World Wide Day of Genital Autonomy (WWDOGA) On the 7th of May 2012 a court in Germany came to a verdict regarding the legality of circumcision. The court found that non-medical circumcision was an offence […]
Dear past me, here are all things I wish I knew when I was you. This is an anonymous letter from a circumcised man to his 18-year-old self, about the trauma and issues that circumcision […]
This year we said goodbye to an internationally celebrated writer, activist, medical doctor and psychiatrist Nawal El Saadawi. Nawal El Saadawi has held firm stances and been vocal in criticism of the negative aspects of […]
Image by philcurtis from Pixabay Alan Turing On the new £50 Note This week it has been announced that British hero Alan Turing is to feature on the new £50 pound note. We wanted to […]
For the past 3 months, 15 Square have been working alongside medical students from Keele Medical School. With 6 projects underway, each group has contributed to researching and producing information using medical journals and online […]
Tony Forester – November 1942 – March 2021 We would like to share a few words in tribute to a dear friend of 15 Square. This week we have had to say goodbye to a […]
Men have always been talking about circumcision harm The founding members of 15 Square met in 1994. It was in response to an advertisement in a newspaper asking if anyone else had been psychologically affected […]
Medicalisation of the circumcision procedure can often obscure the origins and practices of modern traditional techniques. This rebrand covers up an important distinction in the methods of modern medicine and the ritual methods that are […]
15 Square has been providing information to men for 25 years. This has included the critiquing of flawed research. The following article was written in 2015, however, we have recently received requests to republish this […]
Image by John Hain from Pixabay How fast does culture change? When 15 Square was formed during the 90’s, discussion of circumcision was a generally unsavoury topic. Criticism of it was even more difficult. Since then, thanks to […]
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