Say No to Circumcision!

This book helped to really solidify the decision we had already made not to circumcise our son. The facts are pretty eye-opening, not the least of which is that we are the only country in the western world to routinely circumcise for non-religious reasons. Also, pictures and descriptions of the actual surgical procedure of removing a foreskin are enlightening, as this seems to be one of the best-kept secrets in the hospital. Either way you decide, it would be a good to read/understand this issue which will affect your son for the rest of his life.

This is an excellent book for anyone wishing to know more about the outdated practice of circumcising healthy flesh from the male genitals. Even Dr. Spock has changed his mind. Circumcision is not a necessary, health-enhancing procedure. Far from it. This painful and traumatic operation done during the first days of life, without anesthesia, diminishes the sexual function and sensitivity of the penis, results in thousands of surgical complications and deformities, and causes untold psychological damage, while providing dubious health benefits. This book dispels the myths that have led parents to amputate the foreskin of tens of millions of newborn boys. This book is on the recommended reading lists of these circumcision information resources. Circumcision Information and Resource Pages (CIRP) - Circumcision Information Resource Center (InfoCirc) - UNCircumcising Information Resource Center (UNCIRC) - Circumcision Resource Center (CRC) - Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC)- Fathering Magazine - National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) - National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM) - National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM)

When I decided not to circumcise my son all I had to go on was my maternal instincts. I looked for more information and could not find any at the time of his birth. What really made me decide not to circumcise him was that no M.D. or R.N. could give me a valid reason to have it removed. And the fact that when female circumcision is mentioned in any American conversation EVERYONE is against it, I certainly would not circumcise my daughter, why my son? As for some men not having any problems with being circumcised, not many people know what they're missing if they've never had it in the first place. The foreskin plays such an important role sexual pleasure. Read this book before you remove such a functional piece of your sons' body.

This book is very informative. It goes through all the myths that are still previlant in the American medical community. Explains the function of the dingy, and why the foreskin is so important for sexual pleasure.

This is as close to a purely objective and factual denunciation of routine infant circumcision as I've ever seen. The author occasionally allows his emotions to affect his prose, though, which prevents the book from earning a "10" from me. BTW, a second edition of this book appeared in 1995 or 1996, with George Denniston, M.D. as co-author. Same publisher and title. I believe it is still in print.