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Oct 31, 2011, 7:47 pm
The Cut Tour 2011 made a stop in San Francisco, Saturday night, October 29, ... from a Jewish perspective.
After the screening, Mark Reiss, MD, Lisa Braver ... Wald and Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon took to the stage and hosted a question and ... The Measure of his Grief, which concerns the ps... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2011, 4:08 pm
NOTE: I got the date wrong in the initial post. This event takes places Saturday, October 29, 7pm to 10pm. Not Oct 28. Sorry about that.
San Francisco will host Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision on October 28 29 from 7pm to 10pm at the Ninth Street Ind... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2011, 10:01 pm
Ok, I've been battling a bad case of burnout in the last few months. Much of it has to do with the events of this past summer. From the San Francisco circumcision ballot initiative to facing the giddy Ugandans singing the praises of circumcision in Rome, it's been intense. This is in addition to the... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2011, 3:04 pm
It's been a lean couple months of posts at a time of almost weekly breaking news on circumcision. Please bear with me. Meanwhile, enjoy this video evidence of changing attitudes in North America.
Thanks to James Loewen and the Canadian Forskin Awareness Project. Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2011, 8:02 pm
This has been a month of repose after a long summer of suffering. I am very sorry for the no-posts-at-all schedule of August. There was much to post about. I'll try to pull it together and do a digest this week. Until then, enjoy this little graphic. He's a Democrat, by the way. Word from Sacramento... Comment - Like
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Jul 30, 2011, 11:27 am
On the second day of the conference (as mentioned in an earlier post), we encountered a group of young Ugandan men who said they were researchers in the Rakai, Uganda, circumcision RCT. The self-assured, self- appointed spokesman for this group made a compelling argument in parable about how circumc... Comment - Like
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Jul 28, 2011, 4:31 pm
Judge Loretta Giorgi of the Superior Court in San Francisco ruled against the SFMGMBill.org ballot initiative as was expected from her tentative ruling the day before. In addition, she ruled that the Doctors Opposing Circumcision Amicus Curiae brief was untimely and therefore would not be considered... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2011, 10:21 pm
There is still more to come on the IAS 2011 conference in Rome. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, the video below was captured at the San Francisco Pride Festival this year. This one goes from an Auschwitz survivor angrily turning over the booth table to meeting a young Jewish man who talks about being intact ... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2011, 1:46 am
I perceived our interaction with the delegates who chose to come by our booth as mostly positive. A few wanted to argue. A few said they agreed with us, but felt powerless to oppose the juggernaut. Almost none knew anything about foreskin anatomy or the purpose of the foreskin. Those who said they a... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2011, 7:15 pm
I have very little to say about Auvert's new report from Orange Farm. It is unclear how sound these results are. I cannot begin to dissect them. I encourage those knowledgeable enough about the science to do so.
The real issue here for me is whether an alleged 76% protective effect warra... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2011, 12:08 pm
Media reports have talked about the post circumcision satisfaction report. I saw the poster presentation which is provided below. My sense was that the report was so skewed towards better everything post-circumcision that it verged on parody. The participants in the Orange Farm area of South Africa ... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2011, 3:38 am
I'm working on a report detailing my participation in representing Intact America at the IAS 2011 conference in Rome. It was a stressful few days full of constant interaction with a skeptical crowd. Therefore, I want to process the experience before I start writing. Thanks for your patience. - David... Comment - Like
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Jul 19, 2011, 12:03 pm
On the second day of the International AIDS Society Conference in Rome, we talked to two people in important positions. The two circumcision advocates/program coordinators offered a despairing glimpse into the future on the one hand and offered us hope that some of them can be reached, on the other.... Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2011, 7:03 am
We've made a lot of good contacts. We've even had a presenter for one of the sessions on circumcision come by for a thoughtful conversation on why we're here and our opposition to mass circumcision for all African men, including wasting money on not at risk men, diversion of resources away from trea... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2011, 8:52 am
Just a quick note as I prepare to board a flight to Rome and the International AIDS Society 2011 conference ...
