Detenuto rischia di evirarsi tentando la circoncisione

Detenuto rischia di evirarsi tentando la circoncisione

Si tratta dell’uomo che dopo 15 anni ha confessato l’omicidio del riminese Max Iorio. Sta scontando la pena nel carcere di Parma

Rimini - Il 38enne Zoran Ahmetovic - l’uomo che dopo 15 anni ha confessato l’omicidio del riminese Max Iorio e che sta scontando la pena a 16 anni di reclusione nel carcere di Parma - ha rischiato di evirarsi tentando di circoncidersi. Il 38enne, reo confesso, ha ammesso l’omicidio solo nel gennaio 2011, dopo 14 anni dall’assassinio (19 marzo 1997) avvenuto nell’appartamento del dipendente comunale in via Santa Chiara, dopo una notte di sesso e stupefacenti.

La tentata circoncisione che ha fatto rischiare al detenuto un’emorragia sarebbe stata giustificata da 'motivi culturali' ed e’ avvenuta il 14 giugno: in una lettera, datata 20 giugno e ricevuta oggi dal difensore Cinzia Bonfantini, Ahmetovic si dice pentito e di aver imboccato la strada della fede.

Inoltre manda un messaggio alla famiglia della sua vittima e dà indicazioni precise, compreso la chiesa dove recarsi, per perdonarlo.

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Piemonte, Friuli e Liguria stanziano fondi per circoncisione rituale

Dal Piemonte fondi pubblici per la circoncisione rituale musulmana

“La Regione Piemonte stanzia finanziamenti pubblici per la circoncisione musulmana, finanziando un rituale religioso che crea discriminazione nei confronti di altre religioni”. Lo ha dichiarato il deputato di Forza Italia, Gabriella Carlucci. “Preso atto che il Governo Prodi sta somministrando agli italiani la solita dose di sacrifici e tagli alla sanita’ pubblica e che i cronici disservizi sanitari italiani restano tra i piu’ noti d’Europa, mi chiedo come si possano forzare le gia’ povere casse dello Stato per pratiche di circoncisione dei musulmani del tutto illegali e distanti dai nostri parametri di laicita’”.

La Carlucci ritiene che sia uno spreco di danaro pubblico l’uso del sistema sanitario per questo genere di pratiche religiose. “La Presidente della Regione Piemonte, Mercedes Bresso, sta scaricando sui contribuenti 120mila euro ogni 300 interventi di circoncisione. Parliamo di denaro pubblico utilizzato non per curare una patologia, ma per finanziare un rituale religioso che crea, per di piu’, una discriminazione nei confronti di altre religioni. Una proposta indecente che si accoda a quella di qualche settimana fa di creare una narcosala a Torino per fornire droga di Stato ai tossicodipendenti. Ritengo che siano ambo proposte ai limiti della moralita’ pubblica che, sebbene molto gradite a Ministri come la Turco e Ferrero, devono essere messe immediatamente al bando, perche’ non assolvono alle funzioni di tutela della salute pubblica, ma sperperano solo i pochi soldi rimasti agli italiani”.

Fonte: forza-italia.it



In Liguria sbarca il ticket per la circoncisione

La parola d’ordine è sempre quella: favorire l’integrazione. Ogni intervento è utile, anche se chirurgico par di capire. Capita così che Piemonte e Liguria facciano da capofila a livello nazionale per una sperimentazione che magari costerà qualcosina alle già malandate casse della sanità, ma certo riuscirà a soddisfare la richiesta delle comunità islamiche: garantire la circoncisione negli ospedali pubblici. A spese della Regione in Piemonte, 120mila euro per 300 interventi,con pagamento di un ticket in Liguria, ma la sostanza non cambia granché. Anche perché è già scontro, con i medici ad appellarsi all’obiezione di coscienza e An a sventolare la Costituzione contro le due giunte di centrosinistra. Ironia della sorte, era il periodo delle feste natalizie, il 30 dicembre per la precisione, quando il presidente della comunità islamica ligure, Zahoor Ahmad Zargar, aveva scritto al governatore Claudio Burlando chiedendo che il rituale religioso sui neonati maschi potesse venire praticato nelle strutture pubbliche. Indicavano anche l’ospedale, i musulmani, il San Paolo di Savona. La Regione ci ha messo un po’, ma ieri ha fatto di meglio, annunciando che è allo studio del Dipartimento sanità un provvedimento per tutta la Liguria che, attraverso l’istituzione di un ticket ad hoc, «consentirebbe di utilizzare metodi sicuri in strutture controllate», là dove invece oggi, spiega il capogruppo dell’Ulivo Claudio Gustavino, «le famiglie più abbienti si pagano l’intervento in strutture private, le altre si vedono costrette a sottoporre i propri figli ai cosiddetti “interventi nei sottoscala” [...]

Fonte: ilGiornale



Friuli: circoncisioni nelle strutture pubbliche

La Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia sta avviando un progetto sperimentale per effettuare circoncisioni rituali nelle strutture sanitarie pubbliche. La decisione è stata presa a causa dell’aumento dei nuovi nati tra gli immigrati che seguono tale tradizione etnico-religiosa e per i recenti casi di cronaca che hanno visto la morte di alcuni neonati circoncisi in condizioni igienico-sanitarie precarie.
Il progetto verrà finanziato con 200.000 euro e durerà un anno, con il contributo e la mediazione culturale di associazioni e immigrati, e attuato presso l’Istituto di ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico (Irccs) “Burlo Garofolo” di Trieste. Dopo il periodo di sperimentazione, le circoncisioni verranno effettuate a pagamento.



