On "benefits": lower risk of cancer & STD transmission don't find support in studies accepted by MDs outside the biased, pro-circumcision enclave that is the US. Even if they did, those conditions don't affect children & can't justify surgery on an infant. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/131/4/796.full.pdf …
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On complications: the latest data indicate the
#circumcision complication rate for young children is 11.5%. http://spuonline.org/abstracts/2018/P21.cgi … The suggestion that the rate "escalates remarkably" when performed at a later age is untrue &, like the rest of the article, totally unsupported.1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes -
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#MGM, like#FGM, has many well-recognized, frequent complications, including meatal stenosis & infection. While death is not a "frequent" complication of either#FGM or#MGM, that it occurs at all is a sufficient reason all by itself to ban both#FGM &#MGM.#i2#HisBodyHisChoicepic.twitter.com/HEcQ6Xhpcm
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On the inherent harm of
#MGM: The proposition that an intact prepuce doesn't give a man greater sexual pleasure requires the belief that the intact prepuce is, inherently & always, totally numb. This is absurd on its face, & calls Dr. Cranston's competence into serious doubt#i23 replies 2 retweets 7 likes -
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The claim that "[t]here is little if any psychophysical damage inflicted" by
#MGM is patently false. One recent study shows 64% of males circumcised as neonates view it negatively, & for good reason. It destroys a unique anatomical structure comprised of smooth muscle tissue...1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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...nerves, blood vessels, skin & sebaceous glands that is an average of 15 square inches in an adult male. By denying that
#MGM "destroys useful, healthy tissue [and] inflict[s] immense pain," Dr Cranston reveals a degree of ignorance that is shocking to see in a licensed MD.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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Intact men report that their foreskins give them sexual pleasure. Of course they do - it is an irrefutable anatomical fact that foreskins are highly innervated. They also make penises self-lubricating. Only those w/no understanding of sex think that's a bug & not a feature.
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An intact foreskin protects the glans from becoming dried out & keratinized, from meatal stenosis and from injury. Only the most stubbornly in-denial pro-cutters refuse to recognize these are indisputably benefits that make the foreskin useful.
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An intact penis is larger - & a circumcised penis smaller - than it otherwise would be. Dr Cranston might be about the only person left on the entire planet who thinks that's not a benefit to having a foreskin.
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Many genital-cutting MDs won't give an infant ANY anesthetic for
#MGM. The resulting pain can be so excruciating that boys can vomit, suffer collapsed lungs or burst eardrums from screaming, or pass out from pain. But to Dr Cranston, these are just more facts he must ignore.#i21 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
On metzitzah b'peh: Dr Cranston's unsupported suggestion that sucking blood from an infant's circumcised penis could somehow "prevent scar formation" is as ridiculous as it is irresponsible. Care to explain the scientific basis for it, "Doctor"? #quackery #i2 #HisBodyHisChoice
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On "cultural" vs. "religious" justifications for child genital cutting: To say that "circumcision is not based on any local or cultural mores" is to ignore THE primary reason why most US boys have
#MGM forced on them: to satisfy his PARENTS' perceived cultural need to cut boys.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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Dr Cranston himself essentially admits that
#MGM is based on local/cultural mores when he repeats the tired BS about the supposed need for boys to "match" their fathers.1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes - 9 more replies
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