Thanks to all the donors who contributed a grand total of $975. We missed our $300 matching pledge, but I'm told I'll still get a part of it at the end of the conference. Fortu... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2011, 10:01 pm
Morrison & Foerster, a top San Francisco based global law firm, has sued John Arntz, the director of Elections for the City and County of San Francisco, and named Lloyd Schofield as a Real Party in Interest, to stop the SFMGM Bill from even hitting the ballot. The petition is not yet live on the Cit... Comment - Like
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Jun 21, 2011, 8:59 pm
ED. NOTE: In the light of the controversy over the San Francisco ballot measure to ban infant circumcision (SFMGMBill.org), and anti-Semitism, the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center has released a statement, reproduced below in its entirety.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 6/21/11
Rona... Comment - Like
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Jun 17, 2011, 6:56 pm
UPDATE: Download MC and Sexual Function - Denmark 2011
Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jun 14.
Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark.
Frisch M, Lindholm M, Grønbæk M.
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Jun 12, 2011, 1:41 pm
Growing up in Texas, the only Jews I knew lived in the Bible. As far as I could understand, circumcised boys were all my fundamentalist and not so fundamentalist Christian friends. Intact boys were foreigners or the kids who spoke Spanish. Rather than competition and prejudice between different reli... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2011, 8:18 pm
UPDATE: Florida Today has published an obituary.
The last time I saw Van Lewis, I had driven him to the Caltrain depot in San Francisco from Marilyn Milos's place in the North Bay after she hosted a celebration following the Eleventh International Symposium on Circumcision and Human Righ... Comment - Like
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Jun 4, 2011, 11:55 am
Here is another essential James Loewen film. This one is of Leonard Glick, an anthropology professor and scholar of Jewish history. I've had the privilege of meeting Professor Glick and even of receiving some very kind and encouraging words from him concerning this blog. He's a soft-spoken man who h... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2011, 10:23 pm
I'm not familiar with Christopher Maurer, a Houston attorney affiliated with NOCIRC Texas (no website), but he put up a pretty good argument in defense of the San Francisco MGM bill. Watch him here battle a doctor who's primary interest seems to be adhering to the party line than addressing the ethi... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2011, 4:40 pm
Alleged constitutional scholar Adam Winkler writes a genuinely clueless column today in The Daily Beast attacking the San Francisco proposed circumcision ban, both insulting the unemployed and San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in doing so*.
As if that's not bizarre enough, he claims th... Comment - Like
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May 23, 2011, 10:59 pm
Great graphics even if the message is short on detail. The humor in this, I think, is valuable for those of us trying to end this practice. We are often too serious for our own good. It isn't healthy to lose perspective. We are successful sometimes. So enjoy the hilarious way circumcisers are portra... Comment - Like
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May 21, 2011, 1:40 am
Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that a magazine with its origins in Britain, a largely intact country, would take a sober and objective look at the San Francisco circumcision ballot measure. The Economist correctly concludes, "Whatever the fate of his proposed law, Mr Schofield seems most intere... Comment - Like
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May 19, 2011, 2:58 pm
Amazing how indifferent people can be towards other people's suffering until someone tries to stop them from inflicting said suffering. The San Francisco circumcision ban ballot measure has spawned an astounding number of hostile and incredulous articles followed by similar comments on the interwebs... Comment - Like
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May 10, 2011, 9:00 am
The author doesn't come right out and say it. But it seems plausible enough. Men who are circumcised and therefore desensitized dislike condoms because, well, they lose their erections due to desensitization. A need without a product until now.
Could a New 'Viagra Condom' Enco... Comment - Like
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May 9, 2011, 10:45 am
In answer to the above question, it's very important. The circumcision lobby needs to know that we are out there and we're not going away. While circumcision takes Africa by storm as the powerful Aids industry steamrolls the weak economies and governments of the poorest region of the planet, our pre... Comment - Like
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May 5, 2011, 11:03 am
Objective minds predicted this outcome long before any on-the-ground examination was carried out. The reality is male circumcision is making things worse.
New HIV/Aids Messages Worsening HIV Situation
A new report by PANOS Eastern Africa has shown that new HIV/Aid... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2011, 8:00 pm
The actual title to this piece in Salon doesn't make any sense because the story is about men being circumcised as infants when they had neither the power to make the decision nor resist the assault. It's more of the View from Nowhere although to be fair the piece purports to give voice to men rathe... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2011, 9:44 pm
Jonathon Conte was on Airtalk this morning at 11 AM. The show is hosted by Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. Listen at the link below.