Torino, via alla circoncisione rituale

Non è ancora passata la bufera per la sperimentazione della pillola dell’aborto RU486, ed è ancora polemica, sull’azienda ospedaliera Sant’Anna-Regina Margherita, per una nuova sperimentazione: la circoncisione rituale. Prima regione in Italia ad attuarla – a spese delle Asl -, la sperimentazione ha preso il via ieri mattina: sottoposto al taglio rituale un bimbo di 13 mesi nato a Torino da genitori egiziani. [...] Per la circoncisione gratis, il Piemonte ha stanziato 120 mila euro per 12 mesi. Denaro che – sostiene Mariangela Cotto, consigliere di Forza Italia, «poteva essere destinato a ben altre priorità». «Non siamo contrari a priori alla circoncisione – sottolinea l’ex assessore regionale ai Servizi Sociali – ma non ci piacciono queste iniziative spot. Quei 120 mila euro sarebbero stati preziosissimi per potenziare l’assistenza nelle case di riposo, il parto indolore che indolore non è, e per sostenere tante famiglie con disabili gravi in casa». [...] Anche Riccardo Ruà, presidente dell’associazione contro la malasanità Adelina Graziani, commenta la decisione presa dalla Regione e dal Regina Margherita: «Pur non trattandosi naturalmente di “malasanità” – dice Ruà – sono perplesso sulla destinazione delle risorse pubbliche. E’ giusto garantire l’intervento in ospedale, ma mi chiedo perché a spese della Regione».

Fonte: Stampa.it

U.S. Will Spend $24.5M to Circumcise Men in Swaziland

U.S. Will Spend $24.5M to Circumcise Men in Swaziland

(CNSNews.com) – The United States Agency for International Development is planning to spend $24.5 million to circumcise an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 male infants and males aged 10 to 49 in the kingdom of Swaziland by 2018.

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“While the data suggest that the rate of new infections is stabilizing, HIV and AIDS remain the most important health burden and impediment to socio-economic development for Swaziland,” the grant said. “As a result, there is an urgent need to scale up the HIV prevention response in Swaziland.”

The Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and Early Infant Circumcision (EIMC) Service Delivery and Support to Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) will be funded through the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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“The overall goal of this new project is to increase the uptake of male circumcision services among all eligible males aged 10 to 49 in Swaziland and male infants,” the grant announcement said.

“Interventions will contribute to the achievement of the following National outcomes 1. increasing the proportion of males aged 10-49 who are circumcised from 19 percent in 2010 to 45 percent in 2015 and 70 percent in 2018 2. increasing the proportion of male infants who are circumcised to 30 percent by 2015 and 50 percent in 2018,” it said.

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The estimated time frame for the agreement is Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2019.

“An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 males will be circumcised through this project contributing to a 65 percent coverage by 2018,” the grant said.

Calls to USAID for comment were not returned by press time.


http://m.cnsnews.com/

Circoncisione: intesa con gli islamici?

«Serve un’intesa con la comunità islamica»

El Marouaki (Mondo Insieme): è un tema da affrontare. Dura la condanna dell’assessore Corradini

«E’ una questione da affrontare. Serve un protocollo d’intesa con la comunità musulmana, così come esiste con quella ebraica affinché le persone possano rivolgersi al servizio pubblico».

E’ Adil El Marouakhi di “Mondo Insieme” a spiegarci cosa è la circoncisione religiosa. E perché possono accadere episodi gravissimi come quello registrato in città.

«La circoncisione è come un atto che i musulmani hanno ereditato dalla religione ebraica – spiega – Bisognerebbe riuscire a costruire un percorso che porti alla luce queste pratiche e permetta di affrontarle, in un contenitore dove ci sia anche l’Ausl. Così come avviene in altri Paesi europei, come in Francia dove le persone sono messe nelle condizioni di potersi rivolgere alle cliniche e sostenere con il servizio pubblico le spese dell’intervento». Come viene affrontata la cosa, ad esempio in una città come Reggio? Le famiglie di religione musulmana in che modo sottopongono i loro figli all’intervento della circoncisione? «Ci sono persone che vanno al di là del confine, ad esempio a Nizza, per far circoncidere i propri figli. Altri, lo fanno quando ritornano per le vacanze nella terra d’origine. Oppure altri – prosegue – come in questo caso, può succedere che tentino di farlo a casa, pensando di fare bene. Ma credo che il caso di questa coppia ghanese sia un’eccezione».

Per Adil El Maroukhi in Italia c’è un vuoto. «In altri Paesi, la questione è stata affrontata – sottolinea – E anche in Italia dovrebbe essere fatto, attraverso un tavolo che metta insieme la comunità religiosa e quella pubblica. Perché la questione vera è la tutela dei bambini che vengono sottoposti a questa pratica, senza che debbano correre rischi inutili».

Il dibattito è comunque aperto. E fa i conti anche con una parte di comunità medica, invece, che ritiene che tale pratica sia pericolosa e traumatica.

Chi esprime forte condanna per è quanto accaduto è l’assessore comunale all’Immigrazione, Franco Corradini.

«Condanniamo queste pratiche clandestine – sono le sue parole – perché questo significa mettere a repentaglio la salute delle persone. Il rispetto delle regole è importante» Prosegue l’amministratore: «Quanto è successo non trova alcuna giustificazione, perché è fuori dalle leggi».

FONTE: http://gazzettadireggio.gelocal.it/cronaca...amica-1.5949085

Circumcision and Human Behavior

Authors

• Hill George
• iconbuster Website: http://genitalintegr…

Abstract

Psychologists now recognize that male circumcision affects emotions and behavior. This article discusses the impact of male circumcision on human behavior.

