I emotionally went away. An hour later I came back. Watching the mutilation of that infant's genitals took me back to my own place of terror. As a sexual abuse survivor, I know now, KNOW, that circumcision is also sexual abuse. It takes that which is most basic, intrinsic, and private to one's being and one's sexuality, and violates the helpless baby on whom it is done.
Circumcision is about sending many messages, on a cellular level to that baby.
Messages such as these will echo throughout that infant's being in many forms and contexts for the rest of his life. If he is lucky, he will someday know where his pain began, and thusly, where the lies began. Only then will he be free to reclaim that which was always his, his body. Only then will he be capable of connecting on deep levels with himself and with others. That he was acceptable as he was.