An emergency physician makes the case for circumcision https://buff.ly/2jM8V8J pic.twitter.com/Bk7rluRRhX
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An emergency physician makes the case for circumcision https://buff.ly/2jM8V8J pic.twitter.com/Bk7rluRRhX
The instrument in the foreground is a barzel, used only in Jewish ritual genital cutting, not "surgical". What, exactly, is this doctor making the case for?
Good point. It's not really medicine. Medicalization of child genital cutting is relatively recent (late 19th c), when MDs said it would cure masturbation. Since then, it's been a solution in search of a problem as MDs try to rationalize forcing it on boys w/out consent #i2
#i2 Jewish circumcision changed about 140 A.D. from removal of the portion that overhangs the glans to total removal so entire glans is exposed
SOME Jews, Muslims, & Christians find it has spiritual purpose; others in all 3 faiths don't. Here's 1 example: http://www.beyondthebris.com/2011/06/to-mohel-who-cut-me.html …
Welcome aboard! Greek athletic competitions at that time were conducted in the nude. Jewish participants who were less than proud of their circumcisions could easily conceal that fact w/foreskin stretching. Their elders responded by making circumcision drastically more extensive
Get used to it - pretty much every fact related to non therapeutic child circumcision takes heavily from column A and column B. #i2
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