Thoughts on circumcision?
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Who choses what reasons are legitimate?
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Thats kinda side-skirting the question..
For me its, normal, and I want my kids to be normal
Thats my final point on the matter
Good thing, 'cos you just side-skirted rationality.Thats kinda side-skirting the question..
For me its, normal, and I want my kids to be normal
Thats my final point on the matter
Is that a dealbreaker mate?
My children will genetically more likely to experience the same issue, thats enough of a reason for me to do it to my kids. If it stops them from having to go through the pain and trauma later on in life, then I am all for it
Oh they'll go through pain and trauma alright. The fact that when they come of an age when they realise their parents decided to remove a part of their penis without their consent.
If you get it done as an adult or have a medical condition then fair enough, but please let them make their own decision when they are old enough if they want it done or not.
Neonatal circumcision for example is just wrong.
Omfg, I visibly cringed when I read that.
That's the first thing I thought might happen after a circumcision operation
Omfg, I visibly cringed when I read that.
That's the first thing I thought might happen after a circumcision operation
Really? Gotta say that made me lol. Nasty I know.
i) We leave it there unless it goes wrong.
ii) A foreskin still has a purpose - it protects the penile glans.
That argument does not stand. When things go wrong they need to be removed
Which is not what is being talked about here. No-one's arguing against circumcision if it's medically necessary.
Incidentally, phimosis is normal in very young boys. The foreskin is not supposed to be retractable from birth.
Thank you for so blatantly contradicting yourself.
Let's be clear about this:
You are not advocating "when things go wrong they need to be removed".
You are advocating cutting part of your child's genitals off purely because you want to do it.
The difference of course being that male circumcision at best has arguable hygiene benefits and definite medical benefits in certain cases, and at worst is unnecessary; while female circumcision is utterly barbaric and involves massive mutilation of the female genitals.
Seriously, you can't compare the removal of the labia and clitoris with the removal of a fairly redundant floppy bit of skin at the end of your willy.
iirc it still has a few uses, like being a store for the natural flora and fauna of the digestive system so it can recover quicker after infection etc.
It might not be comparable on like-for-like terms as far as usage/pain goes but they're both a form of mutilation which should only ever be done if there's a serious risk or problem.
I believe when it's done on children, for religious reasons or for "hygienic" reasons, then it's completely barbaric. Forcing women/girls to have their genitals cut too is also barbaric.
Again, as has been said many a time. If a problem arises in which removal of skin from the penis is necessary and the person gives consent, then fine. Although I wouldn't choose it, I like my turtle neck.
Yes, you have rather a large point, I was just measuring the two for comedic value, which you completely destroyed (correctly, btw)
Still you have to question the practice that worked out that it was safe to hack off last quarter inch of your peins.
+ I tried to make a few puns there. Did it work?
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My dad had it done when he was 27 due to it being tight. I'm 23 and it is also tight for me. I was scheduled for my op on 25th Sept this year, but missed an appointment for a pre-op assessment and that canceled the entire thing... So going to have to re-book it soon!
Kind of worried that it'll be very insensitive after a few years of it not being protected, but my dad assured me it's better this way!
Kind of worried that it'll be very insensitive after a few years of it not being protected, but my dad assured me it's better this way!
You haven't used google then. Circumcision can cause psychological and physiological problems and for those reasons should not be done unless medically necessary as the NHS will tell you, nevermind the human rights issues. No respectable doctor in this country will perform the procedure without medical necessity, though that does little to ease my worry about your disturbing attitude.
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You want kectup with that hotdog?
lol some of the comments cracked me up
that guy who had a snip at 22..... dayum must have hurt