Circumcision

“When Should I Get My Newborn Son Circumcised?”

by Jessica Austin October 17, 2012

When my doula clients find out they are having boys, I sometimes get asked “When do I get my son circumcised?” My answer is generally fairly simple: You Don’t! Although circumcision may have been fairly common among men in your peer age-group, more and more parents are choosing not to circumcise. Every year, the percentage [...]

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Caring for the Intact Penis

by Jessica Austin October 17, 2012

Although it may seem intimidating to care for an intact penis if your newborn’s father is circumcised, there is really nothing special you need to learn! The most important thing to remember is never to retract your son’s foreskin. At birth, the foreskin is fused to the glans, and naturally separates as boys grow.  Once [...]

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Female Intactivist vs a Circumcised Dad: Some very common pro-circumcision arguments and why they are wrong!

by Jessica Austin March 8, 2012

I wrote the following article the other day, and opted out of publishing it in favour of a less-debate-like, more diplomatic article. Hypocritically, I called it: Why Circumcision Debates Matter. I’ve been regretting that choice! So, in honour of of the debates I was encouraging yesterday, I’m firing off the version I wrote originally:

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Why Circumcision Debates Matter

by Jessica Austin March 8, 2012

Ah, circumcision, such a firey topic you are. Write an article or post an opinion about circumcision, and all sorts of feathers are bound to get ruffled. From accusations of bad parenting on both sides to claims that we should all just worry about our own children and stop talking about it, circumcision is something [...]

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The Function of Foreskin

by Jessica Austin March 7, 2012

I think something really important gets left out in a lot of  circumcision debates.  People talk about ethics and tradition in regards to circumcision. People debate whether or not circumcision has health benefits. But something that often gets left out is that the foreskin actually has important functions that are lost when it is removed. [...]

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