There are risks in hospital circumcision that did not exist 20 years ago. While skilled pediatricians formerly circumcised babies, escalating insurance costs forced many to abandon the procedure, which now often falls to the lowest qualified person in the delivery room. Some doctors think mohels do a better job. The most vigorous objection to circumcision is that the baby has no say. And it's the first cut that cuts the trust between a child and its mother.
Some opponents suggest cutting an infant imprints violence on the baby's brain.
This is one of the beginning stages of establishing the sadomasochistic personality. Whereas resentment of patriarchal domination colors the language of some opponents, the language of the men's movement can be found in others. She cites the work of researchers who claim the tissue of the foreskin is more sexually responsive than the tissue beneath it. The neuroreceptors are in the glans, not in the hood. Mourning the lost body part is a necessary step in getting well, he says, and for some men, so is stretching a new foreskin.