30 Day Challenge - Day 14

30 Day Challenge - Day 14 -- A non-fictional book -- As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto. I would highly recommend reading this book. It's the true life story of a boy who suffered from a botched circumcision, so bad that his penis was so badly injured, that he was raised as a girl. It was absolutely fascinating, and I read the whole thing in one sitting (before kids of course).

30 Day Challenge: Day 8 WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO

A photo(s) that makes me sad is located here. I am not going to post it on my blog, as they are graphic pictures, but you can go to the blog site and see them. They are photos of 2 babies strapped down to be circumcised. Then it shows a freshly circumcised penis. If you follow me on Facebook, you might have seen me reposting some articles there. There is NO medical reason for circumcisions, and no medical organization in the world recommends it. Yet, doctors still do them. And even more astoundingly, parents CONSENT without having done ANY reading or ANY real research. Asking a couple people that are friends about it, is not research... Last year the rate for circumcisions in the US had dropped to 33%. There goes that locker room statement. Europe and most of the rest of the world does not circumcise their newborn males. Anyways...I know I'm preaching to the choir for the most part.

We Know Better, So Do Better

I just can't believe doctors still do circumcisions. I can't believe parents think that their baby slept through it or it didn't hurt or they won't remember it. Good blog post with included videos about circumcision here.