A visitor is shocked...

I was messaged with this comment today (below)...found it interesting, and yet not surprising - how barbaric must we look to the rest of the world. And how hypocritical -- to speak out so loudly about the mutilation and abuse of girls, yet continue doing the exact same thing to boys. What a very sad state of affairs.

"A friend of mine was visiting from S. America, and somehow, the subject came around to circumcision. When I mentioned that a lot of American men are cut, he said, disbelievingly, "What?? WHY?? You have GOT to be kidding me!! WHY would somebody do that??" He was shocked."

Circumcised? Sue and Win

No baby chooses this for himself. It is a violation of human rights, human autonomy. If you were cut at birth, you have the right to restitution of all that has been lost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8szj1jFCWM

CUT: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision

CUT: Slicing through the myths of circumcision homepage here

16th Annual March & Demonstration for Genital Integrity: Washington D.C.

Snapshots of the 16th Annual March and Demonstration for genital integrity in Washington D.C. ~ March 25-April 1, 2009. All photos are property of peaceful parenting unless otherwise noted. You may use an image for pro-intact advocacy with a link back to this page.

7 months ~ heading out to his first human rights demonstration

banners on the U.S. Capitol Lawn

The March from the White House to the Capitol begins

Riding along in the Moby Wrap on his first intactivist March

The image above was removed from this album on Facebook more than any other photo. It seems we can DO these things to our infants, but we cannot show pictures of what we do...

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom during Genital Integrity Awareness Week ~ It is the perfect time to visit Washington D.C. and get involved.

Our button says:
Honor the FGM Bill
Support the MGM Bill
March 30, 2009
Washington D.C.

Receiving wise advice on the Capitol lawn.

Above photo by James Loewen

Crawled between Marilyn Milos and James Loewen, on over to this sign...

Picked it up, checked it out...

and decided to pose entirely on his own:

Good People.
Good Conversations.

Until the violence ends...

What do you get when you put a whole bunch of intactivists on a D.C. subway?
A lot of passengers becoming inadvertently informed! ;)

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Get involved in the next upcoming demonstration/march!
Information at the 18th Annual March/Demonstration Event page


A portion of the 2009 March ala video by Bonobo3D