Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. The foreskin is the layer of skin that covers the glans (head of the penis). This procedure can be performed in newborns, older ...

Male circumcision is considered the oldest, most frequently performed surgery in the world, yet it remains controversial. According to Dr. Greg Marchand, an ob-gyn at the Marchand Institute for ...

When the time comes to decide whether or not a child will be circumcised … how do parents choose? The answer is not only answered medically but culturally. It’s a small surgical procedure, but one ...

J.H. Kellogg, cereal mogul, believed circumcision was a sure-fire cure for masturbation—particularly if the surgery was performed without chloroform so the boy could feel it. In the 1870s, his and ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

An interesting issue of the journal Global Discourse, on Gender Equality in Abrahamic Circumcision: Why or Why Not?, edited by Ingvild Bergom Lunde and Matthew Thomas Johnson; here's the Introduction, ...