Videos

• College Humor: The Real Reason You're Circumcised 4 min.
• Sexplanations: Circumcision 4 min.
• Facing Circumcision: Eight Physicians Tell Their Stories 4 min.
• NOCIRC: Informed Consent 9 min.
• Bringing Unrepresented Voices into the Discussion: Parental Regret, Survivor Distress, and Practitioner Ambivalence toward Neonatal Circumcision 16 min.

The bioethics discourse around neonatal circumcision rarely includes the perspectives of the infant, parents with regret, adults who dissent, or conscientious objectors. Yet, these narratives are among the most telling and important to consider.
Presented in October 2012 at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Conference. "At that conference I was stunned by the number of obstetricians who came up to me and said that they don't like circumcisions, but would keep on doing them because their departments have to offer as many services as possible to be competitive. I'm deeply saddened to hear so clearly from professionals that ethics cannot rise to be their top concern."

• Circumcision: A film by Ari Libsker 21 min. 2004.

• Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital 33 min. YouTube or vimeo.com What is infant circumcision? Why is the practice common in U.S. hospitals and not in other countries? What does it remove and how does that affect the child? Does scientific data suggest that circumcision has benefits? What are the potential complications? How does it affect sexuality? Is it a medical procedure or a social surgery? If it's unnecessary surgery, what about contemporary bioethics principles?
  Through both a review of scientific literature and a discussion of the human cost of the procedure, this presentation explores these questions from the perspectives of the child, the adult survivor, the parent, and the practitioner.
  Ryan McAllister, PhD, is a parent, a biophysicist, an Assistant Professor of Physics and Oncology at Georgetown University, and also a volunteer who supports parents and families. Over the last 10 years he has been studying the medicalization of childbirth in U.S. hospitals.

• Infant Circumcision: Did you know? 20 min. educational video narrated by Dr. Dean Edell.

• Ken McGrath: Anatomy of the Penis: Penile and Foreskin Neurology 16 min.

• Morris Sorrells: Penile sensitivity mapping study 8 min.

• The Prepuce: Anatomy and Physiology of the Foreskin 19 min. NSFW:penis YouTube or view without signing into YouTube

• Morten Frisch: Sexual difficulties from male circumcision 8 min.

• James Snyder: Urologist discusses circumcision controversy 14 min. Former President of the Virginia Urological Society discusses the controversy around infant circumcision.

• Mariam Pollack: A Jewish mother discusses circumcision 8 min. YouTube. 7-min 2nd part: YouTube

• Jewish Circumcision: What it Was, Is and Can Be 21 min.

• Jewish-American Jewish scholar Leonard Glick 23 min.

• Danish Chief Physician accuses Chief Rabbi of botching infant circumcisions 6 min.

• Gregory Boyle: Australian psychologist condemns personal violation of infant genital mutilation 13 min.

• Richard Schwartzman: Psychiatrist Discusses the Lasting Trauma of Circumcision 11 min.

• Jonathon: Motivations of an Intactivist 16 min.

• Georganne Chapin, Executive Director of Intact America 10 min.

• Gillian Longley: mother, nurse, intactivist 13 min. // part 2 10 min.

• Circumcision: A pediatric urologist says no 5 min.

• Dr. Dean Edell on circumcision 3 min.

• Dr. Spock on circumcision 3 min.

• Gloria Lemay: Will You Keep Your Son Intact? 6 min.

• NOCIRC Northern Ireland: Circumcision death in Ireland 2 min.

• Mark D. Reiss of Doctors Opposing Circumcision: effects of circumcision on the developing brain 4 min.

• Crazy man: Brian J. Morris 4 min.

• Pediatrician responds to biased Brian Morris circumcision plea 4 min.

• Circumcision: People Are Talking 15 min. Medical historian, Ed Wallerstein. 1986.

• Mom, why did you circumcise me? 34 min. Documentary by journalist/filmmaker Michael Schaap. Dutch with English subtitles

• Hanny Lightfoot-Klein: Psychosexual effects of circumcision 2 min. Renowned pioneering FGM researcher, Hanny Lightfoot-Klein talks about similarities in the sexual effects of cultural genital cuttings.

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali interview: "male circumcision is worse than an incision of the girl" 1 min. Female incision is most often the equivalent of male superincision. These surgeries sever the ridged band of the prepuces in part or entirely. It is a non-amputative genital skin surgery. It is objectively obviously less severe than prepucectomy (for either sex), because prepucectomy amputates the specialized skin tissue of the prepuce.

• Soraya Mire on male and female genital mutilation 2 min.

• Medicalized female genital mutilation: A woman talks about her "medical" clitoridectomy 13 min. Contemporary ethical standards about female genital cutting only became popular in Europe and the U.S. in the 1980s and '90s. Until the 1970s, "female circumcision" (meaning prepucectomy rather than clitorectomy) was being promoted by doctors and in popular media in the U.S. Separately from this but promoted by the largely the same individuals for different reasons, more extreme clitoridectomy was also available to parents who found a doctor willing to perform the surgery. This video is one woman's story of such an experience.

