Word analysis
The words, ―voluntary‖ and ―medical‖ in the
descriptive phrase are subjected to some analysis.
The word voluntary means a decision taken when
all the available evidence has been presented and
the individual is left free to make a choice. How do
you expect one who is below 18 years, which is the
age of majority in Kenya, to volunteer?
The other word is ―medical‖. Why is the word
inserted in the term? It is probably to show it is an
operation supported by the discipline of medicine.
Do promoters of VMMC in Luoland want to hide
under the respected medical profession to do
unethical thing? Is it the way to source funds for
circumcision?
Visser34 attacks World Health
Organisation (WHO) and condemns the indecent
haste in which the WHO, under pressure from
American money, has sought to enforce mass
circumcision on African men following the RCTs.
Circinfo.org expresses the same sentiment by
Who are the promoters of this circumcision? They
are medical personnel. Do medical personnel have
the sole jurisdiction of deciding on what to be done
non-therapeutically on human beings?. Goldman
argues that expanding circumcision beyond
medicine is overdue. A male to undergo non-
therapeutic circumcision should ask the medical
personnel: ―I am not sick but why are you
concerned with my welfare, yet you are supposed
to deal with sick people?‖
Why does the male naturally have the foreskin? Do
promoters of male circumcision in Luoland know
the resultant psychological repercussions of
circumcising men in a community where men have
been intact from time immemorial? When a Luo
marries, there is expectation in sexual satisfaction
that goes with marriage. This has been there with
the community from the beginning of their history
and it forms a part of their sexuality. If a wife does
not get satisfaction in sex because the husband‘s
foreskin which should provide this satisfaction is cut
off, how would she behave? Lack of sexual
satisfaction can lead to family instability that will in
turn affect children‘s education. What must be
noted is that this satisfaction is embedded in the
personality of a Luo and they even know the degree
of sexual satisfaction before they enter marriage. It
is different from other communities where
circumcision is deeply ingrained in the culture and
personality of individuals resulting in a completely
different form of sexual satisfaction. Human
sexuality is complex and issues touching it should
never be rushed.
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Medical doctors have no full say on non-therapeutic
issues that touch on human anatomy.