[OPINION] Arguments against male circumcision
May 13, 2021 12:34 PM PHT
Lois Engelbrecht
I recently watched a Youtube video of a young man from Italy whose Filipina mother had him circumcised when he was 8 years old. This young man shared how traumatic the event and his recovery were. While describing what happened, he was unable to even use the word penis, and instead referred to it as “down there.” He ended, however, by stating that circumcision is “really better” and was thus happy to have gone through the trauma.
I shared this piece with a human rights advocate in the US who is part of the group Doctors Opposing Circumcision. Mr. Geisheker expressed his opinion that the change in the young man’s stance about what happened is a symptom of Stockholm syndrome. Stockholm syndrome is a grooming process wherein hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors, in that the captive identifies with the captor’s goals and demands. Stockholm syndrome is not