Marginal benefits that can also easily be realized through less invasive means.anderson wrote:Zach, lets sum it all up.
Medically, there are a few benefits. There's some varying evidence as to how big, but at a minimum, some marginal medical benefits.
What? I have never heard this before. Is this going to be the latest rallying cry of Dicktators the world over? Because it's not very catchy...It's a little easier for parents to deal with hygiene in the diaper years.
That's what cut people tell themselves. In my experience, it's untrue, and note that there has been a noticeable increase in uncut penises appearing in American pornography.Aesthetically, most tend to agree it looks better. Chix diggit. Anecdotally, I hear that gay dudes tend to agree.
And they never get their foreskin back.If it's done in infancy a few days after birth, it's a minor thing. Some numbing gel, the kid cries a bit, and then they get over it a few hours later.
Lots of things have no real medical harms. Like putting in gauge earrings.Circumcision has no real medical harms.
Enough to substantially alter the experience. Masturbation (and manual stimulation in general) is especially adversely impacted and uncut penises are more easily lubricated during sex. In fact, curbing masturbation was the primary reason (as far as I know) that circumcision became widely popular in the Anglo-Saxon world during the 19th century in the first place (that and some quack theories about it being a cure-all for all manner of illnesses -- but then again, every quack procedure of the time claimed this). So clearly, it has some adverse impact on sexual enjoyment.The worst that can be claimed is that there is a minor reduction in sensitivity. Enough to prevent sexual enjoyment? No.
When you're proposing a permanent and very visible body modification, especially in an area as sensitive (and I mean that psychologically as much as physically) as the penis, I think the burden of proof is on you, and you haven't made the case. I'm sure the procedure is much more convenient to perform on pliant infants who can't protest. It remains a relatively uncomplicated procedure into the teenage years. The fair compromise is to wait a little while.Why is this an issue again?
But you know what will happen then. Almost no one will do it and then a lot of your spurious arguments about diapers and aesthetics will mysteriously vanish.