Is circumcision a human rights violation?

Question

Because if I had a choice in it I would have said no. Not because of pain, simply because I'd rather have my foreskin.

Answer 1

When performed on an unconsenting child, yes.


It should be the choice of the victim as to whether or not they want to undergo the procedure. There are many men who try to undo the damage done to them every year: http://www.norm.org/
It is wrong to force an irreversible process onto them that they may not undergo as a adult if they still had the choice.


No medical institution in the world actually recommends the practice.
Let's have a look at medical associations in the developed world. The British Medical Association, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Canadian Paediatric Society, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Australian College of Paediatrics and Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Every one of them recommends AGAINST performing the procedure. Their positions on the procedure can be found here: http://www.circumcision.org/position.htm


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.
[ http://www.nocirc.org/publish/pamphlet7.html ]

"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." Circumcision cuts off the five most sensitive points from the penis [Touch test sensitivity experiment, British Journal of Urology 2007, copy of report: http://www.nocirc.org/touch-test/bju_6685.pdf ].

The foreskin reduces the force required by the penis to enter the vagina while circumcision contributes to vaginal dryness. [ http://www.circumcision.org/studies.htm , http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/ ]
The foreskin also increases the sexual enjoyment of the female partner. [ http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/ohara/ ]

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.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=512542
Approximately 230 American males die every year because of circumcision. [ http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/deathsdo.htm , http://www.cirp.org/library/death/ ] This is a meaningless and very sad loss of life.

It can and does result in very significant scaring.
It can and does result in sexual problems later in life.

Circumcised males have a much higher rate of sexual dysfunction and premature ejaculation. [ http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/ ]

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) "there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimal penile hygiene." [ http://www.circumcision.org/aap.htm ]

Here is some information on the function of the male prepuce, alleged medical reasons for circumcision, complication which can arise from circumcision and some myths associated with the procedure: http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/foreskin.html .

Hygiene and prevention of disease are among the commonest reasons cited for performing male circumcision. This directory contains references that examine the validity of these claims in detail: http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/

Circumcision does not make you less prone to STD's, cancer, giving females cancer or anything else. Read the literature library I have referenced. It includes information from National Health Administrations like the American Cancer Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Answer 2

No. It helps human rights. it incredibly is in basic terms a fantasy placed around with the help of folk with an unusual liking for foreskins. some many years in the past it was once refrained from anesthetics and that made it as unsightly as vaccination for infants. yet the two are a stable theory for conserving wellness. i'm thinking the variety you chanced on a youtube like that and in case you have self belief that present day circumcision is something like that.

Answer 3

well it's a preventative maintenance procedure. I have my foreskin, and I've had several complications with it. including phimosis. I fixed it. But I agree with you in the fact that I don't want to get circumcised unless I absolutely had to. I can't imagine not having it.

As far as human rights goes, it should be a choice but by the time a boy really gets attached to his penis, and makes the decision to get it cut off, the pain and cost can be unbearable to do it.

I think, if the father is circumcised, the son should be too. Because then the boy will never feel like they are a mistake when he sees his fathers' penis for the first time.

Answer 4

I believe that it is an infringement on our human rights. But right now I have a little six year old boy ( a foster child) who has been suffering from a severe rash inside the skin and it is causing him quite a bit of pain and discomfort. Gotten by swimming in chlorinated swimming pools. And by God I swear I wished his mother would have had the vision to see what problems her little boy would have suffered and circumcised him when he was an baby.
Sorry but being circumcised is far better than not. Specifically because of all the health related problems of not being circumcised.

Answer 5

Premature ejaculation is caused by specific things that you do before and during sex. Most of the time without even realizing it. Read here https://tr.im/5gRsj

Premature ejaculation is not some gene you're born with, the result of your penis size or a part of your personality that you can never change.

Answer 6

Even the Supreme Court agrees that parents have the fundamental right to raise their children the way they see fit (Troxel vs. Granville, June 2001).

I have 2 sons, both circumsized, both of Jewish heritage, although we had our pediatrician perform the minor operations.

If your biggest problem is whether or not you had a say in keeping your foreskin, then you're doing better than most of us.

Answer 7

i dont think it is. circumcision has been done for a long long time. ive heard there are more benefits being circumsized that if you're not. i dont think it matters as long as it wont affect health. you simply care about aesthetics. that extra foreskin is not necessary. look at the bright side! be happy with what you got.

if i had a baby boy i would circumsize him(like many parents choose to do so).

Answer 8

actually, since the mid-nineties when studies showed that a having a foreskin increases the chance to contract HIV when having sex with an Hiv-postitive person, it is almost a medical health necessity in places like Africa where AIDS is at epidemic levels...so i don't think that, even in America where we don't have those epidemic levels, it would be considered a human rights violation, if the parents sought it.

Answer 9

It's a form of child abuse. I wish more children would sue their parents.

Answer 10

it depends on ur interest n hygiene,but if u were muslim then circumcision is neccesary as this's their law.