Research topics
A structured, source-graded map of circumcision research — 22 subjects, from anatomy and harm to law, ethics, history, public health, and restoration.
Legacy source maps (IntactiWiki, CIRP) are used to guide original AntiCirc research. They are not copied or mirrored content. Every AntiCirc topic is rewritten from scratch from primary sources.
Anatomy & Function
The structure of the foreskin and glans, innervation, the ridged band, and the physiological roles of intact tissue.
Child Development
Normal penile development across childhood, natural separation of the prepuce, and age-appropriate care.
Pain & Surgical Trauma
Neonatal and childhood pain response, anaesthesia practice, and the acute trauma of the procedure.
Complications
Documented surgical complications — bleeding, infection, adhesions, meatal stenosis, partial amputation.
Deaths & Severe Harm
Recorded deaths and catastrophic injuries, documented case by case — never presented as a measured rate.
Psychology & Grief
Psychological impact, loss and grief, and the lived experience reported by affected men.
Sexual Function
Sensitivity, mechanics of intact vs circumcised sex, and the contested evidence on sexual outcomes.
Medical Policy
Positions of medical associations worldwide and how those positions have shifted over time.
Law & Human Rights
Statutes, court rulings, age-limit proposals, and bodily-autonomy / human-rights instruments.
Ethics & Consent
Bioethics of non-therapeutic surgery on a non-consenting minor: autonomy, proxy consent, proportionality.
Religion & Culture
Religious and cultural practice, ritual context, and the debate within affected communities.
History
The historical record — ancient practice, the Victorian medicalisation, and the spread of routine circumcision.
HIV & Public Health
The HIV/VMMC literature, its scope and limits, and how population figures are (mis)applied to individuals.
STI Claims
Claims about circumcision and other sexually transmitted infections, weighed against the evidence.
Statistics & Prevalence
Prevalence by country, data quality, and the difference between prevalence, incidence, and trend.
Foreskin Restoration
Non-surgical restoration — tissue expansion, methods, devices, and what restoration can and cannot recover.
Surgical Restoration
Surgical reconstruction options, their limits, and the honest caveat that surgery does not restore native tissue.
Organizations & Movement History
Intactivist organisations, their work and history, and how the movement has developed.
People & Researchers
Key researchers, clinicians, and advocates whose work shaped the evidence and the debate.
Events & Campaigns
Conferences, protests, awareness campaigns, and milestone events in the movement.
Parent Education
Plain-language guidance for parents weighing the decision, and what the evidence actually supports.
Intact Care & Hygiene
Caring for the intact child — normal hygiene, the harm of forced retraction, and when (rarely) to seek care.
Research claims
Short, testable, source-linked claims.
Research index
Country coverage and the full research library.