Originally posted by Proper Knob
There's more -
[quote]Hammond's (1997) sample of circumcised men reported emotional harm (83% ), physical harm (82% ), general psychological harm (75% ), and low self-esteem (74% ). The circumcised men frequently reported feeling mutilated (62% ), unwhole (61% ), resentful (60% ), abnormal/unnatural (60% ), that one's human rights had been infringed ( ...[text shortened]... done'? Throwing it back at ya, here you go. Educate yourself.
http://www.noharmm.org/bju.htm
You have used two completely different sources here.
The first two quotes you provided in two separate posts were both from the same paper reporting the survey. It can be found here: http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/pdf/2001_Bensley-Boyle.pdf
The respondents of this survey were Australian, not American. Granted, the second quote is talking
about the second poll, but it appears in the first paper.
The last link you provide is a website about this second, separate poll taken of Americans. The very first paragraph of this site seems to make male and female circumcision equal, which they are not. It seems they have a horse in the race. Let's be clear here. This page came directly from the
British Journal of Urology. Later in the page it mentions that the page was earlier printed in "Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy [Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, Lausanne 1996]". Of course, we know that Lausanne is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
The bias is clear. The writer, probably British (I don't know for sure, I cannot find a "T. Hammond" with the background necessary for such a paper on the web), clearly believes male circumcision is tantamount to "mutilation". Even the name of the website, NOHARMM, stands for "
National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males". Calling it "mutilation" is hyperbole at its finest, especially considering "female genital mutilation" is much more severe. They are trying to either downplay FGM or to overemphasize the severity of male circumcision, perhaps both.
I know, let's ask Mr. Hinds, who seems to be offering his status as a circumcised male. How about it, Ron? Do you feel "mutilated"?