Foreskin Man
Foreskin Man , German about "foreskin man" is, one as a superhero -scale comic book character to that of Americans Matthew Hess has created against male circumcision to protest. Hess claims to be circumcised himself and not want to be anti-Semitic , but rather pro human rights. In addition to the comic, Hess tried to get a ban on circumcision in the United States , especially in the San Francisco area, by collecting signatures and taking political action. Although the comic has only had seven issues in English so far, the Spiegel reported almost a year before the circumcision debate about Hess and his figure triggered by the judgment of the Cologne Regional Court in May 2012 in Germany.
Biography of the fictional character
The Foreskin Man's alter ego is Miles Hastwick, a former employed scientist, now curator of the Museum of Genital Integrity. Hastwick is adamant about the practice of circumcision. In the first issue, Hastwick takes on the role of Foreskin Man to fight circumcision practitioners and the advocate lobby , which he believes has gained too much power from "all of the well-connected doctors and lawyers" ("all of the well connected doctors and lawyers "). In the third edition of the comic Foreskin Man wins a companion, "Vulva Girl", who campaigns against female genital mutilation . Together they travel to Kenya to fight tribal ritual mutilation.
Accusation of anti-Semitism
The second issue, in which the comic hero fights a villain named Monster Mohel , aroused criticism from Jewish interest groups, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Nancy Appel, local ADL representative, is quoted as saying: “The monster Mohel is dark in appearance, has a hooked nose, and he drools at the thought of causing obvious harm to a child, he even has claws on his fingers. It's bloodthirsty just like the grotesque Jewish stereotype that featured in Nazi propaganda. It really is a direct parallel. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on Spiegel Online Kultur from June 30, 2011
- ↑ Figure of Miles Hastwick on the Foreskin Man's website ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on jewishjournal.com including criticism from Jewish groups from June 29, 2011
- ↑ Report on ynetnews.com including the criticism by Nancy Appel from September 7th, 2011
