The Benefits of Being Intact
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The Benefits of Being Intact |
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No national health organization in the world recommends non-therapeutic infant circumcision. The United States is the only country in the world that circumcises a majority of its newborn sons without a religious reason.
In the United States, circumcision is on a big decline, from about 90% thirty-five years ago to 55% in 2003, so intactness is on a big increase, from about 10% thirty-five years ago to 45% in 2003.
1. The foreskin is the natural protective covering for the glans, or head of the penis. It
prevents the surface of the glans from becoming thickened and desensitized.
2. The loose foreskin covers the longer shaft of an erect penis. It is long enough to slide (glide) back and forth, facilitating intercourse as nature intended.
3. The foreskin plays an integral part in sexual pleasure. Recently described in the medical literature, a series of tiny ridged bands on the inner surface of the foreskin contribute significantly to sexual pleasure.
4. An intact man can choose as an adult, with fully informed consent, whether or not he wishes to have his foreskin removed. A man circumcised in infancy has no such choice.
5. An intact male does not suffer, as an infant, the pain of circumcision.
6. An intact male does not have to wonder why someone else removed a normal, useful part of his sexual organs.
7. An intact male has skin to cover his glans penis which, in all mammals, is an internal organ.
8. An intact male will never have to consider spending years trying to stretch what skin he has over his glans penis.
9. The overwhelming majority of intact men thank their parents for keeping them intact.
10. Intact men do not have their basic human rights (to an intact body) violated. By not having him circumcised, you can give your son a gentle beginning, the gift of his whole body, and all the sensitivity and feeling that nature intended.
Doctors Opposing Circumcision
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2442 NW Market Street
Seattle WA 98107-4137
USA
