Is it normal to surgically mutilate male sexual organs?

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Is circumcision normal or is it a needless leftover of a bygone era?

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Based on 38 votes (16 yes)
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  • Handyman
    7 years ago

    it's primitive and disgusting.

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  • cinderellasundergarments
    7 years ago

    I think its fucking bullshit,the poor kid has no say

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  • Barbarella
    7 years ago

    It's a primitive superstitious practice that should be illegal. If the little boy grows up to be a pervert then give him the option cut his own cock. Or, put a Nazi tattoo on it.

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  • Mondemolokisan30972
    6 years ago

    You should look up the benefits of circumcision, it reduces cancer in the penis and STI transmission.

    Do your research.

    Life saving Surgery can be considered barbaric and primitive as well.

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  • SpookyPancake
    7 years ago

    It's awful. Normal people don't do it on baby girls, nowadays people also protest against doing it to intersex babies, therefore, we shouldn't do it to baby boys. Let them decide when they're older.

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  • Couman
    7 years ago

    Ugh, just no. I feel sorry for guys with messed up dicks. And the double standard around male vs. female genital cutting is outrageous. Yes the female version is often more extreme, but you almost never hear anyone calling for "toning that down" to something on par with male circumcision as a reasonable solution. Why not?

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  • Unimportant
    7 years ago

    No, it is not normal. It is also medically unnecessary, people who say otherwise don't know what they're talking about.
    Aesthetically it is also a question of taste and of conventionality. Americans are used to most people being circumsized, so uncut penises look weird and potentially ugly to them. It is still completely subjective.

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    • charli.m
      7 years ago

      My cousin had to get it done at 12 for a medical reason. Circumcision is not the norm at birth in Australia.

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      • Unimportant
        6 years ago

        Nor should it be the norm.

        It can become necessary in certain circumstances, I'm not denying that. Just saying that cutting off a part of a penis whether there's something wrong with it or not isn't a good idea.

        If there is an issue that can't be helped without surgical intervention - of course it should be done then.

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        • charli.m
          6 years ago

          I read it as you saying there was never a medical necessity, but on re reading, I can see how you must have meant the practice of doing it at birth. My bad.

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          • Unimportant
            6 years ago

            No worries, it was poorly worded on my part.

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    • wigz
      7 years ago

      "Most commonly reported indications for circumcision include phimosis, paraphimosis, balanitis without phimosis, condyloma, redundant foreskin, Bowen disease, carcinoma, trauma, disease prophylaxis (e.g., HIV infection), and patient choice."

      http://www.drelist.com/reasons-for-circumcision/

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      • Unimportant
        7 years ago

        It's the wrong way around. It's like saying: "Let's cut your breasts off, because you might get breast cancer." It does not justify cutting healthy ones.

        By the way: most of these diseases are remediable by other means.

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        • wigz
          7 years ago

          You said "It is also medically unnecessary". But that's not true as it IS medically necessary sometimes. Neither you or the OP said anything limiting the question to routine infant circumcision.

          "most of these diseases are remediable by other means"

          Sometimes and if you read the source it does say that. The patient can also choose circumcision as treatment if that's what they'd rather do.

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  • CozmoWank
    7 years ago

    Are tattoos, body piercings or other body modifications normal?

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    • Ellenna
      7 years ago

      They are for adults, but obviously wouldn't be for infants not capable of giving consent

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      • CozmoWank
        7 years ago

        In some European countries parents have their baby daughter's ears pierced.

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        • Ellenna
          7 years ago

          That doesn't make it right and I'd call that physical abuse, but it's not permanent mutilation because obviously the holes will close over if the earrings are removed when she's old enough to decide for herself.

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  • ScaryCupid82
    7 years ago

    Dude it looks better cut and it better hygiene. No Stinky smegma or dick cheese. Better penatration. But to each his own.

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  • RufusMcDoofus
    7 years ago

    It started as a religious practice, but should be mandatory. Uncircumsized penises are disgusting. No circumsized male even remembers the experience so what's the big debate?

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  • xfg46
    7 years ago

    It's normal to cut off pieces from a little boy's penis.

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