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...
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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 -
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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"?
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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 -
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That's a "need" felt only by cut fathers, who may find their sons to be a painful/objectionable reminder of what was taken from them, NOT their infant sons, who are not nearly old enough to have any "sense of solidarity and inclusion" from having their penises torn apart.
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It's also possible the son might have a very different & negative reaction to having #MGM forced on him by his parents, as cut young men are far more likely than ever before to learn the #truth about what was done to them, including that it places them in the minority worldwide.
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That of course only demonstrates the central irrefutable
#truth that is at the heart of this issue: the only legitimate elective#circumcisions are those performed with the informed consent of the patient who is to be cut.#i2#HisBodyHisChoice@AmerAcadPeds#tweetiatrician1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes -
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The assertion that
#FGM "is not based on orthodox religious practices" is also false, as has been noted here by Brian Earp - who is, unlike Dr Cranston, an ethicist who actually understands ethics. Earp's article corrects much of Cranston's nonsense:https://quillette.com/2017/08/15/female-genital-mutilation-health-benefits-problem-medicalizing-morality/ …1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes - 5 more replies
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