Introduction

Medical doctors adopted male circumcision from religious practice into medical practice in England in the 1860s and in the United States in the 1870s. No thought was given to the possible behavioral effects of painful operations that excise important protective erogenous tissue from the male phallus. For example, Gairdner (1949) and Wright (1967), both critics of male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision, made no mention of any behavioral effects of neonatal circumcision.^1,2

The awakening

Other doctors, however, were beginning to express concern about the behavioral effects of male circumcision.
Levy (1945) studied the behavioral effects of various operations, including circumcision, on young children.³_He found that children who had undergone operations experienced an increase in anxiety and various fears, including night terrors, fear of physicians, nurses, and strange men. The oldest age group exhibited greater hostility and aggression. Levy compared their behavior to that of soldiers who suffered from what was then called “combat neurosis,” and now recognized as_post-traumatic stress disorder.
Anna Freud (1952) pointed out that operations on the genitals, such as circumcision, would cause “castration anxiety.”⁴_Cansever (1965) tested Turkish boys before and after circumcision.⁵_Cansever reported severe disturbances in functioning, including regression in behavior, and withdrawal of the ego as protection against outside threats. Cansever also observed various anxieties, including castration anxiety. Richards_et al._(1976) noticed certain studies that indicated behavior change and called for further study.⁶_Foley (1966) noticed that circumcised men are more likely to be biased in favor of circumcision.7_Moreover, he said that circumcised men are more likely to engage in “problem-masturbation” but non-circumcised men were equally unlikely to engage in “problem-masturbation.” Grimes (1978) (another critic of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision), apparently unaware of the research described above, sounded an alarm:
“In contrast to the sometimes dramatic somatic responses of the neonate to operation without anesthesia, the psychological consequences of this trauma are conjectural. Psychoanalyst Erik Erickson has described the first of eight stages of man as the development of basic trust versus basic mistrust. For the baby to be plucked from his bed, strapped in a spread eagle position, and doused with chilling antiseptic is perhaps consistent with other new-found discomforts of extrauterine existence. The application of crushing clamps and excision of penile tissue, however, probably do little to engender a trusting, congenial, relationship with the infant’s new surroundings.”⁸

Behavior during unanesthetized circumcision

Gunnar et al._(1981) studied the relationship of system cortisol levels to behavioral state. Gunnar_et al._report that, as system cortisol rises, infants increase wakefulness and crying.⁹_Malone et al. (1985) report that infants show little change in behavior due to limb restraint (of the type used for circumcision).¹⁰_Porter et al. (1986) report that newborn infants who are undergoing unanesthetized cirumcision emit cries of extreme urgency.¹¹The studies, carried out with the aid of computer spectrographic analysis, show that infants who have been circumcised vocalize their anguish with higher pitch, fewer harmonics and shorter cries. The most invasive procedures produced the most urgent cries, as judged by observers. Porter et al. (1988) report that vagal tone decreases as the pitch of the cry increases.¹²__Gunnar et al. (1988) report that infants decrease distressed behavior when given a non-nutritive pacifier, although system cortisol does not decrease.¹³

Behavior immediately after unanesthetized circumcision

Studies show that circumcision affects the sleep of newborn boys. Emde et al.(1971) studied the sleep of boys who had had a non-therapeutic circumcision with the Plastibel^® device.¹⁴Emde et al.report that non-therapeutic circumcision “was usually followed by prolonged nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep.” The authors considered this type of sleep “to be consistent with a theory of conservation-withdrawal in response to stressful stimulation.” Anders & Chalemian (1974) studied the sleep of boys who had had a non-therapeutic circumcision with a circumcision clamp. They report significant increases in wakefulness after circumcision.¹⁵

Marshall et al._(1979) studied newborn infant behavior using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale.¹⁶_The study shows that infants change their behavior for at least 22 hours after circumcision. In a second study, Marshall et al. (1982) showed that circumcised infants kept their eyes closed during feeding or did not feed at all. Marshall et al. considered that mother-infant interaction and bonding was disrupted by the stress of circumcision.¹⁷

Numerous observers report that circumcision inteferes with the normal feeding behavior of circumcised boys. La Leche League leaders (1981) suggest that circumcision should be delayed for a time.¹⁸_Marshall et al. (1982) found that circumcision interfered with normal feeding behavior.¹⁷_Howard et al. (1994) report that “babies feed less frequently and are less available for interaction after circumcision.”¹⁹_Howard_et al._report that some newly circumcised babies are unable to suckle at the breast and require formula supplementation. Lee (2000) also comments on the difficulty with feeding that circumcised boys exhibit.²⁰_Breastfeeding provides the best nutrition for infants and is of key importance in giving an infant a good start in life with optimum mother-infant bonding, health, and well-being,²¹_so non-therapeutic infant circumcision should not be allowed to interfere with breastfeeding.

Behavior at vaccination

Hepper (1996) surveys and reports research that indicates memory commences to function in the fetus at about the 23rd week of gestation.²²_ Infant memory continues to function through the birth experience and afterward. Anand & Hickey (1987) firmly established that newborn infants have fully functioning pain pathways.²³_ When an infant is subjected to a painful and traumatic experience all the necessary factors are present to create post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Boyle_et al._(2002) describe the etiology of PTSD:

“A traumatic experience is defined in DSM-IV as the direct consequence of experiencing or witnessing of serious injury or threat to physical integrity that produces intense fear, helplessness or (in the case of children) agitation. The significant [circumcision] pain and distress described earlier is consistent with this definition. Moreover, the disturbance (e.g., physiological arousal, avoidant behaviour) qualifies for a diagnosis of acute stress disorder if it lasts at least two days or even a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if it lasts more than a month. Circumcision without anaesthesia constitutes a severely traumatic event in a child’s life.”24 PTSD is a normal response to an abnormal and terrifying experience. One would, therefore, expect to find PTSD in circumcised boys.

