Circumcision, The Hidden Trauma : How an American Cultural Practice Affects Infants and Ultimately Us All

The author says that a family decision to circumcise has effect on the whole society and therefore is a concern for us all. I agree! He explains that the baby views his mom as the primary caregiver and loses confidence in her b/c of the traumatic experience. This breaks the bond between the mother and her baby and in adulthood leads to circumcised men hating women on the subconscious level. I totally understand this b/c current brain research says that traumatic experiences cause brain damage and I can imagine the pain caused by circumcision is indeed traumatic! YouTube videos of babies being circumcised show these helpless small human beings screaming on top of their lungs! They would not scream hysterically if there was no pain! In my personal opinion, no parent has the right to exercise physical violence against their child! Also, no human has the right to destroy another human being's sex life! That's just plain evil! Circumcised men do not feel the same amount of pleasure as intact men, and therefore may feel inclined to compensate by using drugs, also being in a relationship with a man who hates women is no fun, this I can say from my personal experience. We may have been to the Moon but as long as Humanity accepts this act of genital mutilation, we are no more than disgusting barbarians. Circumcision should be outlawed world wide! We women should not have to be subjected to hate just b/c of our gender! Just look at India, 40 M women raped and many of them brutally killed! And India is not alone, there is rape and violence everywhere! Enough is enough!!!

This work published nearly 25 years ago continues to be relevant today. Infant male circumcision is an horrific assault on a child. It is mutilation and amputation of the penis. It is a cruel form of molestation and butchery. Goldman presents an extraodinary document as to why circumcision should NOT be performed. That decision should be and must be left to the owner of the penis, when he is old enough to understand the procedure and how it will modify his body forever.

Absolutely critical information for anyone considering circumcising or involved in performing circumcisions. One cannot truly have informed consent without being aware of the material covered in this book. Moms and Dads, please read this before deciding to circumcise your son. Doctors and nurses, please read this so that you can truly inform your patients' parents of the procedure and all that it affects.

Circumcision The Hidden Trauma is an extremely important book, which succeeds in describing the cruelty of circumcision.I can only wish, that all American parents to newborn baby boys, would read it before they let their darlings undergo this surgery.And that Jewish and Muslim communities would consider a symbolic ritual instead of making irreversible changes in their baby boys bodies

Truth about genital mutilation that has been normalized in United States

amazon fibs. they dont have this in stock. they drop ship it from somewhere. it do not ship in a timely manner.they dont tell you until after you order it.that said, this is a great book that every man and woman should read.

A very professional and informative presentation of the issues that has led to the U.S. tolerance of this unnecessary amputation of healthy, functional tissue in newborn boys, a violation of their bodily integrity and their human rights.

The subject is important, but the book is a sloppy job.

A well researched and written account of all the right reasons to keep future generations of males intact.All of the avenues as to why circumcision is no longer necessary, and indeed harmful, are well investigated and explained.Many thoughtful and mature suggestions are made to encourage future research both medical, psychological and spiritual.I have found the book very useful in my own research as it is written in "accessable" language without being patronising.

Ronald Goldman runs through the history and evolution of this bizarre procedure with stimulating clarity.An essential read for anyone seriously concerned by the topic

In der deutschen Beschneidungsdebatte 2012 wurden viele Argumente PRO Beschneidung von Knaben vorgebracht, die längst widerlegt waren und sind - wenn auch damals die Argumente für viele Intaktivisten, die sich gegen medizinisch nicht indizierte Genitalverstümmelungen einsetzen, nicht direkt greifbar waren.Dieses Buch ist ein Grundlagen-Buch, das jeder Intaktivist kennen sollte - ich arbeite derzeit an der Fertigstellung der deutschen Übersetzung.

This book covers aspects of circumcision that I hadn't even considered.Everyone, parent or not actually, should read this book so that they have an understanding of what we are doing to our own society when we commit violence against innocent children.

Yet amother book that demonise circumsion !!But it will supply some lnfomation for students