Antisemitism within intactivist leadership
August 13, 2022 The Facebook page Antisemitism in Intactivism is doing a fine job of documenting the virulent hatred of Jews that daily permeates the intactivist presence on social media. Antisemitism isn’t limited to rank-and-file members, however. Sadly, this centuries-old bigotry has infected the highest levels of intactivist leadership. Today we'll examine the actions of four prominent individuals in the intactivist movement. They include the director of the largest anti-
Marotta misleads and goysplains in classic case of projection
Andrew Gross Published March 21, 2022 Updated August 17, 2022 Last week Brendon Marotta published "A Jewish Guide To Talking To Circumcision Survivors," a blog post in which he explained to the Jewish community how to talk to angry intactivists. Apparently the Gentile producer of an anti-circumcision documentary thinks that he’s in a position to lecture Jews. The entire post is so absurd, it's almost comical. Marotta provides a textbook example of projection, in which he proj
Movie producer proves that intactivism is a mental disorder
February 19, 2022 Brendon Marotta has demonstrated that intactivism is a mental disorder. In a blog post published on Thursday, the producer of the anti-circumcision documentary American Circumcision claimed that circumcision causes serious psychological trauma. He also claimed that the procedure causes cultural trauma that unhappy circumcised men "experience from living in a genital cutting culture." [1] Marotta claimed that unhappy circumcised men are "culturally traumatize
How intactivists exploited the Coronavirus
October 28, 2020 "We've never had an opportunity like this to force our will on the people." The Coronavirus pandemic has affected every country on earth. The numbers are astronomical: as of the date of this article more than 44 million people worldwide have been infected and nearly 1.2 million have died. Entire nations shut down in an attempt to control the spread. Unemployment rates reached historic levels, and there have been fears of a global depression. By early May a se
Gullible intactivists give negative reviews for blank book
January 19, 2020
"Reasons to Circumcise: A Comprehensive Unbiased Evidence-Based Guide To All Of the Data In Favor Of Circumcision" is a new book that just appeared on Amazon.com. This is a textbook example of the phrase, "Don't judge a book by its cover." The book is a prank; it's filled with blank pages - apparently to convey the author's belief that there are no valid reasons for circumcision. Clues that the publication is not what what it appears are apparent. The "autho
An open letter to Brendon Marotta - UPDATE
December 4, 2019
Updated January 3, 2020 Dear Brendon, I caught the tail end of the 51-minute Facebook livestream video that you recorded on Tuesday evening. The section of interest to me runs from 42:44 to 48:22. You repeatedly said that it's very interesting that the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical organizations and individual physicians have not issued any criticism or rebuttal of your anti-circumcision documentary. You called it a "tell". One part that pi
Is there an intactivist tipping point?
Published November 2, 2019
Updated June 10, 2020
Earlier this year Brendon Marotta, the producer of the anti-circumcision documentary American Circumcision, suggested that an expression of support by U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang was an indication that the intactivist movement had reached a "tipping point" with the expectation that support for the movement will begin "to landslide through the rest of the population." [1] What did he mean? What is a tipping point? "
Filmmaker accuses opponents of lying - lies himself
September 17, 2019 Yesterday the producer of the anti-circumcision movie American Circumcision published a blog post titled, " The Three Layers of Circumcision Lies". To make his point, Brendon Marotta cited what he called a "common pro-circumcision argument": "Circumcision prevents HIV." That is a lie. Literally no medical organization or pro circumcision group claims that circumcision prevents the transmission of HIV. [1] Studies have shown that circumcision reduces the ris
States do not allow "just anyone" to perform a circumcision
Published April 22, 2019 Updated Updated December 16, 2019 Some circumcision opponents in the United States assert that there are no laws prohibiting circumcision and that legally anyone can perform the procedure. They point out that Jewish religious circumcision specialists - known as a mohels or mohelim - are allowed to operate without a medical license. One intactivist claimed that it would be perfectly legal if a six year-old girl circumcised her baby brother. Ron Low, o
Movie producer accuses comedian of mocking suicide victim
August 9, 2018
On August 2 Comedy Central aired a segment of the Jim Jefferies Show in which the comedian mocked the anti-circumcision movement. Jefferies traveled to Israel - "the circumcision capital of the world" - to interview a pro-circumcision Israeli rabbi and an anti-circumcision protester. The segment included photos and videos of dozens of intactivist protesters, including a brief clip of the late Jonathon Conte. While Jefferies made fun of intactivists for their o
