The piety of the Hebrew prophets purges their grossness…

“We have taken Herodotus as an interesting specimen of what we have called the free intelligence of mankind. Now here we are dealing with…

— H.G. Wells

I had to educate myself about female circumcision, about the clitoris, about sexology. We studied gynecology only. Pregnancy, maternal care, etc.

— Nawal El Saadawi

“Why are so many Americans for male circumcision but against female circumcision? Both are equally cruel and barbaric traditions.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in…

— Thomas Szasz

“Our revulsion towards cutting the genitals of girls should give us pause, however, for the themes the Western world abhors – removing part of…

— David L. Gollaher

The struggle for world domination is between me and the Jews. All else is meaningless. The Jews have inflicted two wounds on the world:…

— Adolf Hitler

Circumcision is where sex and violence meet for the first time.

— Jeannine Parvati Baker

“A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is…

— Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah

Circumcision stands for a religion of human achievement, of what man can do by his own good works; Christ stands for a religion of…

— John Stott

Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.

— Joe Orton

“...I asked a friend if he felt ‘different’ when he was the only uncircumcised man in the shower and he said,‘Yes, gloriously different.”

— Kristen O'Hara

“We are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the…

— Beth Moore

Were we to still be circumcising the hood of the female clitoris, we would not have difficulty considering this a continuation of our tradition…

— Warren Farrell

“Theologically, the demand for “circumcision” can take many forms, even today. It appears whenever one thinks along these lines: “Faith in Christ is fine…

— Leander E. Keck

If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.

— Richard Dawkins