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}}</ref>, which was first broadcast on 23 July 2022 on the German/French public '''arteARTE''' TV channel. The approximately 52-minute documentary explores the question: "How useful is male circumcision really?" It combines recordings and interviews from Kenya and from [[Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy]] 2017 in Cologne. The motto of [[WWDOGA]] in 2017 was: "Africans resist circumcision programs".<ref>{{REFweb

Removal of the [[foreskin]] is the most common operation performed on boys worldwide - — for religious, cultural or medical reasons. But more and more doctors are saying that the damage outweighs the health benefits and that far too often surgeries are being performed without medical necessity.

Affected people who suffer from their [[circumcision]] are increasingly daring to go public. They demand that boys be protected from circumcisions that are not medically necessary, so that their right to [[physical integrity]] is protected. Just like [[FlorianPorsch|Florian]]. The 22-year-old is certain that his circumcision as a child was not medically necessary. At the time, the doctor treating him did not inform his parents about alternative options. Now [[Florian Porsch|Florian ]] wants to clarify in court whether the doctor acted wrongly.

Despite growing criticism, the notion that [[circumcision ]] brings many benefits is still widespread. In Africa, the [[WHO]] recommended circumcision in the fight against [[HIV|AIDS]]. As a result, millions of infants and boys have been preventively [[circumcised]]. However, many scientists doubt that this can actually reduce the risk of [[infection ]] with [[HIV]]. After growing criticism, the [[WHO]] stopped the circumcision program in 2020, but the effects of the campaign are still being felt today.

* 01:45: Main thread of the documentation: [[FlorianPorsch|Florian]], 22, from Germany, was [[circumcised ]] when he was 5 years old. Reason: [[phimosis]]. Was he circumcised unnecessarily?

* 22:15: Back to [[FlorianPorsch|Florian]]: He discusses his case with the urologist Dr. [[Thomas Kreutzig-Langenfeld]] who confirms [[FlorianPorsch|Florian]]'s assumption that he was circumcised unnecessarily.

* 28:16: For [[Seyran Ateş]], lawyer and liberal imam from Berlin, the child's right to [[physical integrity ]] is the top priority.

* 30:30: She interviews the victim [[Tayfun Aksoy]], who tells her how he was [[circumcised ]] in the hospital against his express will under another pretext.

* 32:48: The French organization [[Brit Shalom l'Alliance sans Souffrance]] supports [[Brit Shalom]] in France. The Jewish couple [[Sarah Van de Rosieren|Sarah]] and [[Victor and Sarah Van de Rosieren|Victor]] are introduced, who did not have their son [[circumcised]].* 35:15: In a video conversation with them, the Israeli Rabbi Nardy Grün made it clear that the topic [[circumcision]] is still taboo in [[Israel ]] and that an estimated 2% of all Jewish boys and men are not [[circumcised]]. But as a liberal rabbi, he sees no obligation to "mark" someone's body to enter into covenant with God.

'''Study about circumcision [[trauma]]'''* 37:47: Back to [[Florian Porsch|Florian]] again. The film presents a study by Prof. [[Matthias Franz]] at the {{UNI|Uni Düsseldorf|HHU}} that examines the long-term psychological consequences of circumcision in early childhood.

* 40:39: Back to [[Jutta Reisinger]], who visits a young mother in Kenya whose young son was [[circumcised ]] when urinating after a bloated foreskin, although this alone is not a [[medical indication]]. The boy then had a so-called "buried penis" that retracted completely into the abdominal cavity.

* 43:44: ... who advises a reconstructive post-op and finds it "contemptuous" when doctors operate on healthy children without a [[medical indication]].

* 44:57: dr [[Jutta Reisinger|Reisinger]] can watch and assist with an infant [[circumcision ]] in a hospital in Kenya. The documentary shows that the boy feels the strongest [[pain]]s despite being given a pain reliever and then falls into rigidity of [[shock]].* 46:06: dr [[Jutta Reisinger|Reisinger]] notes that the mother who consented to [[circumcision]] was informed, but the boy himself could not consent and that the [[medical indication ]] is questionable.

* 47:03: Back to [[Florian Porsch|Florian]]. He is shown in front of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, where his lawsuit is ultimately dismissed in the second instance. The circumcising doctor would have done everything right. "The plaintiff was unable to prove that the diagnosis made was incorrectincorrectly. There were also no proven medical errors and the duty to provide information was not breached." This verdict is surprising because [[FlorianPorsch|Florian]]'s mother was never informed about alternative methods.* 49:14: The medical lawyer Prof. [[Jörg Scheinfeld]], who accompanied the trial, found that children's interests are often evaluated differently in court than the interests of adults. It is incomprehensible to [[Florian Porsch|Florian]] that the doctor was allowed to circumcise him at the time, even though he was symptom-free.

}}</ref> were published in 2021, which set the framework for [[medical indications indication]]s much more narrowly.

* 51:48: In conclusion, the documentation states that [[circumcision ]] that is not medically indicated violates "the right of the child to [[physical integrity ]] and self-determination". == Video ==[https://www.swr.de/wissen/artikel-jungenbeschneidung-100.html The film is currently still available in the SWR media library.] [https://www.bitchute.com/video/YxHKw6ImZDdk/ BitChute provides a version with English subtitles.] == Press reactions ==* {{REFnews |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/zu-der-arte-dokumentation-jungenbeschneidung-mehr-als-nur-ein-kleiner-schnitt-18192681.html |title=Wem gehört die Vorhaut? |trans-title=Who owns the foreskin? |language=German |last=Jungen |first=Oliver |publisher=FAZ |date=2022-07-23 |accessdate=2022-08-03}}* {{REFnews |url=https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/meinung/brit-mila-ein-sinnvoller-schnitt/ |title=Brit Mila – ein sinnvoller Schnitt |trans-title=Brit Milah - a sensible cut |language=German |last=Evers |first=Raphael |publisher=Jüdische Allgemeine |date=2022-07-28 |accessdate=2022-08-03}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRJChM9Lv4 |title=Beschneidungs-Doku – Ben reagiert | jungsfragen.de |trans-title=Circumcision Documentary – Ben Reacts | jungsfragen.de |language=German |date=2022-08-04 |accessdate=2022-08-17 |website=jungsfragen.de}}