Re: Circumcision - a male view

Sorry for any confusion over my previous posts. To clarify, I was circumcised at 14 years old and was tightly cut, i.e all the foreskin was removed. The skin on the shaft of my penis was not pulled tight in any way and being circumcised does not cause me any discomfort. (It did hurt a bit after the op though). The paragraph from the original post reads:

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This paragraph was referring to the claim that circumcision drastically reduces the overall length of the penis. When I said the foreskin covers the glans I was referring to an uncircumcised penis, and how the foreskin works. (I'm sure most people here are well aware of how it works, I was just trying to be crystal clear). I realise the adult foreskin unravelled is a large area, what I was referring to was the net difference in length, which depends on how far over the end of the glans the foreskin hangs. For some men, it doesn't overhang at all and the tip of the glans is always visable. As I said, in my case before I was cut the foreskin overhung a little.


There are many facts and figures available on circumcision, many websites to browse. It's worth remembering that figures can be misleading. The figures you quoted referred to a percentage of circumcised men who had a strong opinion on the subject. Before I encountered all this propaganda on the internet I would have fallen into the catagory of having NO strong opinion, yet I have never been unhappy with my circumcision. People can post anything they like on the net, without refference to source material, you have to be careful what you read (and I'm speaking generally now, not just about this topic). There is a lot of research out there which has been carried out with a desired outcome in mind, which has ignored any findings or contributions which would not support the desired outcome. I'm not suggesting that all circumcision information is like that, but It is difficult to find balanced impartial advice on the topic. If you Google 'circumcision' many of the sites listed are anti circumcision, or claim to be impartial yet contain links to anti circumcisio sites.

This is clearly something on which we are going to have to agree to differ on. I don't have a problem with people being against routine circumcision on the grounds of parantal rights or it being a waste of time or resources etc. What I object to (as I'm sure you can understand) is the circulation of the opinion (which is often presented as a fact) that men are seriously disadvantaged by being circumcised, and that the world should pity them. That is where the campaign crosses the line to propaganda and that is not acceptable. The world does not revolve around America and its culture. Many other parts of the world circumcise for a variety of different reasons - It's their choice. Many men such as myself who belong to cultures who don't routinely circumcise are circumcised for various reasons and are leading perfectly fulfilled normal lives. Assume you were fourteen now in a culture that didn't routinely circumcise, and you had to be cut for medical reasons. Assume you went to Google to check out the 'facts' for yourself. You'd be terrified. That's not right, that's the point I'm making.

 

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