801: Circumcision | Skeptical Sunday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
While mandated by some religious and cultural traditions for thousands of years, and not without certain benefits to health, is circumcising newborns before they're old enough to consent wrong?
Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions.
On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:- Male circumcision is the oldest known human surgical procedure, with historical records and archeological evidence dating the practice back to ancient Egyptians in the 23rd century BCE.
- While circumcision is mandated by numerous cultural and religious traditions and enacted for health reasons in certain parts of the world, is the practice of altering someone's body before they're old enough to give consent wrong?
- Some medical professionals believe the preventive health benefits of elective circumcision of male newborns outweigh the risks of the procedure.
- What special interests are involved in recommending or not recommending circumcision as a standard procedure?
- What's the deal with so-called female circumcision — or, as it's more accurately known, female genital mutilation (FGM)?
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| 1:17.0 | For some, circumcision is a regular part of life. For others, it's a very important religious |
| 1:22.5 | ritual. For a growing number of activists, it's awful mutilation without merit. Rather than |
| 1:28.1 | getting myself in trouble, let's see what comedian fact checker David C. Smalley has to say about it. |
| 1:33.6 | Thanks, Jordan. I appreciate that. You know, indoctrination is powerful when |
| 1:39.3 | you're midway through your 30s before you even start to consider that it might be a little weird |
| 1:44.9 | to chop off a piece of a baby's penis. When it's part of your culture, you just start accepting |
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