Listen as Pediatrician and medical researcher Robert Van Howe demolishes the American Academy of Pediatrics latest position paper on male circumcision. In this episode of the Cut Podcast, Eli sits down with sexologist Winston Wilde to talk about a range of issues related to circumcision and sexuality. Kathya Delaguila, Brendon Marotta, and Michelle Jacobs Hinman, discuss their personal experiences with male circumcision.
Gillian E. Longley presents a detailed analysis of the medical ethics involved in neonatal male circumcision. John V. Travis Wisdom introduces his Cutting Culture conference and Marilyn Fayre Milos presents her overview of male circumcision. I am happy with mine and am glad the operation was performed at a time in my development when I would not retain any memories of the procedure.
As a non-Jewish male, I am glad my parents had me mutilated at birth, for perceived reasons of aesthetics and functionality. It seems that most men who regret the decision of their parents to mutilate them had issues with the operation. From the very first the procedure has been a political act, only. The procedure was instituted by Jewish Priests to help differentiate Captive Jews from their Captors, and was designed to establish Priestly control over their increasingly wayward flock.
What could they do? And after conditions changed, after the Captivity ended, you would think they would no longer ignore Genesis Having found another meal ticket, perhaps the Priests found it easier to sacrifice little boys than to slice open and eviscerate animals ….
Nevertheless, mutilating boys has never been a religious act … The child feel no religious ecstasy, no uplifting moral or ethical insight, when his body is violated … all he feel is excruciating pain, pain dampened somewhat by liquor.
As an Orthodox Jew, I do not think that this film fully and accurately portrayed the reasons why Jews circumcise their sons.
Circumcision is not about denying sexual pleasure. Judaism actually views sex as very positive and even holy within the context of marriage.
Indeed is there any way we humans can be closer to the oneness of God and participate in the act of creation more than when we conceive a child? And if you want an interesting history lesson go look up how we responded when the Romans tried to ban it. I wish this documentary had also discussed circumcision in Islam as well. I understand that Muslims circumcise their sons at age No offense meant by my lack of knowledge.
To me it seems like the act of circumcision, as it exists for Jews is an act of the father sacrificing his sons sexual pleasure to their god, to follow a pure and religious path and use sex as a creational activity only not recreational.
I came to this conclusion as Judaism is a very old religion and other such older religions such as Christianity also put huge significance on sex as being unpure and dirty.
However I think the modern world realizes that you can be a deeply religious man and give your life to god, whilst also enjoying the wife that god blessed you with. Too many religions seem to treat women as a temptation and a danger, surely to truely respect your god you should treat them the same as you, they were created by Him too afterall, also in His image. To me it seems the current reason for Jews to circumcise, other than the fable, is because their father and grandfather had it done.
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