In a recent article in Washington Post Magazine, Presidential candidate Andrew Yang confirmed that he seen the award-winning documentary American Circumcision.
Yang’s “intactivist” alignment began before the birth of his first son and at Evelyn’s behest. A pediatrician had described circumcision as an aesthetic decision, which shocked Evelyn: “Why would I [have] a surgery performed on him for something strictly aesthetic?” With this thought in the back of her mind, Evelyn was browsing Netflix when she saw a documentary called “American Circumcision.” “I have no idea what we were watching to have ‘American Circumcision’ be a recommended movie,” she told me, but she watched. Andrew’s memory is that he “watched at least half of that documentary and then was like, ‘Yup, I find this convincing, too.’ “
Yang has previously said he is against circumcision, and “highly aligned” with the Intactivist movement, but later walked back his comments after political pressure.
The film American Circumcision is currently streaming on Netflix, and available at CircumcisionMovie.com.