Taddio_et al._(1995) compared the behavior of circumcised boys with the behavior of girls at the age of 4 to 6 months when vaccination with DPT occurred. Taddio_et al._report that circumcised boys demonstrate a much greater response to the pain of the vaccination than do girls.²⁵_In a second study, Taddio_et al._(1997) compared the behavior of circumcisied boys with the behavior of non-circumcised boys at vaccination.²⁶_Similarly, the circumcised boys demonstrated a greater response to the pain of vaccination than did the non-circumcised boys. Taddio commented:

“It is, therefore, possible that the greater vaccination response in the infants circumcised without anaesthesia may represent an infant analogue of a_post-traumatic stress disorder_triggered by a traumatic and painful event and re-experienced under similar circumstances of pain during vaccination.”²⁶_Taddio_et al._suggested that the pain of circumcision “may have long-lasting effects on future infant behaviour.”²⁶
Circumcision of boys is nearly universal in the Philippine Islands for cultural reasons. Ramos & Boyle (2001) studied the psychological effects of circumcision in Philippine boys. They report a high incidence of PTSD in these boys. Sixty-nine percent of boys who had been circumcised by the traditional “tuli” Philippine ritual circumcision and 51 percent of boys who had been medically circumcised satisfied the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD.²⁷

Behavior in later life

There is increasing evidence that male circumcision influences the behavior of adult males. Menage reports PTSD after genital surgery.²⁸_ More specific to male circumcision, Rhinehart reports finding PTSD in adult males in his clinical practice in which the stressor was neonatal circumcision. ²⁹_Rhinehart lists symptoms of:

• a sense of personal powerlessness
• fears of being overpowered and victimized by others
• lack of trust in others and life
• a sense of vulnerability to violent attack by others
• guardedness in relationships
• reluctance to be in relationships with women
• defensiveness
• diminished sense of maleness
• feeling damaged, especially in the presence of surgical complications such as skin tags, penile curvature due to uneven foreskin removal, partial ablation of edges of the glans and so on
• sense of reduced penile size, a part cut off or amputated
• low self-esteem
• shame about not “measuring up”
• anger and violence toward women
• irrational rage reactions
• addictions and dependencies
• difficulties in establishing intimate relationships
• emotional numbing
• need for more intensity in sexual experience
• sexual callousness
• decreased tenderness in intimacy
• decreased ability to communicate
• feelings of not being understood²⁹

Van der Kolk (1989) reports that persons who have been traumatized have a compulsion to repeat the trauma and to find new victims on which to re-enact the trauma they suffered.³⁰_This may apply with full force to victims of circumcision. The circumcision of an infant is a way to reenact the trauma of circumcision.³¹_The compulsion to circumcise isvery strong and has resulted in unlawful batteries and abductions to circumcise an unwilling victim.^32-36

There is some evidence that adverse experiences in the perinatal period (from the 28th week of gestation through the first seven days of extra-uterine life) cause self-destructive behavior in adult life.^37-40_Circumcised males may tend to be more self-destructive, but more research is needed to verify the effect traumatic non-therapeutic circumcision has on self-destructive behavior.

The condition of the male phallus impacts a male’s feeling of well-being. A phallus diminished by the loss of the erogenous foreskin to circumcision necessarily adversely affects one’s feelings about one’s self, resulting in uncomfortable feelings of low self-esteem. There is, therefore,a strong tendency to deny that any loss occurred. Minimization of the loss is a common defense mechanism; ridicule of the subjectis another. Persons who have lost body parts must grieve their loss.⁴¹_Failure to grieve and accept the loss puts one in permanent denial of loss.⁴²_Many men who have been circumcised do not want non-circumcised males, including their own sons,around to remind them of their irreversible loss. For these emotional reasons, as Foley (1966) observed, there tends to be a strong irrational bias in favor of universal circumcision among circumcised males.⁷_Many fathers who were victims of neonatal circumcision, for the reasons described above,adamantly insist that any male offspring be circumcised.24_This phenomenon has come to be called “the adamant father syndrome.” Circumcision, therefore is a repeating cycle of trauma in which circumcised infant males grow up to be adult circumcisers.³¹

Behavior of circumcised medical doctors

Medical doctors in Australia, Canada, and the United States practiced circumcision in the twentieth century, so these nations have a heavy proportion of circumcised men, some of whom become medical doctors. These circumcised male doctors share the same bias in favor of male circumcision as do other circumcised males.^7,31,43_Male doctors who were circumcised as infants are more likely to recommend circumcision of infants to parents.⁴⁴

The Australian Paediatric Association recommended non-circumcision—genital integrity—in 1971;⁴⁵_thereafter, the incidence of circumcision among Australia’s newborn plummeted.⁴⁶_At the present time, in regard to genital integrity status, Australia is, in effect, two nations, one of which has mostly circumcised men and the other that has mostly intact men. The dividing point is the year 1978, because the incidence of genital integrity among newborn boys rose above 50 percent in that year.⁴⁶_The ever-increasing percentage of genitally intact younger men in the population is causing increasing anxiety and distress among some older circumcised males. There now is a peculiar phenomenon happening in Australia, where one sees middle-aged men desperately trying to restore Australia’s medical practice back to that which prevailed before 1971. This is, of course, an attempt to defend their culture-of-origin and is carried out for the emotional reasons described here, although, as Goldman reports, pseudo-scientific reasons are advanced.³¹

Behavior of circumcised medical authors

The high proportion of circumcised males in the medical community create a distorted, biased medical literature.⁴⁷ _Goldman (1999) writes:

“One reason that flawed studies arepublished is that science is affected by cultural values. A principal method of preserving cultural values is to disguise them as truths that are based on scientific research. This ‘research’ can then be used to support questionable and harmful cultural values such as circumcision. This explains the claimed medical ‘benefits’ of circumcision.”³¹ Hill (2007) writes:

