2010-07-09 - DANWEI - It's summer -- time to get circumcised!

[Yunus]

The link of news :
It's summer -- time to get circumcised!

It's summer -- time to get circumcised!

Circumcision, as demonstrated on a banana

Smack in the middle of the front page of Hangzhou's Metropolitan Express on July 8 was the headline: Summer's here. Should you cut off your foreskin? Next to the headline was the image shown above, of circumcision demonstrated on a banana.

According to the newspaper, the local children's hospital is reporting that it is performing the procedure on seventy to eighty children every day:

It is primarily elementary students between the ages of 6 and 12 who get circumcised in the summer. This is not a rare procedure; according to surgery records at the provincial children's hospital, 3,500 children were circumcised last year, and this year's number had passed 2,000 by the end of June.

The three-page feature inside the paper reads like an information pamphlet from the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine (浙江大学医学院附属儿童医院, popularly known as Provincial Child Care, 省儿保).

Originally Posted by Metropolitan Express, July 8, 2010

43.09% of Urban Chinese Males Have Long Foreskins

In Chinese Andrology, the Kunming Male Circumcision Cooperative Research Group published a paper arguing that it is imperative that China promote circumcision.

According to a report from the WHO, 665 million men in the world have been circumcised, roughly 30% of the male population. In some countries, male circumcision rates are roughly 80%.

Reports published between 1997 and 2007 show that among urban males in this country, 43.09% have foreskins that are too long, and 8.99% have phimosis. But although a very high proportion ought to be circumcised, the actual circumcision rate is only 2.66%.

Director of Urology Xu Shan said that circumcision is a mature procedure that requires just 10-15 minutes under anesthesia and leaves no obvious scars. Stitches can be removed in just a week. In addition, circumcision has a long history. Tomb art from Egypt's Sixth Dynasty (2,345-2,181 BC) contains a depiction of two standing men getting circumcised. Male circumcision is recognized as one of humanity's most ancient and most common surgical procedures.

As for the possible impact on sensation and sexual performance, the article reports that experts disagree. However, says Xu Shan, "If you have a problem, the earlier you go to the hospital, the better. Otherwise, it will definitely affect sexual function."

At the end there's a FAQ that answers the most pressing question:

Q: How much does circumcision cost?
A: To get the procedure performed at Provincial Child Care, the surgery fee is 210 RMB, materials are around 200 RMB, anesthetic is 400 plus RMB, giving a total of around 800 RMB.

Note : 1 RMB = US$0.15 (today)

Baby: "Why isn't it growing?" Child: "What a pain!"
Note : This is like phimosis joke.

[Yunus]

Sometimes,I hate America because America as a superpower country spearheaded barbaric practice,circumcision to the world included non-circumcising countries.

[Aspie]

Originally Posted by Yunus

Sometimes,I hate America because America as a superpower country spearheaded barbaric practice,circumcision to the world included non-circumcising countries.

You can blame the U.S. however these parents are willingly abusing their children so the majority of the blame is on them for ignoring the human rights of their children.

[Yunus]

Originally Posted by Aspie

You can blame the U.S. however these parents are willingly abusing their children so the majority of the blame is on them for ignoring the human rights of their children.

How about South Korea?
They circumcise their children because of American influence.
Here is the line of influence :
American - Korean Doctors or communities - Parents - Children.
And,it makes many parents in the world outside of Jews legalized infant circumcision.

However,I do not hate American at all,but only circumcision section.

[admin]

Lordy it's sad that the paper is getting away with disseminating this superstitious mis-information. It's an ADVERTISEMENT?

If I see one more banana getting circumcised I'm going to throw up. From a standpoint of what we USE a banana for, being covered and inaccessible is a DEFECT, but the treatment of this "defect" has nothing to do with circumcision. The glans isn't covered by a hermetically sealed banana peel. They would have us believe urine can't get out and the penis is trapped.

[Yunus]

Originally Posted by admin

Lordy it's sad that the paper is getting away with disseminating this superstitious mis-information. It's and ADVERTISEMENT?

If I see one more banana getting circumcised I'm going to throw up. From a standpoint of what we USE a banana for, being covered and inaccessible is a DEFECT, but the treatment of this "defect" has nothing to do with circumcision. The glans isn't covered by a hermetically sealed banana peel. They would have us believe urine can't get out and the penis is trapped.

Yes.
Beside of it,I hate China in circumcision section because China's internet is blocked for accessing western websites,so it makes Chinese are blind from the true information.
I don't know whether blocking websites which is done by China is good or not at all.

I am so sad especially for circumcision which is performed to children.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Yunus

China's internet is blocked for accessing western websites

Somehow guys in China are finding TLC Tugger at about 4 times last year's rate.

I think there must be a lot of circumcision press that is causing online chatter, that is backfiring and causing men to seek restoration.

My daughter studies Mandarin. Maybe she could learn enough about the words used in such discussions to help me dialog on Chinese forums.

Originally Posted by Yunus

whether blocking websites which is done by China is good or not

I think free information is the only way to have peace. The government has only the moral right to serve the people's ife, liberty, pursuit of happiness, etc, not its own interest.

-Ron Low
http://TLCTugger.com

[Yunus]

Originally Posted by admin

Somehow guys in China are finding TLC Tugger at about 4 times last year's rate.

I think there must be a lot of circumcision press that is causing online chatter, that is backfiring and causing men to seek restoration.

My daughter studies Mandarin. Maybe she could learn enough about the words used in such discussions to help me dialog on Chinese forums.



I think free information is the only way to have peace. The government has only the moral right to serve the people's ife, liberty, pursuit of happiness, etc, not its own interest.

-Ron Low
http://TLCTugger.com

I did read that circumcision advertisements in China's websites are only from inside of China.
I didn't find that there is circumcision advertisement website from circumfetish people outside of China.

However,I heard from my Chinese friends that China's governments are about collecting money (tax),it means that everything is ok if you pay the tax to the government as far as it isn't criminal thing.
But,China's governments are blocking many resources from outside of China.

[Aspie]

Originally Posted by Yunus

How about South Korea?
They circumcise their children because of American influence.
Here is the line of influence :
American - Korean Doctors or communities - Parents - Children.
And,it makes many parents in the world outside of Jews legalized infant circumcision.

However,I do not hate American at all,but only circumcision section.

I never said the American people and the American government didn't deserve to be blamed as they do to a certain extent however the people who are most at fault are the parents who willingly disregard their feelings of love and mutilate their children.

[Angol]

Originally Posted by Aspie

I never said the American people and the American government didn't deserve to be blamed as they do to a certain extent however the people who are most at fault are the parents who willingly disregard their feelings of love and mutilate their children.

I agree, it's a shame that the American government is pushing circumcision all over the world, however that doesn't change the fact that these countries (South Korea and now many African countries) could have said NO to circumcision. They accepted circumcision without thinking about it. The US also tried to circumcise Europe but it didn't work because they refused.