[From The Archives 1993] Male Genital Mutilation - BMJ (British Medical Journal)

tkepe194 · 2017-11-25T21:56:51+00:00

Couldn’t agree more.

Incident-Pit · 2017-11-26T05:08:24+00:00

Janet was well ahead of the game there. I wonder what she is doing now?

Imnotmrabut · 2017-11-25T21:53:30+00:00

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Male Genital Mutilation
Male genital mutilation EDITOR,—I applaud Malika Ladjali and colleagues’ editorial on female genital mutilation^¹ and agree that medical practitioners should work towards eradicating this abhorrent practice. My concern is that male genital mutilation, also euphemisu'cally termed circumcision and erroneously validated as medically beneﬁcial or culturally necessary, is not considered abhorrent by medical authorities and is widely inﬂicted on infants without anaesthetic, particularly in the United States.

As doctors we should work towards a ban on male genital mutilation, except where strict clinical indications for removal of the foreskin apply. Boys still die or are ill as a result of this practice, and who knows what psychological sequelae follow painful mutilations of this kind?^² The Royal College of Surgeons could take the lead in outlawing the practice of male genital mutilation by its members.

JANET MENAGE - Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby CV23 9HF
1 Ladjali M, Rattray TW, Walder RJW. Female genital mutilation. BMJ 1993;307:460. (21 August.)

2 Miller A. Banished knowledge: facing childhood injuries. London: Virago, 1991.
Source - *BMJ. 1993 Sep 11; 307(6905): 686.*

Title	[From The Archives 1993] Male Genital Mutilation - BMJ (British Medical Journal)
Author	Imnotmrabut
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Date	November 25, 2017 9:47 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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