Circumcision, why is this a thing...

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Adulthood.

That sounds like the decision not to proceed.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

strapping helpless babies down and removing part of their penis for cosmetic reasons while they scream and cry? you can call it whatever you want. I'll stick with evil.

I had to strap my son down while he screamed and cried just to cut his toe nails ffs

[YYC in LAX]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm cut and I'm opposed to it.

Doesn’t like his penis.
Likes the Walmart rims on his mini van.
Makes sense.

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

strapping helpless babies down and removing part of their penis for cosmetic reasons while they scream and cry? you can call it whatever you want. I'll stick with evil.

Ok so I am evil...

Does it count that I have loved and cared for him these last 18 years ???

Cuz you know...I really need your opinion and approval on this...

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

Circumcision in any infants male of female is wrong, anybody who supports it is also wrong. Male circumcision is done for purely cosmetic reasons (with a 0.1% medical exception). It robs men of thousands of nerve endings that are for pleasure, makes it so lube is a necessity. Recent studies suggest it is in fact very traumatizing to baby boys and can lead to lasting changes in the brain.

I've know at least 2 people now who've had their child cut and have to take their kids to emergency later because of blood loss due to improper technique right here in Calgary hospitals.

If you choose to cut your son, you are evil. Their body Their choice is their basic human right as well.

I'd be really interested in learning why everything I've read in the scholarly article list is exactly the opposite of what you just said. Can you point me in the right direction here?

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

Circumcision in any infants male of female is wrong, anybody who supports it is also wrong. Male circumcision is done for purely cosmetic reasons (with a 0.1% medical exception). It robs men of thousands of nerve endings that are for pleasure, makes it so lube is a necessity. Recent studies suggest it is in fact very traumatizing to baby boys and can lead to lasting changes in the brain.

I've know at least 2 people now who've had their child cut and have to take their kids to emergency later because of blood loss due to improper technique right here in Calgary hospitals.

If you choose to cut your son, you are evil. Their body Their choice is their basic human right as well.

Huh, necessary for what?

[BigNumbers]

Holy hell, this thread reads like a bunch of guys who feel the need to post links to studies that make them feel better about if they're a helmet or a hoodie...

Far too much ink spilt (bytes wasted?) on something that will eventually be relegated to the annals of history as a small remark about a rather odd, slightly barbaric thing mankind use to do...

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by BigNumbers

Holy hell, this thread reads like a bunch of guys who feel the need to post links to studies that make them feel better about if they're a helmet or a hoodie...

Far too much ink spilt (bytes wasted?) on something that will eventually be relegated to the annals of history as a small remark about a rather odd, slightly barbaric thing mankind use to do...

I'm more upset that a golden opportunity was missed to call this "the penis thread"

[lazypucker]

In many countries where health care is not free the doctors would push the parents to go for circumcision for their babies regardless of anything because they can make extra money from the procedures. My personal stance is that you shouldn't circumcise your child unless it is medically necessary, and I am not sure if circumcision will make your thingy more pretty...

[N-E-B]

Jesus some of you are drama queens. Evil? You need a reality check. Get a grip.

Also, I can confirm that lube is still not a necessity. Get a clue.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

Circumcision in any infants male of female is wrong, anybody who supports it is also wrong. Male circumcision is done for purely cosmetic reasons (with a 0.1% medical exception). It robs men of thousands of nerve endings that are for pleasure, makes it so lube is a necessity. Recent studies suggest it is in fact very traumatizing to baby boys and can lead to lasting changes in the brain.

A little foreplay helps with that.

[Diemenz]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

Circumcision in any infants male of female is wrong, anybody who supports it is also wrong. Male circumcision is done for purely cosmetic reasons (with a 0.1% medical exception). It robs men of thousands of nerve endings that are for pleasure, makes it so lube is a necessity. Recent studies suggest it is in fact very traumatizing to baby boys and can lead to lasting changes in the brain.

I've know at least 2 people now who've had their child cut and have to take their kids to emergency later because of blood loss due to improper technique right here in Calgary hospitals.

If you choose to cut your son, you are evil. Their body Their choice is their basic human right as well.

When you want to make a point i suggest not to blatantly lie.......

I had to edit because I feel embarrassed that I did not know about the magical foreskin that negates all need for lubrication. I would like to know more about this hood of mystery.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

Huh, necessary for what?

Perhaps the answer is the key to understanding the mystery of Vaseline Alley...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...tery-1.4777728

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by Diemenz

When you want to make a point i suggest not to blatantly lie.......

I had to edit because I feel embarrassed that I did not know about the magical foreskin that negates all need for lubrication. I would like to know more about this hood of mystery.

+2 foreskin of lubrication.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I don't think a skin flap is equatable to a toe.

It's a "skin flap" in the same sense your eyelids are just "skin flaps". How does the thought of someone coming and ripping those off your face sound... for no sensible reason? Now imagine that in the single most sensitive area of your body, in fact that skin flap alone has 20 000 functional nerve endings. If anything, the actual act of cutting that skin flap is probably more painful than cutting a toe.

Oh, but it's okay if you're a baby and you'll conveniently forget the mutilation. Sure, people are adaptable. You amputate anything and people learn to live with it. But no one should elect to amputate their child in any sense unless it is vital. And infantile circumcision is anything but vital in the vast majority of cases. Babies also don't have the benefit of painkillers and anesthetics. If you're getting your body part amputated as an adult, I bet you're expecting a steady dose of opiates to numb that pain.

Further, foreskin serves to protect the glans and if you've ever compared a circumcised glans with a glans on an intact penis, one is inherently callused to hell while the other stays in its natural soft state. How do calluses form? It's the baby that has to deal with that constant friction in their diaper on the single most sensitive part of their body, as if they aren't already dealing with enough of the sensory misery that goes with being a baby.

There are many, many disturbing things someone could do to a baby that it will not remember the actual pain of, but that doesn't make it humane to do so. Thinking otherwise is tantamount to saying any sort of molestation is acceptable if roofies were utilized.

If someone wants to chop off a functional, sensitive part of their genitalia - whether that's castration, circumcision, a vasectomy, a sex change, a piercing - they should be able to consent to that decision themselves as adults FFS.

It's not that I'm "passionate" about the topic, it's that the topic makes me cringe in empathetic pain when I'm reminded of it being a thing that inhumane parents would actually do.

[OMG!WTF!]

This is just totally bizarre now. Eyelids with 20k nerve endings? It's becoming antivax-like in its lack of credible evidence.

[Textcritic]

Inherently calloused glans?
Inhumane parents?!

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Inherently calloused glans?
Inhumane parents?!

Plus an evil barbaric practice removing all the nerve endings and making lube a life long necessity.

People asked why no one was weight in from the other side, this is why. This isn't a discussion, it is an opportunity to spew vitriol. I am not sure why there is so much anger in this thread. Other than Silver I have not seen one poster who is cut state they wish they were not.

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Inherently calloused glans?
Inhumane parents?!

I've always wondered about the weird hard bump on my penis.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Plus an evil barbaric practice removing all the nerve endings and making lube a life long necessity.



People asked why no one was weight in from the other side, this is why. This isn't a discussion, it is an opportunity to spew vitriol. I am not sure why there is so much anger in this thread. Other than Silver I have not seen one poster who is cut state they wish they were not.

That is not even what Sliver said:

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm cut and I'm opposed to it.

It’s a small distinction, and there have been plenty of circumcised men voicing their opposition in this thread, but as of yet no one has expressed resentment about the decision their parents made when they were infants, and for a very good reason:

None of us knows any differently.