Male Circumcision: Genital Mutilation, Child Abuse or Ancient Rite?




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Summary: Jennifer Margulis, author of The Business Of Baby, and host Christopher Springmann ask the tough questions about male circumcision.Why would a parent consent to having their day-old male child strapped to a board, restrained by Velcro, as a doctor or religious entity cuts off the most sensitive erogenous tissue on his body - the foreskin of the penis - as the child screams hysterically? Why do we allow this ancient tribal initiation ritual to continue in America while passing and enforcing laws to stop female circumcision - the forced, traumatic removal of the clitoris and often parts of the labia, a procedure called a Clitoridectomy? In this segment, Jennifer Margulis, author of The Business Of Baby, and host Christopher Springmann ask listeners the tough questions about male circumcision.