Author: Richard Duncker

Why?

This site exists to dispel the myth that men do not mind being circumcised. Some men seem not to mind and others mind a great deal.

Men circumcised as children (and therefore without their consent) often complain about their inappropriate treatment.

Non-therapeutic genital cutting has significant physical and psychological consequences and has no proven benefits. Men who complain about having had their foreskins amputated without their informed consent are consistently  treated as having something wrong with them rather than being treated as having had something wrong done to them.

Do complain to your doctors, policy makers and leaders. We should not be inhibited about making our voices heard and we owe it to future generations to bring an end to these assaults on children.

Important academic survey

One of the key reasons MDC was started was to ask for the proper recording of circumcisions, the long term follow up of possible complications and for proper care of the men that circumcised boys will become. We have said elsewhere on this site that men who complain about having been circumcised are often treated as if there is something wrong with them rather than having had something wrong done to them. Read the details of this academic survey and please participate. 

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Landmark Foreskin Restoration Survey:
Document Your Experiences. Tell Researchers How to Improve Medical Care.

Those who have been, or are currently engaged in, manual foreskin restoration methods are invited to participate in a landmark survey to document motivations for and experiences with restoration, as well as experiences with medical and/or mental health professionals. This population has never been researched to any great degree by the medical or mental health communities.

Whether you’ve been restoring for 6 weeks or for 6 years, or even if you’ve abandoned restoration, this survey is for you!

The survey is open to anyone over the age of 18 within or outside of the U.S. who was:
‐ born with a penis or assigned male at birth (including intersex and transgender persons);
‐ circumcised as a child without their consent or who later voluntarily chose circumcision;
‐ and is/was engaged in foreskin restoration methods, even if the process was abandoned.

The online survey, conducted by independent researcher Tim Hammond and Principal Investigator Lauren Sardi, PhD of Quinnipiac University, seeks to gain insights into motivations for and experiences with restoration, as well as experiences with medical and/or mental health professionals. The survey should take most participants less than 30 minutes to complete and offers an opportunity to upload up to five (5) photographs of their restoration journey.

Data from the survey will be analyzed and submitted for publication to a respected medical, sexology or men’s health journal. It is hoped that these findings will contribute to a better understanding of those engaged in restoration, lead to the creation of suitable support services, and contribute valuable new insights into discussions about a child’s right to bodily integrity, especially when involving permanent alterations to intimate parts of the body.

The survey will be open until at least September 30, 2021. Those interested in participation are encouraged to take the survey at one of the following links, both of which are case sensitive.

https://survey.f-s-r.info/zs/7FBUas

https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/7FBUas

Note: Some restorers might have already received a survey invitation email from TLCTugger.com or American Bodycrafters that contained the first link, which has caused access problems for some users. If you experience access issues with the first link, please use the second link. For questions, please contact Tim Hammond:–      circharmsurvey@gmail.com

Scotland bans smacking

Scotland has become the first part of the United Kingdom to outlaw the physical punishment of children under 16.

The new law is designed to give children the same protection from assaults as adults.

Men Do Complain will continue to campaign for children to be protected from non-therapeutic circumcision. It is a practice that looks increasingly inappropriate in the light of this new law.

The full story on the BBC News gives us this quote from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

“This law sets out in clear terms that physical punishment should no longer be part of childhood in Scotland and it marks a momentous step in making it a country where children’s rights are truly recognised, respected and fulfilled.”

NSPCC demo

Children’s rights.
We would point to the major elements of our society’s codes of conduct that should protect children from non-therapeutic circumcision.

The Human Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion which is a qualified right in that one individual cannot override another’s rights; even if that other is a child.

The criminal law protects us from physical abuse even a slap is considered as an assault.

Medical ethics should also protect children from non-therapeutic circumcision. All the elegant dancing on the head of a pin by the medical authorities to allow parents to wound their children beggars belief see this excellent talk by Dr Antony Lempert.