“The medical literature on circumcision is voluminous and contentious. Circumcised doctors create papers that overstate benefits and minimize harms and risks. When these doctors publish such claims, other doctors come forward to refute them….The result is an unending debate driven by the emotional compulsion of circumcised men.”⁴³ Female doctors from a circumcising culture of origin have been known to contribute pro-circumcision pieces.
Boyle & Hill (2012) said:
“MC changes human and sexual behaviour. Most doctors favouring MC are circumcised themselves . Circumcision status ‘plays a huge role in whether doctors are in support of circumcisions or not’. Circumcised doctors often defend circumcision by producing flawed papers that minimise or dismiss the harm and exaggerate alleged benefits .⁴⁸⁷
…
“Invariably, when biased opinions promoting MC are published by doctors trying to justify their own psychosexual wounding, uncircumcised doctors (who mostly see no need for amputating anatomically normal healthy erogenous tissue) are quick to refute such overstated claims. We fully expect that this distortion of the medical literature will continue until non-therapeutic male circumcision is prohibited by law and most circumcised male doctors have passed from the scene.”⁴⁷
Most American medical editors are circumcised men. They share the pro-circumcision bias of other circumcised men. They tend to select papers for publication that conform to their bias.⁴⁸ The literature, therefore, is filled with pro-circumcision papers written by circumcised doctors.⁴⁸ The behavior of these circumcised doctors has served for a century to prolong the practice of a nineteenth century surgical operation that has no medical indication and is injurious to infants and children.

Behavior of medical societies

Medical societies in the English-speaking nations have a high proportion of male members (fellows) who are circumcised.The societies that represent medical specialities that practice circumcision have found themselves unable to adequately address the problem of circumcision and to repudiate this harmful, outmoded practice.

Goldman (2004) writes:

“Although medical committee members highly value rationality, a rational and objective evaluation of an emotional and controversial topic like circumcision can be difficult. It is suggested that the potential psychological and social factors surrounding the practice of circumcision could affect the values and attitudes of circumcision policy committee members, the attitude toward evaluating the circumcision literature, and the publishing of circumcision literature itself. If the members are polarized, the process of negotiating to arrive at a consensus statement could introduce additional psychosocial factors that could affect the final policy.”⁴⁹
Dr. Goldman published the two articles cited here in the United Kingdom and Canada, not the United States. This may be a testimony to the bias and censorship present in the medical literature of the United States.

Conclusion

All of the behavioral changes described in this paper are negative, unfavorable, or maleficial in nature. No positive, favorable, or beneficial behavioral changes have been found.

The English-speaking nations have a high proportion of circumcised males and, therefore, a high proportion of psychically-wounded males. A society containing so many psychically-wounded males cannot be as healthy as it should be. The United States has clung to circumcision even after Australia and Canada have rejected circumcision of infants. Consequently, the United States has the highest proportion of circumcised males to intact males and the greatest injury to society.

The best way to stop the cycle of trauma is to stop circumcising infants.^31,42_ Non-traumatized intact infants usually do not grow up to become circumcisers, so the cycle of trauma would end.
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Goldman R. Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma. Boston: Vanguard Publications, 1997.
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Ritter TJ, Denniston GC. Doctors Re-examine Circumcision. Seattle: Third Millennium Publishing Company, 2002.

Bimbo in coma dopo circoncisione

SAUDI ARABIA: Boy in coma after circumcision

Father of child who lapsed into coma after circumcision procedure demands probe

Saudi Gazette
August 2, 2012

Al-Baha - Il padre del bambino che è andato in coma a seguito di una procedura di circoncisione nel corso della quale gli è stato somministrata l'anestesia generale, ha chiesto che i responsabili delle gravi condizioni di suo figlio siano puniti.

Il padre del bambino, Ali Al-Zahrani, ha presentato una denuncia contro l’Al-Mandaq General Hospital di Al-Baha assieme al principe Mishari Bin Saud, Emiro della regione di Al-Baha, che ha ordinato l’avvio di un’inchiesta sul caso.

"Ho due gemelli, Muhammad e Mazin, ed entrambi hanno avuto questo appuntamento il 6 ° giorno del Ramadan per avere un'operazione di circoncisione in ospedale. Nulla doveva andare storto. E ‘doveva essere una semplice operazione, che milioni di bambini musulmani ogni anno subiscono ", ha detto il padre al giornale Al-Madinah.

Entrambi i bambini sono stati ricoverati in ospedale e dei test medici di routine sono stati effettuati in preparazione alla procedura di circoncisione per verificarne lo stato di salute. Muhammad è stato ammesso alla sala operatoria per la procedura che è durata circa un'ora e mezza. Quando uscì, ha detto Al-Zahrani , Muhammad aveva macchie di sangue sul volto e sul petto e la sua frequenza respiratoria era molto bassa. Anche al fratello gemello di Muhammad, Mazin, era stata data un’anestesia locale, durante l'operazione di circoncisione che era avvenuta con successo. O almeno cosi si pensava. Quando le condizioni di Muhammad sono peggiorate, è stato portato d’urgenza al Fahd Hospital di Al-Baha dove è stato ricoverato in terapia intensiva.

After investigations, doctors found that the child had a severe lung infection. He was hooked to a mechanical ventilator and given antibiotics. The next day, the ICU doctor called the father and told him that Muhammad’s condition had deteriorated further and he suffered from a collapsed lung. Doctors operated on the child to stabilize his condition.

Al-Zahrani pleaded for help and asked those in charge to start an investigation into the case and hold doctors who committed the horrible medical error responsible.

FONTE: www.circumstitions.com/

Eastern Cape: 42 morti per circoncisione in 3 settimane

The Sowetan, 2012

42 boys perish - but silence
By Mbuyiselo Botha and Nomonde Nyembe
42 ragazzi muoiono - nel silenzio

Il numero di giovani ragazzi che muoiono ogni nelle scuole di iniziazione alla circoncisione è scioccante. Il bilancio delle vittime, all’11 luglio di quest’anno è stato di 42 morti, in sole tre settimane.

According to reports, this is nearly double last years' figure of 26.

Il Sud Africa è da oltre 18 anni una delle più grandi democrazie dell’Africa Subsahariana, ma la vergogna dei ragazzi che muoiono a Eastern Cape ogni anno nelle scuole di iniziazione alla vita adulta non accenna proprio a diminuire.

