Circumcision
Organizations
Norm-UK "To advance the education of the public in all matters relating to circumcision and other forms of surgical alteration of the genitals, including alternative treatments and offering information and advice on such matters."
No Harm Organization dedicated to stopping circumcision.
Circumcision Information and Resource Pages
International Coalition for Genital Integrity
Mothers Against Circumcision See what happens when a baby is circumcised.
Circumstitions A site dedicated to intactness.
The Foreskin
How the Foreskin Works A neat animation from Circumstitions.com.
Foreskin Photos From Dr. Dean Edell.
Care of the Foreskin
Foreskin Issues
Patient-Friendly Alternatives to Circumcision By Dr. Peter Bell, covers conditions ranging from a tight foreskin to a short frenulum.
Treating Phimosis with Masturbation A very interesting approach in an article from the British Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Phimosis "Phimosis" is a vague term. In common usage, it usually means any condition in which the foreskin of the penis cannot be retracted.
Paraphimosis When the foreskin is trapped behind the glans and can not go forward, that is called paraphimosis.
Forum for Men with Tight Foreskins
GFS--Gentle Foreskin Stretching Device Be sure to check with a healthcare provider first to make sure that nothing else is contributing to the situation and that stretching is a safe and prudent approach.
Frenulum Breve When there is a small rip in the foreskin. This link includes two articles on the subject.
Circumcision and HIV
How the circumcision solution in Africa will increase HIV infections By Robert Van Howe and Michelle R. Storms from the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University.
Male circumcision is not the HIV 'vaccine' we have been waiting for! Does the efficacy of circumcision to prevent HIV transmission hold up to actual analysis?
Long-term population effect of male circumcision in generalised HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa An excellent analysis by Michel Garenne from the Pasteur Institute in France.
South African Medical Association Opposes Circumcision of Babies for HIV Prevention
Circumcision-Related Issues
Crazy 19th Century Thinking Evolves into Modern Medical Tradition This book shows how routine circumcision came to be--how crazy thinking in the 19th Century became "medical fact" a hundred years later, as many of today's physicians keep trying to justify an unnecessary but routine operation.
Dean Edell's Perspective From Dr. Dean Edell's website.
Jewish Circumcision? A Rite Gone Wrong Why not read "Marked In Your Flesh: Circumcision From Ancient Judea To Modern America" by Leonard B. Glick. With comprehensive and academic coverage of the history of circumcision in Judaism this book makes the case against continuing the practice of circumcision in Judaism. Hardcover, 370 pages Published by Oxford University Press (June, 2005) ISBN 019517674X
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