Australia: Mother brags on public radio about having son circumcised and is portrayed as heroic victim

Submitted by Minuteman on Tue, 2010-09-21 07:32

Link here (text and audio). Excerpt:

BARBARA MILLER: These days it's the exception when an infant boy in Australia is circumcised for non-religious reasons.

Sydney woman Sally said she thought long and hard about the pros and cons of having the procedure done when she had a baby boy earlier this year. She decided to go ahead, but wasn't prepared for the backlash.

SALLY: It was a terrible decision because I didn't feel like I could talk to other mums about it and when I did ask mums who did have sons and I mean, it had never been a question on my mind because I had two girls, most of them hadn't and a number of women were quite aggressive about it and quite, you know, confronting about it.

BARBARA MILLER: Sally says one factor in her decision was evidence from studies in sub-Saharan Africa that circumcision can reduce the rate of HIV-AIDS transmission in heterosexuals.'

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You can read this and other intactivism-related articles on "The Intactivism Pages" website. Link: http://www.circumstitions.com

As explained on The Intactivism Pages listing of this article, the 'several prominent physicians' referred to in the broadcast are in fact two doctors from NSW and a physiologist from the University of Sydney, all known arch-circumcisionists.

This is the pattern of how the issue of MGC is portrayed in the Australian media: Broad representative groups such as the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) issue neutral statements 'respecting the decision of parents', a few fetishistic or profiteering cutters demur, and the 'debate' continues...

Minuteman

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Submitted by Minuteman on Wed, 2010-09-22 08:02

She got that part right.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2010-09-22 00:44

...then it's good enough for her.

When her son is grown and physically able to restrain her, he should forcibly strap her down to a table or bed and cut her clitoral hood from her body. And she'll have absolutely no reason whatsoever to complain.

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Submitted by napnip on Thu, 2010-09-23 00:43

How they find the women for these stories? Do scouts hang around maternity wards hassling new mothers? Do the producers advertise somewhere? Are they referred by the featured cutters ("doctors") in the article?

Minuteman

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Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2010-09-23 13:40