Male circumcision is male genital mutilation (‘MGM’)

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Mike Buchanan

Female circumcision – ‘female genital mutilation’, or ‘FGM’, as feminists invariably term it – is illegal in the UK, and across most of the developed world, which the vast majority of people, including everyone at J4MB, agree is ‘a good thing’. So why isn’t male genital mutilation (‘MGM’) also illegal? Wouldn’t that also be ‘a good thing’? A short but illuminating article on the subject:

http://www.avoiceformen.com/updates/news-updates/proof-its-mutilation/

In the Jewish community, at least, voices of reason are starting to oppose MGM:

http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/62011NewsRelease.htm

An academic paper, published in 2007, on the impact of MGM:

130726 paper on male circumcision

The paper’s Conclusions:

The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the uncircumcised penis. The transitional region from the external to the internal prepuce is the most sensitive region of the uncircumcised penis and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis. Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis.

This poses an obvious question – should we add MGM to our public consultation document? Email me at mb1957@hotmail.co.uk with your thoughts. Thank you.

About Mike Buchanan

I'm a men's human rights advocate, writer, and publisher. My primary focus is leading the political party I launched in 2013, Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them). I still work actively on two campaigns I launched in early 2012, Campaign for Merit in Business and the Anti-Feminism League. In 2014 I launched The Alternative Sexism Project, aiming to raise public understanding that the sexism faced by men and boys has far more grievous consequences than the sexism faced by women and girls.
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  • Reblogged this on Ramblings of a free thinker and commented:
    I really don’t see why this is so hard for people to understand

  • vadark

    Unfortunately, lots of people are unaware of MGM because feminism has completely overshadowed men’s issues. It’s time to raise awareness of MGM, make a noise and alter the levels of acceptability such that this atrocious, barbaric act of abuse is stopped in its tracks. Only legitimate cases based on sound medical reasons should be permitted.

    I remember seeing a programme on TV a few years ago where they showed in close-up graphical detail young boys of a tribe getting circumcised without anaesthetic. They broadcast the programme far earlier than they should, but the worst part was how they covertly conveyed a subliminal-like message that these boys were somehow seen as brave and courageous heroes – the makings of real men! – take note you western guys, apparently you need to get yourself circumcised in public (without anaesthetic) if you want to be seen as a real man !!

    Call me cynical but it’s all part of the manipulative, feminised media onslaught against men. How they could make this out to be positive is beyond me! Somehow I can’t imagine a role reversal whereby FGM is shown in full close-up detail, accompanied by positive tones of acceptance!