Why do we, as a caring, compassionate, democratic society, look the other way? Why do we allow certain cultural practices to rob young people of their future?

We are reminded of the work of gender activist and author Dr Gary Barker, whose comments in his book Dying to be Men describes the debilitating association of notions of manhood, issues of violence - that some young people will die for in their quest to become so-called "proper" or "real" men.

What it means to be a "proper" man and the fact that it has been reduced to the practice of circumcision is detrimental not only to the young men who go through the process but to society as a whole.

A society where manhood is ascribed only to individuals who have gone to initiation school is one that does not value men as whole beings with other aspects to their humanity. However, this does not affirm the notion that you can still be a man without being subjected to inhumane treatment.

Too often, not enough attention is paid when people's rights are trampled on with impunity. What message does the silence send to these young men who are expected to go through this route without any guarantee that they will come back alive?

It is our view that any other traditional law is subjected to our supreme law, the Constitution.

There are those who would argue that constitutional protection of culture gives them carte blanche to engage in practices that are not only harmful but may, in fact, lead to death. This is not so. Cultural and religious practices are protected to the extent that they are consistent with other rights in the Constitution (sections 15(3)(b) and 31(2)).

We are concerned that there is not a universal outcry from all of us to these statistics.

We wonder if this silence is a result of us fearing to be labelled as "Eurocentric" or "sell-outs" out there to please the white master.

[color=black]The Children's Act prohibits the circumcision of young men and joins a number of other provincial [A]cts that regulate male circumcision in Free State, Limpopo and Eastern Cape.

Parents themselves are under an obligation to consent to the circumcision before it occurs.

There is a need for active citizenry in if we are to stop practices that not only harm but endanger people's lives.

We must hold our government to account and using the law to do so is our constitutional mandate. Doing otherwise would be betraying those who died for us to have those freedoms.

<b>FONTE:www.circumstitions.com/news/news47.html#42

Due bambini morti a causa della circoncisione

Due bambini muoiono a causa dell’herpes contratto in seguito a circoncisione

11 bambini ebrei a New York hanno contratto l’herpes durante la circoncisione rituale ortodossa, dieci di quei bambini sono stati ricoverati in ospedale, due hanno subito dei seri danni cerebrali mentre altri due sono morti.

L’herpes è stato passato ai bambini durante il rituale ortodosso del metzitzah b'peh, in cui il circoncisore, un adulto, pone la sua bocca direttamente sulla ferita creata dalla rimozione del prepuzio del bambino e ne succhia il sangue.

I funzionari della sanità della città di New York propongono ora di limitare il rituale ortodosso.

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Baby's skull fractured in Bristol circumcision

A baby boy's skull was fractured during a ritual circumcision performed on a kitchen table in Bristol in England according to a member of a leading child health and protection charity.

Leggi su: http://circoncisione.forumcommunity.net/?t=51767762

Germania: ospedale vieta la circoncisione

Germania: ospedale vieta la circoncisione

L’Ospedale Ebraico di Berlino sospende le procedure di circoncisioni rituali dopo sentenza del tribunale di Colonia

Il Jewish Hospital di Berlino sospende le circoncisioni rituali dopo che un tribunale tedesco di Colonia ha stabilito la scorsa settimana che è illegale eseguire la procedura solo per motivi religiosi.

"We are suspending circumcisions until the legal position is clear," Gerhard Nerlich told AFP, citing head of internal medicine Kirstof Graf

L'ospedale esegue circa 300 circoncisioni l'anno, la maggior parte delle quali per motivi religiosi e il resto a causa di problemi medici.

Un tribunale regionale di Colonia ha stabilito che circoncidere i ragazzi solo per motivi religiosi è pericoloso per la loro salute e costituisce una lesione personale grave, oltre che un abuso psicologico.

Il caso, che potrebbe costituire un precedente, visto che già il medico che aveva eseguito la circoncisione rituale per una coppia di mussulmani in giugno è stato condannato in appello e sospeso per due anni dall’esercizio dall’attività medica.

Numerosi cittadini di Colonia si sono dichiarati favorevoli alla sentenza.

Muslim and Jewish groups have voiced opposition to the ruling.

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FONTE: SFMGBILL

ISRAEL: Another baby has penis cut off

Bambino ricoverato in ospedale dopo circoncisione mal riuscita

June 2012

Un neonato di soli 2 giorni di vita di un villaggio della Galilea è stato ricoverato in un ospedale di Haifa Venerdì dopo una circoncisione mal riuscita.

The infant’s Muslim parents brought their child to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa after the ritual circumciser accidentally dismembered the child’s penis.

Urologists and surgeons worked to reattach the detached organ and said they expect the procedure to be successful.

Questa è la seconda volta nell'ultimo mese che il Rambam Medical Center ha dovuto affrontare un caso analogo.
FONTE: http://www.timesofisrael.com/baby-hospital...d-circumcision/

Slovenia: il giudice vieta la circoncisione dei bambini musulmani

Slovenia: il giudice vieta la circoncisione dei bambini musulmani

Insorgono i musulmani in Slovenia contro la decisione del garante per i diritti umani, Zdenka ‹ebašek Travnik di dichiarare penalmente perseguibile in quanto discriminatoria dei diritti del bambino la pratica della circoncisione.

Il mufti Nedžad Grabus ha subito parlato di decisione «discriminatoria per i musulmani ». La decisione della garante dei diritti umani viene vista dai musulmani sloveni come una violazione dei diritti di fede dell’islam foriera di nuove tensioni e di discriminazioni. Il mufti ha ricordato come la circoncisione dei bambini è una prassi millenaria presso i musulmani e gli ebrei che viene effettuata per motivi religiosi, fideistici e tradizionali.

