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Intactivism started specifically as a movement against the non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of male minors. Intactivism does not intend to ban circumcision globally — intactivism promotes that all children deserve to grow with [[intact]] genitals, and that genital surgeries — including [[circumcision]] — should only be performed on adults capable of providing [[informed consent]], except in cases of real medical necessity. | Intactivism started specifically as a movement against the non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of male minors. Intactivism does not intend to ban circumcision globally — intactivism promotes that all children deserve to grow with [[intact]] genitals, and that genital surgeries — including [[circumcision]] — should only be performed on adults capable of providing [[informed consent]], except in cases of real medical necessity. | ||
[[Jonathan A. Allan]] quoted [[David Wilton]] who said, "While no gender or person is excluded from those intactivists seek to protect through lobbying and political action, infant boys are the most wide-spread victims of genital cutting in the United States.<ref name="allan2024">{{REFbook | |||
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|author-link=Jonathan A. Allan | |||
|year=2024 | |||
|title=Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin | |||
|url=https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Uncut | |||
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|chapter=Chapter 8: Intactivism and the Logic of Trauma | |||
|page=318 | |||
|location=Regina | |||
|publisher=University of Regina Press | |||
|ISBN= 978-1779400307 | |||
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|accessdate=2024-12-28 | |||
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=== Female genital mutilation === | === Female genital mutilation === | ||