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OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH! - PART 3

A Day at the Circumcision Palace

Published September, 2007
PHOTOS BY MAURO D’AGATI

A street photographer who specializes in portraits of children visiting the mosque on the day of their First Joy, showing his wares.


This is the first phase of the actual circumcision, performed in front of the gathered family and friends.


As the paramedics continue the operation, the screaming child is assisted by his kirve. The kirve will theoretically become part of the boy’s family, and the boy cannot marry the kirve’s daughter, as it is considered incest.


An unwilling child being walked to the operating table so the procedure can be completed.


This is right after this boy’s circumcision. Some lucky kids have the luxury of new equipment that makes the procedure much less painful. He was one of them.


Following the circumcision, the child is checked to make sure he can urinate correctly. The parents are trying to distract the child to alleviate the trauma he just went through. Success!



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Anonymous, on Feb 6, 2010 wrote:
MERHABA!!@%#!!!@@
Anonymous, on Feb 5, 2010 wrote:
Wow
Anonymous, on Jan 5, 2010 wrote:
My 11 year old son was circumcised last August, for the last 2years he complained about pain when urinating, we took him to the local health centre where he was given cream to rub in, for 2 years off and on we did this, then one day last year he said "dad this cream isnt working cant i just have the skin cut off like Josh" Josh is a friend of his we didnt know he was circumcised so i sat down and old him what the operation involved he was happy enough for it to go ahead, so we booked for him to be circumcised.

In the meanwhile we checked the internet and horror stories galore, i was dreading taking him.

The day arrived we travelled down on train to the circumcision clinic in London, His appointment was 3pm well we didnt know where it was so we decided to go and look we found it, i said to my son lets go and look at the shops trying to take his mind of it, no dad he said lets go in now, so we were 1hr 15min early we walked in and went to the receptionist , she told us another boy was in there and we would have to wait, so we did 10 minutes later a door opened and to our shock a friendly face emerged it was one of my son`s friends and his dad,Tom my sons friend said its ok and take this in with you he handed is DS to him, after a few minutes although really early my son was called in i went in with him and my son lowered his trousers and pants and played on the DS my son was injected and then he was circumcised well a plastibell was applied, the over all experience was ok, no horror stories, my son was comfortable.

I can honestly say it wasnt what i expected and my son is happy and i am for him.
Anonymous, on Nov 29, 2009 wrote:
i’m sure you saw constantinople
Anonymous, on Nov 26, 2009 wrote:
Constantinople WAS the best city on Earth, until 1453 when Islam came. Now "Istanbul" is a shithole.
Anonymous, on Nov 24, 2009 wrote:
I Have always loved being circumcised, its easy to clean and it has no effect on my sex life.
Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2009 wrote:
You cannot compare foreskin to a hymen and circumcision is not the same as body mutilation. If your child has 6 toes or 6 fingers, it is very common for parents and doctors to remove "perfectly good" limbs... we’re just talking about skin. There are so many other elective procedures that I think are worse than circumcision, that this is just sensationalism. Maybe because it involves babies it makes you more sensitive, but it’s just a fold skin. It’s a procedure that has been performed for thousands of years and it continues today. I think people should be more concerned about the high rates of elective cesarians, premature embilical cord clamping, the chemical vaccinations we pump our newborns with right ofter birth - I think these things have a more detrimental effect than circumcision.
Anonymous, on Jul 22, 2009 wrote:
I have always hated being circumcised. Do you know what its like when every time you shower, change clothes, use the bathroom, or have sex, you are reminded that part of you is gone and you’ll never be whole? all without your permission?

No one had the right to do this to me, and theyll burn in hell for it.
Anonymous, on Dec 30, 2008 wrote:
When I was a child, I DID have an infection under my foreskin. I barely remember it, but I remember it being unpleasant.
Q-tips and neosporin and it went away. I wish everyone else went this route instead of amputating.
Anonymous, on Nov 26, 2008 wrote:
Anonymous, on Oct 18, 2008 wrote:
Why do people who AREN’T circumcised get so up in arms about people who are completely happy about being circumcised? It’s like, why do you even care? Especially if that guy’s happy, thinks he’s cleaner, and has a happy sex life etc? You may disagree but why are you so concerned about his sex life any way?



ANSWER: because we believe its a human rights violation, and we don’t want them doing it to their children. go ahead and cut off whatever body parts of your own that you want.

but when you start doing it to babies, even your own babies, thats when i draw the fucking line.
Anonymous, on Nov 26, 2008 wrote:
i was 7 and my uncles got me reasonably drunk
both my parents laughed at me
Anonymous, on Oct 23, 2008 wrote:
heard that foreskins were used to make face creams. never will I buy any after reading this and looking at the pictures of agony and pain.
Anonymous, on Oct 18, 2008 wrote:
Why do people who AREN’T circumcised get so up in arms about people who are completely happy about being circumcised? It’s like, why do you even care? Especially if that guy’s happy, thinks he’s cleaner, and has a happy sex life etc? You may disagree but why are you so concerned about his sex life any way?
Anonymous, on Sep 28, 2008 wrote:
To the anonymous poster below me: There wasn’t a good reason to circumcise YOU either. What happened to your penis is something that they now know can be treated with topical antibiotics and steroids. You wouldn’t have had any infections in the first place if your parents or whoever retracted your foreskin for you had known NOT to! That’s part of the common misconception about intact boys. Parents aren’t educated about it, and doctors don’t BOTHER to educate about it.. so the boy’s foreskin ends up being retracted WAAAAYYYY before it’s supposed to. There’s only one person who should retract; the boy himself! Anything else would be similar to someone breaking your infant daughter’s hyman because you think it won’t go away on it’s own.
Anonymous, on Aug 29, 2008 wrote:
Not everyone gets the chop because of religion. Some people actually have a genuine reason for it! When i was a little boy i had an infection under my foreskin which prevented me from going to the toilet without a great deal of pain, so it ended up, they had to remove my foreskin. But not having a foreskin hasnt help me back in any way, it still does the same thing as any other penis, plus my girl friend think its more hygenic! But i dont agree with the fact that these young boys are getting the chop so young and for no reason, they should be able to choose for themselves later on in life!

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