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• SKMM reviewing ‘Potong’ ad

  
  Technology and information news at inertz.org — Authority: 431
  P1 W1MAX potong ads The controversial P1 WiMAX broadband advertisement which repeatedly stressed the word “potong” (cut) is being reviewed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM). Deputy Information, Communication, Culture and Arts Minister Heng Saei Kie said the advertisement was being ...
  7 hours ago

• He was busy

  
  The Kvetcher — Authority: 123
  VIN translates , The birth of a son to a young couple from Israel’s Central Region turned into a string of nightmares when the mohel who performed the bris made a poor incision, causing severe injuries. As a result of the slip the infant had to undergo some ten operations and still requires further treatments. ...
  1 day ago

• Female genital operations: culture and health from a feminist perspective

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  Female genital mutilation or torture: whichever way you say it, it sounds like something horrible. In the late 1970s, the name female genital mutilation (FGM) was adapted by organizations such as the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), and Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting ...
  3 days ago

• Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  For the vast majority of my life, I never even considered questioning the ethics of male circumcision. When something is so ingrained in one’s culture, it seems strange to question it. And I’m not referring to the fact that the United States has a circumcision rate of 75%. Growing up in a Jewish community, in [...]
  3 days ago

• Canadian medical association includes ethics in circumcision discussion

  
  ICGI - Genital Integrity — Authority: 103
  ICGI applauds the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia for their updated Circumcision (Infant Male) Resource Manual where they make the decision to include ethics into their discussion of circumcision. Previously, only medical and religious topics were being discussed. This had the effect of making ...
  4 days ago

• The Ethics of Neonatal Circumcision

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  The last couple months have seen a flurry of reports in the media (particularly American media) regarding male circumcision and its potential health benefits. However, most of the coverage in the U.S. of male circumcision fails to discuss what I think is the most important issue, the ethics.Before continuing, though, ...
  4 days ago

• Circumcision Makes the News Again; Read Thando Mgqolozana’s A Man Who is Not a Man

  
  UKZN Press — Authority: 108
  To say that circumcision, as a facet of the Xhosa initiation ritual, is a cultural lightning rod is to understate the case. Some in the community are dead-set against it; others will go to the furthest extremes to ensure that it happens. The latter scenario played out recently in the Bhisho High Court, where a young ...
  4 days ago

• Welcome to the Circumcision series at GAB

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  Circumcision is a widely-discussed topic in the United States and outside of the United States (with a heavy emphasis on many countries in Asia and Africa,  see Africa’s female circumcision prevalence map to the left). It also happens inside the U.S. Some people think it’s necessary because of health. Others ...
  4 days ago

• Other Unkind Cuts

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 129
  Man Sentenced In Child Circumcision Case (WTOL/WBTV; Sept 29) LENOIR, North Carolina: A father who admitted to circumcising his infant sons earlier this week was sentenced in Caldwell County court Friday afternoon. John Marlowe was accused of two felony counts of abuse in the case and the jury convicted ...
  6 days ago

• Circumcision Debate Hot on ‘Parents Ask’, DECA’s Newest Series

  
  Tubefilter News — Authority: 590
  Who knew that the debate of circumcision was so hot right now? Seriously, this is apparently a hot button issue amongst new parents and parents-to-be. So what better topic to tackle in the launch of DECA’s newest original web series, Parents Ask (above) . DECA is fast becoming to parenting what Revision3 ...
  1 week ago

• Science Requires Ethics, Part 3

  
  RollingDoughnut.com — Authority: 116
  Jake responded to my last entry in our ongoing series. (My first and second entries.) Ill just jump in. Addressing my view that he is a pro-circumcision advocate, Jake writes: I find this a rather peculiar statement. I suppose in a sense that any attempt to weigh benefits against risks will have some ...
  1 week ago

• Who Needs Health Care? 6 Do-It-Yourself Surgeries Gone Horribly Wrong

  
  AMOG - Alpha Males of the Group — Authority: 492
  1. Man Hems His Own Sack:The InjuryUnmarried and alone, a machine shop worker had found the perfect cure for his sexual blues. Locking himself in the shop during lunch hours, he would get his rocks off by holding his slim-jim against the canvas drive belt of a large floor-based piece of running machinery.One fateful ...
  1 week ago

• Size Matters [Trimming The Fat]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 825
  But not how youd think: Scientists have found that men with larger foreskins are at a higher risk for contracting HIV. Doctors are considering offering circumcision to men in Uganda to help combat the spread of the virus. [ Reuters ]
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• I like Foreskin (NSFW)

  
  Sugabelly 2.0 — Authority: 119
  Do you? [IMG: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QVW98iGMXHI/SujHAMgrOxI/AAAAAAAAJl0/6L8neu7gOmw/s400/662px-Erect_penis_uncut.jpg]
  1 week ago

• The Cruelty of Circumcision

  
  ThePolitic.com — Authority: 472
  Over at my blog, I comment on a recent story of the effects of routine circumcision on a boy’s brain.  I’d love to hear people’s comments. On a related note, here’s an old post by Freddie at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen in which he completely eviscerates a Matt Steinglass post on circumcision.  ...
  2 weeks ago

• So Last Week .01

  
  jamYe waXman. seX matters. — Authority: 110
  Every Monday, from now until I decide to stop doing it on Monday’s, you’ll get the sex news that mattered last week delivered on fresh to your inbox this week. Some of it is still worth reading, if you haven’t read it already. Especially this weeks NYMag section devoted to foreskin. Fascinating. NY Magazines ...
  2 weeks ago

• Science Requires Ethics, Revisited

  
  RollingDoughnut.com — Authority: 116
  Jake Waskett responded to my critique of his entry about Intact Americas letter. I find it lacking. ... Its a shame that he mischaracterises me as a "pro-circumcision advocate", though (Im pro-parental choice, not pro-circumcision). I do not accept that Ive mischaracterized his position as a pro-circumcision ...
  2 weeks ago

• For or Against Circumcision?

  
  Zinc Plate Press Blog — Authority: 126
  New York Magazine offers “a comprehensive investigation into the pros, cons, and controversies of circumcision.” Are you “for or against” circumcision? Shalom Auslander, author of Foreskin’s Lament, gives a hilarious take on the Jewish bris: I found myself … sitting across the way from Patricia, a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Circumcision For Everyone?

  
  Windows & Doors — Authority: 121
  Responding to both a growing anti-circumcision movement and her own hysteria surrounding the circumcision of her two sons, Hanna Rosin writes in the most recent New York Magazine about why the case for circumcision is good for everyone, at least...
  2 weeks ago

• Hanna Rosin Is Still Wrong On Circumcision, Revisited

  
  RollingDoughnut.com — Authority: 116
  Hanna Rosin returns with another apologia showing her determination to remain blind to the ethics against infant circumcision. ... But now that I have done my homework, I’m sure I would do it again—even if I were not Jewish, didn’t believe in ritual, and judged only by cold, secular science. First, ...
  2 weeks ago

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