircumcised penis and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis. Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847

34: CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides population-based epidemiological evidence that circumcision removes the natural protection against meatal stenosis and, possibly, other USDs as well. This results in difficulties with normal urination.

http://www.thesurgeon.net/article/S1479-666X(16)30179-2/abstract

Source: user/Consilio_et_Animis

Hannyu · 2018-08-05T02:16:46+00:00

May I pm you with the details?

Solyka · 2018-08-06T03:06:18+00:00

Nice, I'm def. Saving this post for future use

Hannyu · 2018-08-07T02:43:28+00:00

Update on the situation that led to this post:

Thank you fine folks for the resources. This helped a lot, as the initial article apparently wasn't enough to stop the poster's claim that being uncircumcised causes penile cancer along with crazy misinformed accusations about the uncut and smegma, cleanliness, etc. I've shared some of the sources you all shared with me and hopefully in the face of over 30 articles of "you're wrong" they'll shut up, quit trying to bully their daughter into circumcising her son when he's born, and learn how to do some research on a topic.

I mean if they want to do it and just blatantly say it's a choice, then fine, I disagree with it, but it's not my business to interfere in that, but I can't stand someone to go around saying thing like not being circumcised causes penile cancer and uncleanliness.

I'm hoping that /u/Hadashi_blacksky can take a lot of the great information provided here and compile it down into an easy to access wiki or website, and then hopefully we can come together to get great resources for other MRM related topics like this for our own reference, or to share with the un (or mis) informed.

Title	References Against Circumcision
Author	Hannyu
Upvotes	56
Comments	41
Date	August 5, 2018 1:06 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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