Ha altresì ribadito come la pratica sia tradizionalmente osteggiata dai medici sloveni creando grosse difficoltà ai genitori musulmani che sono così costretti a recarsi in altri Paesi per ottemperare a questo loro dovere. I musulmani hanno fatto notare inoltre che la circoncisione non viene ritenuta una violazione dei diritti del bambino in nessun Paese al mondo.

- "Falso, nei Paesi scandinavi, in Olanda e in 7 paesi africani è vietata o limitata sotto i 14 anni, inoltre solo negli Stati uniti ci sono 114 associazioni no-profit o ong contro tale barbaria." -

A complainant asked the Ombudsman to assess whether circumcision of boys is interference with the rights of the child, especially if it is done only for religious reasons and not justified on health grounds. The complainant considered that [such] interference [by] the Slovenian doctors is harmful but he does not know all the negative consequences (prejudice, subconscious trauma, impotence, infection, etc..).

Before preparing the opinion, we examined available scientific literature on the issues, [especially] the article by Damian Korošec, published in the magazine Lawyer, Volume 50 (1995) entitled [Circumcision - pointless] banality of surgery. Inquiries were sent to the College of Experts on General Surgery, the National Medical Ethics Commission of the Slovenian Republic and the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia.

... [T]he expanded expert committee for surgery ... sen[t] us the conclusion that the circumcision of boys for non-medical reasons is not medically justified. Indications for professional intervention are listed in the professional urological literature.


The Office of the Commissionfor Medical Ethics has sent us a long answer, which we summarize in its opinion of principle: "ritual circumcision of boys for religious reasons in our country, [for] legal and ethical reasons is unacceptable, and doctors should not perform it." In addition to the unacceptability of circumcision from an ethical point of view, the Commission also points out that it is unacceptable to [falsify medical documentation by recording a ritual circumcision as] medically indicated.

Circumcision of boys for non-medical reasons is a violation of children's rights (Obrezovanje fantkov iz nemedicinskih razlogov je kršitev otrokovih pravic)

Si potrebbe parlare di violazione, sostengono gli islamici, solamente se la pratica venisse effettuata per motivi estetici o in modo non professionale.

The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia in the 56th Article [grants the] child special protection and care [under] the 35[th] Article as everyone is guaranteed the inviolability of physical and mental integrity. These provisions clearly show that any intervention in the physical integrity of children is limited and justifiable only for medical reasons.

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La circoncisione di massa come attrazione turistica in Malaysia

La circoncisione di massa come attrazione turistica in Malaysia

Il ministro malaysiano della cultura, dell'arte e del turismo ha suggerito già l'anno scorso che le cerimonie di circoncisione di massa devono essere promosse come attrazioni turistiche. -

See Malaysian Circumcisions on Your Next Vacation

Watching mass circumcisions offers tourists "something different from the norm," Malaysia's Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism was quoted as telling the daily Star newspaper.

Mass circumcision ceremonies could become a money-making tourist attraction in Malaysia. "By charging tourists a small fee...to watch such cultural events, the organizational costs can be covered," the minister told the paper after attending a circumcision ceremony in Kuala

Da Asia.News

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Un pò come accade ormai da anni in Indonesia, dove la circoncisione di massa diviene uno disgustoso spettacolo per turisti armati di macchine fotografiche e videocamere.....

La circoncisione: “ci vuole il consenso del bambino”

La circoncisione: “ci vuole il consenso del bambino”

Una sorta di “consenso informato”: è’ quanto occorrebbe chiedere ai figli di genitori ebrei o musulmani, prima di imporre loro la circoncisione. La proposta è dell’associazione Norm-UK, che da anni si batte contro l’imposizione della mutilazione: un articolo pubblicato sul sito del Guardian ha riproposto all’opinione pubblica il suo impegno. La circoncisione viene normalmente praticata nei primissimi giorni di vita del neonato.

Religious circumcision needs child consent, charity says

Jewish and Muslim parents should wait until sons are old enough to agree to ritual circumcision, Norm-UK to tell conference

Parents should not circumcise a son on the grounds of faith without the child's consent, a conference will hear today.

Norm-UK, a charity opposed to male circumcision, said the practice was harmful and subjected children to surgery that was non-consensual, irreversible and unnecessary.

It meets today at a Keele University conference addressing the issues of male and female circumcision, in addition to examining the physical and psychological impact of these practices.

Laura MacDonald, a trustee of Norm-UK, said: "We are not calling for a ban on Jewish or Muslim parents circumcising their sons, but we're asking them to reconsider and wait until the child is old enough to give his consent.

"If it is a religious requirement then it has more value if carried out when someone has chosen to do it. It is unlawful for anyone under the age of 18 to be given a tattoo even if they want it. There's an anomaly here."

FONTE: www.guardiannews.com/uk-home

Uomo accusato di 23 circoncisioni illegali

Un uomo di 68 anni di Sataoa, accusato di eseguire circoncisioni clandestine su 23 ragazzi di Saleilua, Falealili, è apparso ieri presso la Corte Distrettuale. Il Giudice Vaepule Alo Vaemoa Va'ai ha presieduto la seduta per valutarne le accuse e le eventuali responsabilità.

Fale Itagia si trova ora a dover affrontare 23 capi d’accusa per danno fisico e crimini contro la persona. Il Procuratore anziano Ken Komiti ha chiesto che la seduta in tribunale venga aggiornata in modo da poter finalizzare le accuse e raccogliere maggior indizi/prove a suo discapito.

"Abbiamo almeno ventisette accuse contro l'imputato." Ha detto Mr Komiti che ha altresì chiesto alla Corte di tenere Itagia in custodia della polizia mentre vengono finalizzate le accuse. Il giudice Vaepule ha ordinato che l'imputato sia detenuto in custodia cautelare senza cauzione per una settimana. La questione è stata rinviata a marzo 2012.

http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38178:the-circumcision-man&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Circoncisione infantile: madre accusa il medico

Gastonia, Carolina del Nord (WBTV) - Una madre di Gastonia è molto preoccupata per il suo bimbo di soli tre mesi per le complicazioni in seguito all’intervento di circoncisione eseguito in ospedale.

