7 Claims About Male Circumcision: History, Effects and Infant Consent

7 Crazy Facts About Male Circumcision. The 5th One Is Insane.

1. Male circumcision was recommended by Dr. John Kellogg in the 1900s to stop the act of self-pleasuring among people, as it was seen to have caused diseases.

2. Circumcision removes about 15 square inches of functional organs, including frenulum, ridged band, intermucosal tissue, and thousands of nerve endings.

3. Routine infant circumcision is not recommended by any major health organization around the world.

4. Many adult circumcised men do not know what they are missing, because over 98% of circumcisions happen to non-consenting children, but many, when they find out, try to restore what was stolen from them.

5. In MRI studies, circumcision has been found to permanently alter the infant's brain.

6. Other long-term effects of circumcision is unknown, could possibly be linked to ED, depression, and anger issues, which may explain the domestic violence in the USA and the Middle East.

7. Infant circumcision is considered a cosmetic and religious surgery, which happens to about 30% of males around the world. Would you ever force your child to get circumcised?