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News stories on men’s health
On March 31, 2014, the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) published an e-letter by Robert Van Howe, M.D. and Steven Svoboda, entitled, “Non-therapeutic circumcision: The problem of advcocacy-based medicine,” to close an exchange in the JME with notorious circumcision advocate Brian Morris and colleagues. (A final e-letter from Morris and colleagues was also concurrently...
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On Sunday, 16 Feb 2014 Kenedy Owino, NCFM’s Liaison in Kenya, reported a victory for Intactivists in Africa. Click on the picture to go to Intact Kenya’s Facebook page for more information. Mr. Owino and others have been fighting for males to keep their foreskins at the same time the United States and the Bill and...
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By J. Steven Svoboda Last month, the National Post published Mark Joseph Stern’s article (“’Intactivists’ against circumcision, Sept. 19) criticizing anti-circumcision activists, whom Mr. Stern dismissed as “fringe,” “paranoid” and “bizarre.” But individuals committed to safeguarding children from unnecessary surgical interference include leading scientists, pediatricians, public health researchers, bioethicists, medical historians, and human rights...
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NCFM NOTE: The Fatherhood Coalition of Massachusetts was largely responsible for Governor Patrick convening a work-group to review state family law. The letter below makes one wonder if the good Governor appointed people to the work-group who he knew or should have known would sabotage its intent and protect the interests of stakeholders who...
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NCFM NOTE: On September 22, Mr. Svoboda sent a letter to Canada’s leading newspaper, the National Post, and to Slate, in response to Mark Joseph Stern’s horrific article, “‘Intactivists’ Against Circumcision.” Below is the text of the letter. The letter sent to Slate is virtually identical. We need to let children reach the age of majority and let them decide...
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Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men. By David N. Hafter. Philadelphia: XLibris, 2006. www.growingballs.com. 172 pages. Price varies. California marriage and family therapist has written what is apparently his first book, a life guide for young men between the ages of roughly 15 to 25. It’s a genuine gem. Hafter manages to find...
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HOBOS, BUMS, BAG LADIES, STREET PEOPLE: NOW WHAT THE HOMELESS NEED IS MORE ACCURATE TERMINOLOGY by Francis Baumli, Ph.D. Warren Farrell’s The Myth of Male Power (1993) is, in my opinion, his best book. But I have always been skeptical about, and disappointed by, its little section which deals with homeless men.1 I thought...
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NCFM NOTE: Notice below the comments and inferences about the recent awakening about issues in women’s health versus men’s health. Thirty or so years ago Professor Christina Hoff Sommers showed how radical feminists adroitly turn lies into dollars. First you do a study to confirm the lie, then declare a crisis, and then work...
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Endowed: Regulating the Male Sexed Body. By Michael Thomson. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. 194 pp. www.taylorandfrancis.com. No price stated but website gives price as 18.99 British pounds. Keele University Law Professor Michael Thomson has published his first book, and it’s a flawed yet truly thought-provoking examination of various aspects of the...
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Stop Exploiting Africans — Circumcision Does Not Stop AIDS by JerryTheOther The ushers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music were as stunned as Bill and Chelsea Clinton – patrons usually don’t stand mid-performance and shout slogans at the stage – so no one should blame them for not restoring order. That night, March 4th,...
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