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A friend cut me off over my stance against circumcision
- Thread starter Liquid Plejades
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Religious? So odd I thought it was associated with infection. Your friends need to relax what a ridiculous thing to ends friendship over. On a side note an uncircumcised penis is a pretty ugly sight so I'm happy my parents opted for the snip
Circumcision hasn't been banned in Iceland, it was a proposal.
International health governing bodies don't see any medical benefit beside the US, and even the US health bodies conclusion is it doesn't give any benefit that a good cleaning will do
but the benefits are not great enough to recommend universal newborn circumcision.
The risks of not being circumcised, however, are not only rare, but avoidable with proper care of the penis.
This is a thing that once I found out the medical knowledge of it I was taught was wrong I figured well not doing it to my kid then as I have no reason to as that was the only reason it would come into play for me. The aesthetic reason is probably the most baffling one. I'd rather teach my kid to look for a partner/partners that care about them than to settle for someone that says gross when they take their pants off whether they were circumcised or uncircumcised. Unless that's part of some kink they have, I feel that should probably be a deal breaker.
I wasn't talking about the earliest origins of circumcision. The question was about how it became popular in the US with non-Jewish people.
And like I said, as far as I can tell the answer to that is mostly religious and conservative stances against masturbation and sexuality in general.
They sound insane to be honest. Might not be the worst thing in the world not to have them in your life anymore.
I think cultural norms of genital aesthetics is a pretty poor reason to cut off a part of the body of a newborn. Also, there are no health benefits, it's completely unnecessary.
It's child abuse, nothing more, nothing less.
an unnecessary procedure that mutilates the genitals of babies. Usually performed by non-medically qualified people in insanitary conditions.
At least this threat has highlighted the myths that people have for doing it, and corrected them.
an unnecessary procedure that mutilates the genitals of babies. Usually performed by non-medically qualified people in insanitary conditions.
At least this threat has highlighted the myths that people have for doing it, and corrected them.
I decided not to circumcise my son. He's 6 now and his dick hasn't fallen off nor has he been ridiculed into a hermitage.
I'll keep you all updated.
I'll keep you all updated.
I hold your same opinion OP, people can do what they want though. If they are that aggressive about it and willing to toss a friendship over it, they probably aren't a great friend and you are better off without them.
Lmao the amount of bs some ppl say here. My dick didnt get the snip and it works amazing, no issues, no infections, hell, foreskin ftw. All my gf's have loved it.
I cant think of my dick without its beautiful foreskin. Lubricated all the time, protected, sensitive. We didnt circumsize my son either.
I cant think of my dick without its beautiful foreskin. Lubricated all the time, protected, sensitive. We didnt circumsize my son either.
If not for health concerns I'm not sure why anybody would undergo the procedure (or have their infants undergo the procedure). I had to undergo it as an adult, due to a health concern that could continue to get worse, and it was a pretty miserable experience. Would not recommend unless absolutely necessary.
I personally think it looks hideous uncircumcised so I'm happy my parents elected to do it when I was little as I would have opted for it later in life had they not anyways. Now though I would leave that choice up to my children
As someone who has experienced adulthood with both, I can assure you uncut would have been my preferred status if I could have helped it. But it needed to be done so I didn't really have much of a choice tbh, which ultimately is fine.
Does say something about your upbringing and cultural environment that you think the regular human body looks hideous. It looks normal.
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It's hardly a surprise. Look up any study done around the visual appeal of a circumcised to uncircumcised penis and people especially women prefer the look of a circumcised one. That includes Europe which is amazing because its not even a common procedure over there (Only 20%) Now if I grew up on a farm and didn't know I had such options then yeah I might think my corn husk / ant eater was fine but I didn't and thus I don't. You thinking just cause its normal means people aren't allowed to have an opinion about it makes no sense as an argument. There are all kinds of "normal" things you can have because of the genetic lottery that may be "normal" but not pleasing to look at.
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Should we give newborn girls the niptuck too so they don't grow up with offputting beef flaps?
the long and short of it is - I really can't see any material distinction between FGM and circumcision.
Either make a case for a distinction or accept that whatever your cultural/religious preferences are, they aren't different to those of the people who practice FGM.
Either make a case for a distinction or accept that whatever your cultural/religious preferences are, they aren't different to those of the people who practice FGM.
One's a legal medical procedure performed by licensed doctors in every country. The other one isnt.
FGM seems to be a far more harmful 'procedure', across the board. I was circumcised as a kid (Muslim family) and okay, sure, perhaps not a fully moral thing, but it doesn't hamper my day-to-day life or cause me any pain at all.
It's a medical procedure only if there is a specific medical need. Some times there is, mostly there is not.
Lol. All penises are ugly. Have you ever heard of a woman complimenting the look of a man's penis? Doesn't happen.
Also it's fine to do as an elective plastic surgery. Would you give your infant daughter breast implants?
Uh yeah I've gotten compliments. Anyway, I'm not advocating its okay to do it at birth I'm saying people getting upset for others that would opt for it later in life need to calm down.
Many circumcisions even in America are not performed by doctors but religious leaders.
Off topic but if you're a secret squirrel does that mean you pretend to be a chipmunk or something?
haha my condolences.
Situation (and this whole thread) sounds bizzare. It's heartbreaking that friendship is ruined by something so trivial. Friends are very hard to make when you are adult anyway (at least for me it is).
I now feel worse for you than the OP losing their friendship. I hope you find yourself someone that compliments your penis.
Why is it acceptable to claim a person who is circumcised is 'mutilated' or suffered child abuse?
I've been circumcised my entire life and I don't consider my penis to be mutilated nor do I believe my parents abused me by having me cut.
I actually agree it's probably something we can and should leave behind but why is it okay to talk about people who have been circumcised in this way?
That seems both tacky and insensitive.
I've been circumcised my entire life and I don't consider my penis to be mutilated nor do I believe my parents abused me by having me cut.
I actually agree it's probably something we can and should leave behind but why is it okay to talk about people who have been circumcised in this way?
That seems both tacky and insensitive.
This is such a bad post that is just oozing with homophobia/misogyny btw.
Uhhh....it's a pretty easy distinction to make.
FGM is to prevent women from feeling sexual pleasure.
Circumcision is not.
