One of the FASTEST-GROWING religious sects is ORTHODOX JUDAISM!! You know, the penis-sucking rabbi circumcision guys who give babies herpes which can -- and has -- caused brain damage and death!
"There is a trend afoot, and in the next big population survey like this, we will see the beginning of a switch, whereby Orthodox Jews will eventually likely be the majority of American Jews,” said Sarah Bunin Benor, a professor of Jewish studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She, like Cohen, was a member of the Pew study’s advisory committee."
Many men have organized to try to stop the insanity. See, for example, Bloodstained Men.
But most circumcised men find the truth of their mutilation too disturbing to face, and so those who recognize their mutilation are a minority that is ridiculed and attacked by society in general and the sleeping circumcised in particular.
I've protested. I know men who have protested. I talk about it every time I get a chance. But it's the norm in America.
I've kind of lost track of the anti-circumcision movement so don't really know what's going on with it.
But will try to check into it again and follow your website recommendation.
What could the message of this maiming be to the baby except that this is a violent world and your
parents aren't protecting you from its violence?
And, indeed, it is very sad that men don't protect their sons from it, but they've also been fed so many
lies about the "benefits" of circumcision in propaganda that it is easy for many to avoid seeing the truth.
I think you make the best summing up of it here --
But most circumcised men find the truth of their mutilation too disturbing to face, and so those who recognize their mutilation are a minority that is ridiculed and attacked by society in general and the sleeping circumcised in particular.<
And, sadly, most women up to now have left this decision to their husbands.
Thanks for considering the baby's perspective. You're right, it's a terrible message to the child.
I actually met the Bloodstained Men when they were touring near me, and they said that the responses they were getting were much more supportive than they used to be. Perhaps in 20 years MGM will only apply to a minority of boys. I hope so.
Thank you for the lead to the Bloodstained Men -- and I've just posted it on two different sites
where I hope they will get some attention.
I will also mail a contribution to them.
Just would add that I do consider male circumcision "mutilation" however we should be clear that
Female genital mutilation involves removal of everything within the outside labia. Everything.
AND ...
For anyone here -- male or female -- who is interested in stopping male circumcision ....
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equineluvr ago
One of the FASTEST-GROWING religious sects is ORTHODOX JUDAISM!! You know, the penis-sucking rabbi circumcision guys who give babies herpes which can -- and has -- caused brain damage and death!
"There is a trend afoot, and in the next big population survey like this, we will see the beginning of a switch, whereby Orthodox Jews will eventually likely be the majority of American Jews,” said Sarah Bunin Benor, a professor of Jewish studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She, like Cohen, was a member of the Pew study’s advisory committee."
Read more: http://forward.com/news/187429/orthodox-population-grows-faster-than-first-figure/
http://forward.com/news/187429/orthodox-population-grows-faster-than-first-figure/
Votescam ago
It's always amazed me that men have never organized together to stop the insanity of male circumcision .... that would be one place to begin.
timoppenheimer ago
Many men have organized to try to stop the insanity. See, for example, Bloodstained Men.
But most circumcised men find the truth of their mutilation too disturbing to face, and so those who recognize their mutilation are a minority that is ridiculed and attacked by society in general and the sleeping circumcised in particular.
I've protested. I know men who have protested. I talk about it every time I get a chance. But it's the norm in America.
Votescam ago
Thank you for your reply ...
I've kind of lost track of the anti-circumcision movement so don't really know what's going on with it. But will try to check into it again and follow your website recommendation. What could the message of this maiming be to the baby except that this is a violent world and your parents aren't protecting you from its violence?
And, indeed, it is very sad that men don't protect their sons from it, but they've also been fed so many lies about the "benefits" of circumcision in propaganda that it is easy for many to avoid seeing the truth.
I think you make the best summing up of it here --
And, sadly, most women up to now have left this decision to their husbands.
Again, thank you. :(
timoppenheimer ago
Thanks for considering the baby's perspective. You're right, it's a terrible message to the child.
I actually met the Bloodstained Men when they were touring near me, and they said that the responses they were getting were much more supportive than they used to be. Perhaps in 20 years MGM will only apply to a minority of boys. I hope so.
Votescam ago
Thank you for the lead to the Bloodstained Men -- and I've just posted it on two different sites where I hope they will get some attention.
I will also mail a contribution to them.
Just would add that I do consider male circumcision "mutilation" however we should be clear that Female genital mutilation involves removal of everything within the outside labia. Everything.
AND ...
For anyone here -- male or female -- who is interested in stopping male circumcision ....
http://www.bloodstainedmen.com/
The foreskin is actually a sexual organ.
What does the Male Foreskin do .... http://foreskinfunction.org/