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circumcision is not an act of love
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tftobin124's story
July 20, 2008
I don't personally think it is loving, to circumcise someone so you can tell them apart from their twin. There are gentler ways to tell them apart, than removing or damaging three out of three of their most erogenous parts.
If a woman's most erotic areas were removed, there would be public outcry. With a boy, it's OK, because "it's cleaner", "he will fit in better", "he will look like Daddy", or "for health reasons", none of which is held up by any evidence whatsoever.
If you think circumcision is an act of love, why does it make the boy bleed, leave a scar, require anaesthesia, and leave him with less nerves than nature intended?
Would amputating a finger be an act of love? Neither is amputating a healthy body part from an unconsenting baby.
It is violent. If you don't think so, watch a circumcision on the web, with the sound up. How doctors refer to removing the foreskin from the head (they're attached at birth) is "blunt trauma".
There is no benefit that circumcision supplies, which washing with water does not. There is no disease which uncircumcised men get, which circumcised men do not get.
If a man has a problem with his foreskin, gentle daily stretching usually cures it in six weeks or so. Girls get antibiotics, not surgery, for a UTI.
The view of the average American on circumcision has a decidedly sexist slant.
I had a son who we circumcised, on incorrect medical advice, and a son we left uncircumcised. Neither had any problem afterward. The intact one thanked us for leaving his foreskin alone. It's his body, it should be his choice.
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