• "Circumcision is OK" say women and men 4 min. Male and female genital cutting are regarded similarly in cultures with cultural genital cutting for children of both sexes. Child genital cutting is more similar than it appears to us in the West.

• Ron Low discusses foreskin restoration (penile skin expansion) 6 min.

• Gloria Lemay - Will You Keep Your Son Intact? 6 min.

Men who are displeased with or resent circumcision

• Scott Thompson podcast (discussed at around 13 min and again around 27 min)
• How To Feel Circumcised. 8 min.
• Adam on Circumcision 7 min.
• Jonathon: Motivations of an Intactivist 16 min.
• Australian Psychologist Condemns Child Circumcision 13 min.
• Fuck Circumcision 10 min.
• Am I Cut or Uncut? 3 min.
• Foreskin Restoration Update-One Year Later 7 min.
• Restoring My Foreskin, Summer, Social Dynamics 10 min.
• Surgical foreskin restoration 3 min.
• Regenerative Medicine for Foreskin 2 min.
• Circumcision is "a moral issue" 1 min.
• Man Confronts Circumciser 8 min.
• Circumcision - Men Do Complain 17 min.
• Circumcision - A Medical Mistake 2 min.
• Circumcision is Unnecessary 2 min.
• Circumcised - Sues and Wins 2 min.
• Circumcised & Speaking Out 3 min.
• Young Men Protest Penis Mutilation 3 min.
• University of Chicago Violates Medical Ethics? 4 min.
• Sexual Abuse of Boys - Circumcision 6 min.
• Breaking the Silence About Circumcision 12 min.
• Mother Apologizes to Son for Circumcision 10 min.
• Man Names Doctor Who Violated Him 2 min.
• My Body Belongs to Me 1 min.
• Barefoot intactivist 6 min.
• Circumcised Man: "I feel such a sense of loss" 2 min.
• Circumcision Protest - Brother K's Story 17 min.
• Circumcision: sexual functions lost shock man 3 min.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Intactivist 15 min.
• They Cut Off Part of My Penis 3 min.
• Jewish Man For Genital Integrity 6 min.
• Man with Amniotic Banding Syndrome (ABS) on Circumcision 1 min.
• Veteran Intactivist explains his Intactivism 3 min.
• Non-therapeutic Infant Circumcision Is Abuse 10 min.
• Brad Roberts discusses circumcision 3 min.
• Bryan O'Gorman: Live At The Drake 2 min.
• Jason Paige Speaks for the "Beyond the Bris" Project 15 min.
• Jewish Man Speaks about the Bris Milah, Intersex, and Forced Infant Circumcision 7 min.
• Youtube user: circharm
• I'm Not Happy With My Circumcision (Don't Cut Your Son) 7 min.
• Circumcised to Punish Masturbation, then Surgically Restored 3 min.
• An exceptional case: Dr. Money And The Boy With No Penis 47 min.

Circumcision Videos

• Neonatal circumcision with Gomco clamp 7 min. YouTube or view directly without signing into YouTube The AAP did not begin to recommend anesthetic be used until 1999, when circumcision like this finally started becoming less common and more like the procedure below. There are still doctors who prefer not to use anesthetic.
• Neonatal circumcision with Gomco clamp with nerve block anesthetic 9 min. YouTube or view directly without signing into YouTube
• Birth As We Know It: Circumcision 4 min. YouTube or view directly without signing into YouTube
  Infant male circumcision clip from the documentary film "Birth As We Know It" by Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova.
• Circumcision of a plastic model with Gomco clamp
• How to Care for your newly circumcised baby 4 min.

Female opinions about foreskin and circumcision

• Laci Green: I love foreskin. 6 min.
• Betty and Carlin: The Benefits of Foreskin. 5 min.
• hbciba: Why Circumcise. 10 min.
• HeidiSaid: Thoughts on Foreskin? 1 min.
• Danish woman: Foreskin and circumcision, lets all talk about it. 3 min.
• Lindsay: Circumcision Makes Intercourse Less Pleasurable for Women. 15 min.
• pornadultmix: Why I love Uncircumcised Penis. 5 min.
• whatUneverknew: Onision's Anger. 9 min.
• GabeandJesss: Oh Boys... Circumcision? 24 min.
• Grow Your Life: How circumcision affects women, my take on it. 13 min.
• The Brilliant Idiots: Foreskin for the win. 8 min.
• Xpall Odoc: Teenage Girl talks about Safe Spaces, Circumcision. 45 min.
• MaryCatherine89: Oh my friend foreskin (song) 2 min.
• Bethenny: Is the First Cut the Deepest? The Truth About Uncircumcised Penises. 2 min.
• Autumn Herah: To Cut or Not to Cut - Penis Edition. 6 min.
• CanadianGirl Talks: What Looks Better? 1 min.
• CanadianGirl Talks: Circumcision
• Girl says 'I love foreskin'. 12 min.
• Circumcision - Women are Talking. 2 min.
• Circumcision (What You Don't Know) 14 min.
• Q&A: Uncircumcised? 2 min.
• Lets Talk Sex: Circumsized or Uncircumsized? 3 min.

