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Originally Posted by Greg B  |
I disagree. I don't think that that website is really mainstream. If I knew nothing about circ, looking to do some research and someone gave me that link, I would automatically be very skeptical about it since it is wearing its bias on its sleeve. I like to find links from sites that don't have nocirc and things like that in the url. (Also, about the DOC site, it's design is kind of outdated and amateurish which I think doesn't go over well.)
Anyway, here's my suggestion:
http://children.webmd.com/should-i-h...umcised#av2390
It's not really anticirc, but its subversive. I think there are clearly anticirc sentiments brewing under the surface. I think that makes it a good stepping off ground. And it can be followed up with more "opinionated" links.
For a manistream parent who thinks circ is automatically done or that because it is so widely and readily practiced that it is a reasonable consideration, being presented with blunt information that basically says circumcision is absurd is too jarring. I bet that feels insulting.
A parent might be thinking circumcision is something I should learn more about because I care about my child. It is a common procedure and a reasonable parental choice. They then find anticirc web resources that to them seem overboard: Circumcision is inane, painful and damaging. It is a completely unreasonable thing to do. You do not have the right as a parent to make that decision...etc. I think it would be very easy for that parent to feel insulted and defensive. They came into the research process from the cultural position of circ being a reasonable parental choice. As intactivists, we believe that could not be further from the truth. We are starting at completely different ends of the spectrum
We should try to meet these parents where they are and gently guide them to question their cultural assumptions. It's better to help them think it through themselves than to shock them with the truth.
