With a firm policy against racism,sexism, ageism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, we impugn no race or religion,but assert that an intact body is a universal human right. Infant circumcision has never been a true medical matter but has alwaysbeen a human rights issue and a sexual issue. Acting in ways similar to the eyelid and as the onlymovable part of the penis, foreskin keeps the glans sensitive and is the mosterogenous one-third of the skin on the normal penis. The foreskin isessential for the full measure, the full degree of male sexual pleasure andfor normal sexual functioning. The sexual health of American men has been greatlyundermined by this tragic and contraindicated surgery inflicted on theirprimary sexual organ when they were babies.
Infant circumcisionviolates the universal human right of anyone to have normal intact genitalia.
That baby is unable to understand what is being done to him, and to speak forand defend himself. Much unexpressed regret, anger, resentment, humiliation,and frustration are part of the lives of men who have awareness about thiswrong done to them in infancy. These feelings of violation and unhappinessare growing as more and more men learn the painful facts and truth aboutcircumcision.