Today was, I guess you could say, my first major intactivist deed. During my Psychology course we were discussing the development of babies in their first few months up to a year after birth. It was mentioned that studies have been done in the last decade proving that babies actually taste and feel much more than what we used to believe. The prof then continued to say that it wasn't long ago that circumcisions were performed with no anesthesia or pain killers of any kind, at which point I spoke up and informed her that actually the majority of circs done are still done with no pain relief, and even if used it usually only numbs the foreskin itself and not the whole penis. The conversations this sparked were amazing, with most of the people in my class shocked that they were still done at all, especially with no relief. My favorite reaction however, was my friend sitting next to me who said "I may be a lesbian and know nothing about anything to do with the penis, but even I know there's no actual reason to cut off a piece of it" 
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