Traditional circumcisions can carry fatal risks including poorly trained practitioners and cutting tools that are unsanitary ...

The controversial summer Ulwaluko rite, carried out by the Xhosa people in South Africa, has concluded for 2025, leaving 39 boys dead. The traditional ceremony, in which initiates are circumcised, ...

Although the foreskin has been enjoying something of a comeback in recent years as the national circumcision rate has dropped, these activists — or “intactivists,” as many proudly call themselves — ...