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The circumcision of the female genitals in particular attracts a great deal of attention from the "concern industry". What is new for many is the fact that circumcision of the male genitalia also leads to numerous [[death]] cases worldwide or causes lifelong suffering. While male circumcision is primarily a ritual tradition in the so-called "Third World", non-theraputic [[circumcision]] of boys immediately after birth has become a [[Financial incentive| lucrative practice]] in the [[United States of America]] on which a large number of jobs and careers depend directly and indirectly. What connects the medicine man on the Solomon Islands with the hyper-modern doctor in the USA: Both of them commit genital mutilation on children without any [[medical indication]]. There is no medical necessity which, according to German law, makes a surgical intervention in the first place an [[Impunity|exemption from punishment]].<ref name="Intaktiv">{{REFweb
|url=https://intaktiv.de/
|title=Eine Stimme für genitale Selbstbestimmung
* Wherever there is [[female genital mutilation]], there is also the male form; the other way round does not apply.<ref name="Vafk-Broschure"/>
* Reasons include: To be more attractive to women in order to be able to satisfy them better.
* [[MGM| Male genital mutilation ]] IS comparable to [[FGM|female genital mutilation]].* Effects on psyche ([[trauma]]), [[sexuality]] and health (partial / complete loss of [[penis]], [[death]])* Extreme forms are little known: skinning the [[penis]], crushing a [[testicle]]
* Male circumcision as a weapon in the "war of the sperm"<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14069-male-circumcision-is-a-weapon-in-the-sperm-wars/
|accessdate=2021-11-12
}}</ref>
* Small piece of [[skin]]? - — If the [[foreskin]] is completely removed, the largest part (!) of the [[penis]] [[skin]] is removed.
=== Current situation ===