In Europe, less than 10 per cent are circumcised. In Europe, we can't even imagine doing this. It makes no sense. Margaret Somerville, Founder of McGill's Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law and an outspoken critic of circumcision in recent years, calls upon doctors and parents to categorically stop performing circumcisions. Ethically and legally, parental consent is irrelevant in such a situation.
Circumcision removes sexually functioning tissue and causes substantial pain.
People's attitudes about circumcision depend on their sexual experience and knowledge of the issue. While many women have been socialized to believe that uncircumcised males are less clean, ideas are changing. I brush my teeth every day. I also wash my labia. A Montreal woman who gave birth to her first child, a son, three months ago, said she was disturbed when she started to find out about circumcision.