U.N. and American Pro-Circ Groups Launch Deceptive Website

The onslaught upon American male babies has begun in earnest, albeit indirectly. The pro-circ camp has U.N. and American backing. And the sleight of hand is already visible.

While claiming (for now) that this is to address concerns in Africa, do not be fooled. This website is also there to convince Americans of the need for neonatal circumcision of their own sons. That’s why it is English only.

The NY Times reports,

Since then, as different poor countries struggled to create national circumcision policies, much misinformation has circulated. There was also a dangerous surge in complications as traditional healers without sterile instruments began offering cheap circumcisions.

So last week the W.H.O., in conjunction with the United Nations AIDS program, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Family Health International and several American and British schools of public health, created a Web site, malecircumcision.org.

One of the ways the pro-circ advocates con people into agreeing to male circumcision is to pretend there are no deleterious effects to their sexual experience.

Malecircumcision.org does reference the fine-touch pressure threshold study published in the BJU, which concluded that, “Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis.” But it relegates this important study to the footnotes section, only allowing that,

Many advocates, anthropologists and social scientists have identified the need to develop research components that gather, analyse and propose responses to information on the interface between male sexuality and male circumcision. This information will change over time and vary by culture, community, and geography — as well as with the age at which the surgery is performed.

Right. Because it’s all in your head.

Exactly what FGM apologists claim.

Even more suspiciously, malecirumcision.org insists on emphasizing anecdotal evidence that is so pro-circ it is suspicious to the point of absurdity.

Sixty-four percent of the circumcised men who were available for follow-up at 24 months reported greater penile sensitivity after circumcision, and 54 percent reported enhanced ease in reaching orgasm.

There pro-circ camp has always depended on lies and misinformation.

“Much misinformation has circulated.”

Oh, it most certainly has.