".. my son may suffer long term affects after undergoing what she calls, a botched circumcision."

When Christy Falls elected to have her newborn son circumcised, she trusted the procedure would go just fine. But within hours of bringing little Josiah home, things took a turn for the worse.

"Dopo aver portato a casa il piccolo Giosia ho notato un pannolino pieno di sangue, completamente pieno di sangue, e mi sono spaventata enormemente", ha detto Falls.

La madre ha preso immediatamente il bambino e lo ha portato di corsa con l’auto al più vicino al pronto soccorso dove i medici sono riusciti a fermare l'emorragia.

Guarda il video della madre: www.kltv.com/category/194395/video-...&clipId=6748233

"They told me they had cut a vein, he told me that," said Falls.
It's enough to make any parent cringe.
But as it turns out, what happened to little Josiah is not unheard of.

I medici si difendono: "Prendiamo tutte le precauzioni per ridurre al minimo tali rischio, ma può succedere, le complicazioni in seguito a circoncisioni di routine non sono rare", ha detto un pediatra durante l'intervista alla WBTV.

The doctor has experience in infant circumcisions, but did not perform Josiah's surgery.

Ma non c'è una regola che dice che è necessario come intervento medico, i genitori devono essere consapevoli dei possibili rischi e complicazioni.

"It's something that we leave up to the parents to decide and our role as pediatricians is to help inform them of the risks," the doctor told WBTV.

Josiah is still healing.

Josiah è ancora in via di guarigione.

Doctors don't anticipate any further complications, but Falls worries there could be some down the road.
She hopes other parents learn from her ordeal.
"I would do extra research, check all the pros and cons," she said.
Falls is considering filing a lawsuit against the doctor's office.

FONTE: www.kltv.com/story/16946910/mother-...ns-circumcision

Assolto per non aver commesso il fatto

Bimbo morto per circoncisione, 29enne assolto in appello

Potrebbe non essere stato lui a praticare la circoncisione che il 21 luglio causò la morte per dissanguamento di un bimbo di 2 mesi e mezzo. Il 29enne nigeriano, Eghaghe Eraborebi, condannato in primo grado nell’ottobre del 2009 a 3 anni di carcere per omicidio colposo, è stato assolto dalla Corte d’Assise D’Appello di Bari per non aver commesso il fatto. Per la Corte è stato impossibile stabilire con certezza che a praticare la circoncisione fosse stato proprio Eraborebi. Contro di lui, infatti, solo il riconoscimento fotografico della mamma del bimbo. Secondo le indagini il 29enne avrebbe praticato una circoncisione clandestina a pagamento con una lametta da barbiere e olio di palma e cocco.
L’uomo è a oggi in libertà.

come sempre i colpevoli la fanno franca

Slovenia: circoncisione viola i diritti umani?

Ombudsman under Fire from Muslims for Opposing Circumcision

Lubiana, 7 febbraio (STA) - I musulmani sloveni hanno espresso indignazione e rabbia per il parere del difensore civico per i diritti umani che ha giustamente definito la circoncisione infantile per motivi non medici una violazione dei diritti dei bambini.

Ljubljana, 7 February (STA) - Slovenian Muslims have expressed outrage over the Human Rights Ombudsman's opinion that circumcision for non-medical reasons is a violation of children's rights. The opinion was also rejected by the Jewish Community of Slovenia.

FONTE: www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1723904

Soraya contro la circoncisione

Soraya Mire on male and female genital mutilation

Link diretto a you tube: http://youtu.be/Ggqa6CCTR-4

Soraya Mire is a survivor of female genital mutilation and a leading activist for the right to bodily integrity. Here she speaks out about male genital mutilation in America (what we call "circumcision," and how it parallels FGM in Africa and the Middle East.


Soraya Miré Joins Intact America's Board of Advocates

.... Parlando ad una conferenza stampa di Intact America la scorsa estate, Soraya ha spiegato perché lei sostiene la causa di vietare la circoncisione infantile negli Stati Uniti e poi nel mondo. "Lo stesso diritto umano universale di all'integrità genitale per cui ho combattuto per conto di donne e ragazze deve valere anche per i ragazzi, soprattutto quelli che sono troppo giovani per prendere una decisione informata circa l'integrità dei loro corpi", ha detto. "Dobbiamo chiederci: Come può essere sbagliato modificare chirurgicamente i genitali di una bambina senza il suo consenso, ma va bene modificare chirurgicamente i genitali di un bambino?"

What's wrong with Circumcision?

What's wrong with Circumcision?





Doctors opposing circumcision
www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org

Benefits to retaining foreskin
www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/benefit3.html

American Academy of Pediatrics statement on circumcision
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/03/990302063210.htm

Mothers against circumcision
www.mothersagainstcirc.org/

Circumcision does NOT prevent HIV transmission
http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/...09-HIV-Circumci...

Proper care and cleaning of an uncircumcized penis
www.cirp.org/pages/parents/peron1/

For adult males who want to painlessly restore their foreskin www.cirp.org/pages/restore.html
www.restoringforeskin.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin_restoration
www.norm.org/

RELIGION SUPPORT

Christians for Wholeness
www.acts15.org/
Circumcision in the new testement
www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/circumcision.html

Catholics against circumcision
www.catholicsagainstcircumcision.org

Circumcision is not in the Quran
www.quranicpath.com/misconceptions/circumcision.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khitan_(circumcision)
Muslims Against the Circumcision of Boys and Girls
www.quran.org/khatne.htm

Jews against Circumcision
www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/
Israel NewsLetter Against Circumcision
www.af-mila.org.il/

Types of circumcision
www.noharmm.org/comparison.htm



Link diretto: http://youtu.be/CeDg5ljSy6w