How Circumcision Damages Society, Part 1
The failures of the Sexual Revolution, cut into the flesh of baby boys.
Recently, the constant attack American masculinity is under has been getting more attention. Tucker Carlson’s special, “The End of Men”, discussed many issues relating to this, including poisons in the food supply, declining levels of physical fitness and testosterone, endocrine disruptors, and much more. Of course, Twitter anons have been fighting the good fight for years, raising both awareness and testosterone levels. They all continue to do a good job at this, and I’m not going to rehash their excellent work.
Despite this, there is very little discussion of one of the most direct, harmful, early, and common attacks on masculinity: circumcision.
Even the physical harm circumcision causes, which is very well documented, is not as well known as it should be. The medical establishment and the media suppress this information as much as possible, but the truth is out there. If you are unaware of this, please see the links at the bottom of this article. The rest of the article is written assuming you understand this fundamental truth.
My goal is not to convince you that circumcision is the root cause of human suffering, the sole reason for the decline of masculinity, or why your relationship isn’t going as well as you’d like. But it does contribute to all three of these, and much more.
The primary purpose of circumcision has always been to mutilate the male sexual organ, and by extension male sexuality, and it succeeds in doing this. Mutilating the sexual organ damages the overall sexual experience, changing it from one that is enjoyable for both partners for its duration to one that is mediocre and often painful for one or both partners. (For a more detailed and graphic explanation of how sexual intercourse is damaged, go to http://www.sexasnatureintendedit.com/.) Because the man is constantly seeking more fulfillment (which he would normally be able to get), romantic relationships are perverted from an ideal of a single, enduring relationship which is satisfying to multiple, short relationships, which are dissatisfying.
Sex is an extremely important part of relationships, and in most cases, a couple’s relationship reflects their sex life. Men might seek out other women or increasingly niche sex acts in an effort to be satisfied, not knowing that their problem lies with their own bodies.
The prevalence of male genital mutilation may seem to contradict our increasingly sexualized society, but it does not. Rather, it reinforces it. Sex is increasingly portrayed as a purely physical act, and meaningful relationships (which are far more gratifying than sex with strangers) are discouraged. The male sex drive is intact, but its use in guiding men into good relationships is diverted, because circumcised men will not be as sexually satisfied in what would otherwise be good relationships. Instead, men are driven to move from one woman to the next, hoping that the next shallow relationship will make them happy. Hookup culture has become the norm; trying to meet someone in person for a real relationship is widely seen as creepy or desperate. If you were to judge this system by its outcomes, you could fairly conclude that is designed to make everyone, especially men, alone and unhappy.
Even when a man does find a woman he likes and wishes to settle down with, circumcision leads to higher divorce rates. Less satisfaction in sex causes less satisfaction in marriage which leads to divorce. The graph below shows this correlation fairly well. Circumcision did not become the norm in the US until after WW2, and its effects were felt as that generation became adults and started marrying. However, circumcision was obviously not the only thing that led to higher divorce rates in this time period. There were many terrible things which began to be forced on the people of this country right after WW2; my hope is that this article will convince you that circumcision was and is one of them. (The lower divorce rate in recent years is a reflection of a drastically lower marriage rate.)
The male body and nudity in general are demonized and considered perverse in our society. Other genital cutting cultures also prefer to keep the body hidden; the burkas and hijabs that cover women in Islamic cultures are a prime example.
As Jason Fairfield puts it:
The nations/cultures that are most uptight about male frontal nudity are also the ones that have the most widespread circumcision of boys. Whether circumcision leads to shame or shame/irrational modesty leads to circumcision, there’s no denying there’s a relationship.
It all boils down to an unhealthy fixation on the penis: modifying it or concealing it. Both draw unnecessary attention to a normal, healthy body part that should not be the focus of parents, doctors, religion or government. Circumcision is multilayer censorship.
Concealment facilitates mass circumcision. That applies to concealing images of nude men, concealing facts about foreskin and circumcision, and suppressing discussion. Openness about our bodies and about anatomy and science is anathema to circumcision. Shame feeds circumcision.
