why international doctors see Circumcision in USA as a specially Psychotic practice?

Question

When they know when it should be a recourse.
Do american doctors feel embarrased?

Answer 1

I had some difficulty with understanding your question, but I'm assuming you disapprove of circumcision. In the US, physicians practice informed consent, unlike in many other countries. Physicians do not just glibly decide to perform a circumcision. Parents are counseled about risks and benefits and alternatives, and ultimately make that decision.

Answer 2

Circumcision in the USA is no longer a routine practice, at least among non-Jews. Doctors ASK if they want the boys circumcised now. There are decided health advantages, so it isn't exactly a stupid or psychotic idea after all.

Answer 3

International doctors see Circumcision in the USA as a specially Psychotic practice because of the facts surrounding circumcision.


Circumcision is generally the forced removal (cutting off) of the foreskin from a child without the ability of the child to consent.
Here is a video of the operation. Watch it if you want to learn more. Please do watch it.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=352478&fr=ybr_sbc
It is not just a little snip here and there. Watch the above video of a circumcision in progress.


The foreskin is the most sensitive part of the penis and therefore very significant during sexual intercourse. Circumcision removes as much as 75% of sensation [ http://www.nocirc.org/touch-test/bju_6685.pdf ].
The foreskin reduces the force required by the penis to enter the vagina. It also increases the sexual enjoyment of the female partner. Here is a study to back this up: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/ohara/
The foreskin keeps the glans soft and moist and protects it from trauma and injury. Without this protection, the glans becomes dry, calloused, and desensitized from exposure and chafing.
Specialized nerve endings in the foreskin enhance sexual pleasure.
The foreskin may have functions not yet recognized or understood.


Performing circumcision on a child can and does result in the deaths of children due to blood loss and/or failure of the immune system.
It can and does result in very significant scaring.
It can and does result in sexual problems later in life.


The idea that it provides better hygeine is flawed and is simply a matter of performing good genital hygeine. The study that you are less succeptible to aids if you are circumcised is flawed. Here is a discussion of the report and its methodology by "Doctors Opposing Circumcision": http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html . A condom is still required to prevent transmission of STI's.

Men may often feel a need to justify their own circumcision by the generation of claims of health benefits.[ http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/ ]
"The medical literature is full of protective claims for various diseases, such as sexually transmitted disease , male and female cancers, and urinary tract infection. All such claims have been disproved."[ http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html ]


Studies about the rate of transmission of aids with respect to both male and female circumcision have been conflicting.
A collection of said studies can be found linked from here:
http://www.mgmbill.org/aids.htm
Furthermore:
"The United States has one of the highest rates of male circumcision and also one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the developed world, suggesting that circumcision is having exactly the opposite effect. Conversely, Finland and Japan have some of the lowest rates of circumcision and also some of the lowest rates of HIV/AIDS."
Condoms have been proven to be an effective means of combatting AIDS.
Are you aware that Stallings study also shows that female circumcision also reduces HIV transmission? [ http://www.ias-2005.org/planner/Abstracts.aspx?AID=3138 ]
Female circumcision type II is the removal of the prepuce, part of the clitoris and the labia. Because of the function of the male foreskin, male circumcision is comparable to type II female circumcision. [ http://www.mgmbill.org/mgm101.pps ]
We do not nor should we circumcise girls.
Do not do it for hygeine issues. It is a trivial task to ensure good genital hygeine.
The vast majority of the world(83%) is not circumcised.
There is no good reason to perform male genital mutilation.

See these sites specifically:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
http://www.mgmbill.org/
http://www.nocirc.org/
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/
http://www.noharmm.org/

Here is a tracking of circumcision news articles which is kept very up to date:
http://www.cirp.org/news/

Have a look at this website:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/

Have a look at these videos:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=137650&fr=ybr_sbc
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1736954830543671382&sourceid=searchfeed

Answer 4

It is the "unkindest and stupidest" cut of all.

Doctors and hospitals do not complain because they get paid for it by the insurance company.

It is an ancient Jewish practice picked up by the Christians and the Muslims. It might have started as a accident on a king or a commander which is followed by the subjects. Even in these modern ages, people do follow Madonna, Brittney spears, Micheal Jordon, Bill Clinton (oral), etc, blindly.

Answer 5

It is a good thing for me, to practice surgery and medicine outside the United States,,,,,its too complicated....I have the Texas License, however I dont practice surgery there, because of arguments like this....we end up not pleasing anybody....

Answer 6

Circumcision is ridiculous. It's sort of like cutting off your eyelid to your eyes.. It makes no sense at all. It destroys over 60% of the sensitivity of the penis. I don't know why over 75% of Americans are circumcised, but I do know why 98% of the world are NOT.

Answer 7

I found it extremely strange when i discovered that it is regular practise to perform this operation in neonates in the US. I'd be interested to know how this started exactly since i believe it is the only country to do so excluding muslims and jews who do it for religious reasons.

Circumcision is not necessary, far from it. The fact that the rest of the world survives just fine without it, and that the rate of STDS, HIV and penile cancer are not decidedly different in the western world from the US, should put any uncircumcised male's heart at rest.

I find it a bit funny that in an effort to avoid STDs, you remove the foreskin. I mean, to avoid ulcers do we remove the stomach, or do we just remove the appendix just in case it infected?

To each his own i guess. In my country it is only performed for medical reasons at the public hospitals. In private hospitals you can get it done for religious reasons or just for the fun of it hehe. But we do have a lot of trouble with muslims who come pretending that their kids have phimosis and infections and what not to try to get it done for free at the public hospitals.