20110428_airtalk_snipsnip
The San Francisco Examiner summons the ire of religious groups in th... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2011, 1:10 am
Comments have never been raging on this site, but why not give an open thread challenge a try on a slow news night.
Three topics. 1. San Francisco ban on male circumcision for children. 2. The Circumcision Lobby. 3. Media bias against genital integrity.
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Apr 26, 2011, 10:51 pm
Let the debate begin. Remember, folks, this is a gender issue first, a religious issue second. Congratulations to everyone who worked hard on this effort!
CORRECTION: In an earlier post, I stated this measure was aimed at the June ballot. It is in fact the November ballot.
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Apr 26, 2011, 12:41 am
SFMGMBill.org is reporting on facebook tonight that it has gathered 12,251 signatures, well over the little more than 7,000 signatures needed, and will meet the deadline for the June ballot by turning them over to the Dept of Elections for verification and certification tomorrow. The bill would make... Comment - Like
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Apr 22, 2011, 9:00 am
The Swazi Observer reports that a campaign to encourage male circumcision by motivating women to berate and ridicule encourage men to do it has backfired. The intent was to get these women involved with the process ...
New male circumcision campaign targets women
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Apr 21, 2011, 7:19 pm
Assistant Professor of Sociology Lauren Ross tackles the issue of neonatal circumcision in America from the perspective of her discipline. The relevant part for this blog starts at 39:50.
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Apr 20, 2011, 9:55 pm
Kenyan circumcision initiates expelled from school, said to exhibit "indiscipline" related to attitudes associated with their transition to adulthood.
Canadian Medical Association publishes opinion piece suggesting that routine circumcision be postponed until adolescence. Download CMAJ ... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2011, 10:28 am
In a follow up to an earlier story, it appears circumcision certificates will not determine US citizenship in Arizona after all. Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill. She wrote, "I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for President of the greatest and most powerful... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2011, 10:56 pm
Congratulations to Dr. Van Howe and Dr. Storms on publishing the following paper. Full article available at the link below.
How the circumcision solution in Africa will increase HIV infections
Abstract
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS have... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2011, 9:00 am
Read it for yourself.
Arizona ‘birther’ law to accept circumcision papers as proof of citizenship
If you intend to run for president in Arizona but don't have the required birth certificate, all is not lost. The state may be willing to accept a description o... Comment - Like
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Apr 15, 2011, 9:00 am
Given a choice between the occasional teen obsessing over getting circumcised and a majority of parents obsessing over doing the circumcising for said teens before they are of an age to raise a ruckous, the former seems far preferable. This was my thought on seeing the headline, Should teens make ci... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2011, 9:00 am
What's a boy's life worth to the family that will never see him grow up? Hard to say, but the risk of pursuing the real value of his life was deemed too great and the family settled for $230,000. Read the rest of the story here. Comment - Like
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Apr 13, 2011, 9:00 am
According to a recent blog post on the Houston Chronicle website, Texas stands to save $2.4 million if it drops medicaid coverage for infant circumcision. But will it? As a native, let me weigh in on this and say, 'Bout damn time they do.
Chopping Block: Circumcision
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Apr 12, 2011, 9:00 am
Five minutes online and you will discover that there is a very vocal opposition to infant male circumcision for profoundly important ethical and practical reasons. While Canadian Stephen "Orgy of Male Bonding" Lewis may not like it, he can hardly claim shock and dismay at the fact that male circumci... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2011, 11:06 am
Ten years on from the march depicted in Saturday's video, we have this video depicting last week's march, which marks the 18th year that David Wilson and supporters of SICSOCIETY have come out for gender equality and genital integrity.
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Apr 9, 2011, 9:00 am
Everytime I hit the publish button on this blog, I get a big thrill knowing I'm speaking truth to whomever it is out there reading. I always hope power is reading. Whether that's true or not, I'm also aware of the community we all create by supporting each other in this endeavor to expose, reveal, a... Comment - Like
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Apr 8, 2011, 9:00 am
By now, it is obvious that the organized circumcision lobby has a publishing plan to push mass male circumcision. They are seemingly conscious of the apparent fact that hard data is unnecessary to push an agenda and that funding and acceptance of their thesis are largely based on media reports rathe... Comment - Like
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