To compare with some other cultures, the ancient Greeks considered nudity acceptable in many contexts; only having the glans exposed was considered sexual and inappropriate. In many places in Europe it is not uncommon to go to a sauna or beach nude. A man who has been circumcised is completely exposed when naked, vulnerable not only physically but sexually, appearing aroused at all times. He is more naked than should be physically possible, since his skin has been ripped off. An intact man is protected socially as well as physically. He has far greater control over his body and the way others perceive him. Even among friends or family when a person is physically safest, it is inappropriate to be (or appear to be) constantly aroused. It is only physically and socially safe to be naked in a sexual situation. Thus, a bathhouse in Europe is a social club; a bathhouse in the US is a place to have sex with strangers.
This sexual disfigurement also contributes to acceptance of other disfigurements of the body, such as obesity. Strength, health, and beauty must all be present in the ideal male body. A culture which values any of them must value all of them, and such cultures are appalled by circumcision. Thus, our culture does not value any of them, with predictable results.
The connection to transgender ideology goes beyond the physical similarities. All types of genital mutilation rely on the belief that the body needs to be “fixed” so the spirit can be perfected. In transgenderism, people have a “gender” that is separate from their sex, and their sex must be mutilated to fit their gender if necessary. This elevates these people from the low status of “cisgender” to the priestly status of transgender.
In Judaism, men require perfecting after they are born; women are “born circumcised” and/or are not worthy of the covenant, depending on your source. Islam teaches that girls as well as boys are deserving of modification to improve their moral hygiene. In every case, the mutilation somehow improves the soul of the child being mutilated.
The case of David Reimer is a perfect example of transgender ideology. After losing his entire penis as an infant while being circumcised, David’s parents were convinced by noted pedophile John Money that he should be raised as a girl. The experiment failed, of course, but that didn’t prevent it from being highly praised in academic and medical circles, and then being used as the basis for further “research”.
We humans are our bodies; rejection of this premise is fundamental to not only traditional and modern genital mutilation, but to abortion as well. If the body does not have a “soul” it is acceptable to kill the body; likewise, it is acceptable to mutilate the body to fit the soul. Everything that improves the body improves the mind and spirit as well; anything that damages the body also damages the mind and spirit.
Everything that damages men damages society as a whole. If you reduce the ideal man to an obese, impotent creature, you will always reduce the quality of women as well. What harms one will always harm the other. Many feminists and normal women have rightfully criticized the increasingly depraved and violent sexual acts that are becoming common in relationships. They generally fail to either realize or care about the negative effect this has on men. As a side note, this is more evidence that consent-based morality is flawed; these acts are all perfectly consensual. When the penis is mutilated and not functioning properly, more intense stimulus is required to feel anything. Many men are unable to orgasm unless they have such forceful sex that it is painful for the woman (or for both partners). Aside from the simple case of more physically rough sex, there is also the expansion of a variety of fetishes, kinks, or what you might simply call degeneracy. This no doubt is also due to high rates of pornography consumption, which causes men (and women) to be desensitized to extreme sexual acts.
Porn and circumcision create a vicious cycle: men seek audiovisual (external) stimulus because the physical (internal) stimulus is lacking, then seek more extreme forms of porn as the old forms inevitably fail to satisfy them. The other negative effects of porn usage are vast and harm men, women, and society in general. To all you women and lovers of women, realize circumcision harms women just like it harms men.
The routine mutilation of infant boys’ genitals exemplifies everything wrong with this country today. Every malady affecting the American spirit and the American man has as one of its causes circumcision.
True, it is only one of many sources of evil. But it is a great one, and one we must eliminate if we wish to save this nation.
To avoid repetition, I have included several links to learn more about circumcision.
This video is a very well done historical and medical critique of circumcision by Dr. Christopher Guest.
American Circumcision, a documentary, is available in all sorts of places.
Doctors Opposing Circumcision has a great website with lot of information, mainly geared towards other doctors and parents.
And if these are too low-energy for you, or you just want to get angry, watch Sex & Circumcision: An American Love Story by Eric Clopper.
Awesome.
So I can delete my circumcision folder now. I was gonna do an effort poast one of these days, em, years, but you beat me to it.
Excellent work.