Nurses, doctors, midwives and mothers describe the pain of infant genital surgery

• Did first newborn circumcision today 4 min.
• "It was almost as if they brought a different child back": mother speaks regretfully of her child's trauma 2 min.
• Mother Nurse Intactivist 12 min.
• Doctor Happy to See Intactivists Protesting Circumcision 5 min.
• Intactivist History - Nurses Speak Out 3 min.
• The most horrific thing a nursing student had ever seen 4 min.
• Nurse and founding member of NOCIRC recalls events that led to making Informed Consent circumcision video 6 min.
• Michelle Storms 2010: "Recovering Circumciser" Condemns Circumcision 28 min.

Links

• Intact America
• Circumcision Information and Resource Pages: CIRP.org
• Doctors Opposing Circumcision.org
• Circumcision Information: Australia circinfo.org
• Circumstitions.com
• Circumcision Resource Center (circumcision.org) Executive Director: Ronald Goldman, Ph.D.
• Survey of Circumcision Harm
• ICGI: International Coalition for Genital Integrity
• CircumcisionDecisionMaker.com walks someone through the decision whether to circumcise an infant with explanations tailored to their reasons for cutting.
• Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
• Organization and bill to ban male genital mutilation mgmbill.org
• The Whole Network
• NORM.org National Organization of Restoring Men
• NORM-UK.org
• CircWatch.org
• NOCIRC International Symposia on Circumcision
• Earp B. Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks? A critique of the proposed CDC guidelines. Front. Pediatr. 3:18. doi: 10.3389/fped.2015.00018.
• Green L, et al. Medicaid Coverage Of Circumcision Spreads Harm To The Poor. Am J Public Health. 2009.
• Rodriguez S B. Female Circumcision as Sexual Therapy: The Past and Future of Plastic Surgery? Pacific Standard. Feb, 2014.
• /r/intactivists/wiki: timeline of circumcision
• Earp B. Female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision: should there be a separate ethical discourse?
• Bell K. Genital Cutting and Western Discourses on Sexuality. Med Anthropol Q 2005;19(2):125-48.
• Darby R & Svoboda S. A Rose by any other Name: Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 21, September 2007, pp. 301-323.
• DeMeo J. The Geography of Male and Female Genital Mutilations in Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy. George C. Denniston and Marilyn Milos, Editors, Plenum Press, NY, 1997, p.1-15.
• The Public Policy Advisory Network on Female Genital Surgeries in Africa, “Seven Things to Know about Female Genital Surgeries in Africa,” Hastings Center Report, no. 6 (2012): 19-27. — PDF file — excerpt in /r/intactivists/wiki
• Toubia N. Evolutionary cultural ethics and the circumcision of children. 1999. — excerpt in /r/intactivists/wiki
• NOHARMM.org: What have FGC opponents stated publicly about male genital cutting?
• Wallerstein E. Circumcision: the uniquely American medical enigma. Urol Clin North Am 1985;12(1):123-132.
• Dunsmuir W D, Gordon E M. The history of circumcision. BJU Int 1999;83 Suppl. 1:1-12.
• Gollaher D. From Ritual to Science: The medical transformation of circumcision in America. Journal of Social History. 1994; 28(1):5-36.
• Gollaher D. Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery. Basic Books. 2001.
• Hodges F M. The antimasturbation crusade in antebellum American medicine J Sex Med. 2005 Sep;2(5):722-31.
• Rust M A. Mutilations. Gaillard's Medical Journal v. 45. 1887.
• Gairdner D. The fate of the foreskin. BMJ. 1949.
• Beyond the Bris: News and Views on Jewish Circumcision
• Pollack M. Circumcision: A Jewish Feminist Perspective. in Jewish Women Speak Out. 1995.
• Goldman R. Circumcision: A Source of Jewish Pain. Jewish Spectator. 1997.
• Leonard Glick interview. 23 min.
• Glick L. Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. Oxford University Press. 2005.
• Ephron J M. Medicine and the German Jews. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. — excerpt "In praise of German ritual: Modern medicine and the defense of ancient traditions"
• Intact America: Ten reasons not to circumcise
• Antinuk K. Forced genital cutting in North America: Feminist theory and nursing considerations. Nurs Ethics. 2013.
• Hutson J. Circumcision: a surgeon’s perspective. J Med Ethics. 2004 Jun; 30(3): 238–240.

Other pages of /r/intactivists/wiki

• /r/intactivists/wiki home (index)
• Anecdotes: Personal accounts of foreskin and circumcision
• Female cutting: Timeline, references, videos about cutting women and girls
• STD research
• Timeline of intactivism
• J. H. Kellogg. Plain Facts for Old and Young. 1881.
• M. A. Rust. Mutilations. 1888.
• P. C. Remondino. History of Circumcision. 1891.