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Canadian Jewish journalist '''Barbara Kay{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has generalized and exaggerated female circumcision and the societies and religions that practice it, while praising male [[circumcision]] for having been practiced for "thousands of years." She is an advocate for circumcision, particularly infant circumcision, and regularly promotes it in her articles in the ''National Post''. In her article, she decried [[FGM]], saying it is done "with the specific intention of eliminating the capacity for sexual pleasure, and rightly considered a criminal action" and contrasted it with [[MGM]] (despite admitting male circumcision also leads to "diminished pleasure").<ref>{{REFnews

In a [http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/01/24/barbara-kay-on-circumcision-a-painless-live-saving-surgery/ recent 2011 article] in Canada's ''National Post'', Kay describes male circumcision as being "painless," "life-saving" and "taking only 30 seconds" (she shortens this to ten seconds in a live debate with Jackson Doughart<ref name='Adler 2011-02-22'>{{REFweb

|Text='[[Mutilation]]' is a disgusting word to apply to the [[excision]] of a non-essential bacteria trap, nearly painless and instantly forgotten (those who claim otherwise are fantasizing; no credible study demonstrates lasting effects). Unlike ordinary [[circumcised]] men, [[FGM]] victims know they have been mutilated in the real sense of the word. Feminists constantly remind us that men have all the power. If true, how is it that after so many thousands of years — coincidentally up to the advent of the sexual revolution and the privileging of erotic freedom over ethical mating — so many millions of intelligent and even powerful Jewish and Muslim males never spoke up about their alleged victimhood?

8:50: What if there were vaccinations against something that would only happen in adulthood, but if you waited 'till adulthood to have that vaccination, it would be a horribly painful procedure? Would it not be kinder to give the vaccination in childhood when there's no complications and the [[pain ]] last only ten seconds?<br><small>'''Note:''' This is the second time that Kay asserts the [[pain ]] of circumcision only lasts ten seconds.</small>