Do You Know? is a regular column in our newsletter concerning foreskin, penis, and circumcision information. Each one speaks informatively about a specific topic, including the penis, foreskin, sex, erectile dysfunction, ridged band and frenulum, restoration and rejuvenation, gliding action, UTIs, healthcare, intactivism, foreskin retraction, tissue piracy, and a myriad of other subjects.
Do You Know: Nurses are ranked the most trusted profession(als)?
For the 17th consecutive year, a Gallup Poll for the Most Trusted Professionals found that 84 percent of Americans rated the honesty and ethical standards of nurses as “very high” or “high.” Medical doctors and pharmacists were next on the list, rated at 67 percent...
Do You Know: Americans are changing their attitudes on circumcision?
In 2014, Intact America commissioned a national survey that asked (among many other questions) respondents; “Should baby boys be kept intact?” {the word “intact” was explained.} Only 10 percent of respondents answered in the affirmative, i.e., “Yes, baby boys should...
Do You Know: Why intactivists need to speak out, and come out?
Not a week goes by without somebody asking me: “How did you get involved in this cause (intactivism)?” I tell them I cannot abide the injustice that allows doctors and parents to remove an important body part from their infant sons. Similarly, not a week goes by...
Do You Know: Why intactivists need to speak out, and come out?
Not a week goes by without somebody asking me: “How did you get involved in this cause (intactivism)?” I tell them I cannot abide the injustice that allows doctors and parents to remove an important body part from their infant sons. Similarly, not a week goes by...
Do You Know: About harvesting foreskins for commercial use?
Sandra Bullock’s appearance on TheEllenShow in May featured – as “comedy” – the loathsome facts about turning infant foreskins into expensive beauty products designed to make their consumers look more youthful. This is the latest in a recurring story – which first...
Do You Know: About Forced Foreskin Retraction – Part 2
Despite the warnings of experts – including the American Academy of Pediatrics – nearly half of intact American boys under 6 years old have had their foreskins forcibly retracted. It’s true. In the Spring of 2018, Intact America conducted a national survey of parents...
Do You Know: About Intact America’s national surveys?
If you’ve been listening to the news lately, you know that data rules! And Intact America is working hard to get the data we need to change the way America thinks about circumcision. Intact America conducted its first nationwide opinion survey in 2014. That survey...
Do You Know: About Forced Foreskin Retraction? – Part 1
Unfortunately, parents who have taken a stand and said NO to the circumcision of their baby boys now have another worry: an iatrogenic* epidemic of Forced Foreskin Retraction (FFR), fueled by the same ignorance and phobias that have perpetrated the uniquely American...
Do You Know: How to protect your son from forced foreskin retraction?
IMPORTANT INFO FOR NEW PARENTS! Congratulations! You gave birth to a baby boy, you protected him from circumcision, and you took him home whole, happy and peaceful! So – we’re good! That should be the end of it, right? Unfortunately, too often that’s NOT the end of...
Do You Know: About circumcision revision surgery?
We know the rate of neonatal circumcision in the United States is slowly falling. In the meantime, the rate of circumcision "re-do's" — referred to in the medical literature as "circumcision revisions" — is rising. A lot. Circumcision revision surgery is both highly...
