The six eye-watering reasons why you should NEVER allow your son to be circumcised, by PETER LLOYDLast month, Dr Paul Turek espoused the benefits of circumcision
He claimed it reduces the risk of HIV and STD infection, but Peter Lloyd, author of Stand by Your Manhood, slams the advice as preposterous
Like an eyelid, he says the foreskin has many functions - and its removal causes the head of the penis to harden and desensitise, like a callus
He also calls out feminist double-standards on the issue, claiming the frequent violation of boys is 'systematically ignored'
But health experts argue the procedure reduces the prevents the spread of viral STDs, including HIV, Herpes and HPV - and also penile cancer
Most people would consider the bodies of men and women equally valuable.
But, when it comes to circumcision, that clearly isn’t true - which is odd considering the procedure removes functional tissue, causes extreme pain, permanently disfigures and forever damages sexual response, regardless of gender.
Oh, and in most cultures where female circumcision is routinely performed, the male equivalent is also done with equally dirty, blunt apparatus.
Meaning it's less a competition of suffering and more a universal issue of genital integrity.
So, you can imagine my disdain when Dr Paul Turek, a private doctor from California, recently claimed that clamping a boy’s foreskin and cutting it off with a scalpel is meritorious (although, with a lucrative clinic that charges handsome fees, he would say that…)
Fortunately, as someone with 30 years experience of having a penis, I’m more than qualified to explain why it’s not OK to modify a person's body without consent.
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