Re: Circumcision - a male view

"From a woman's perspective I could never know what a male goes through in being circumcised, but it seems a better alternative to having foreskin."

Well, there are plenty of studies available about the levels of cortisol (what we produce to cope with pain) pumping through infant bloodstreams during a circ. It's enough to put an adult in a COMA.

It's also known now that they do not "sleep" during circ, they pass out from pain - some go into shock.

Funny what we found when we first bothered to study these things, and not just keep making wild and unfounded assumptions about what baby boys experience. They are amazingly resilient little souls, considering the butchery they are experiencing.

"Female circumcision is barbaric. It is not right. I see your point, but the clitoris and the penis are different things. Cutting a woman there could cause loss of stimulation and sex drive. I'm sure it serves other purposes that a ob/gyn or a biologist could tell you as well. In some African countries they do it, as you probably already know, and sometimes they cut part of the clitoris itself--not just the hood. It would be like cutting off part of the male's penis--not just the foreskin. That's wrong, and it should be stopped!"

Is it barbaric because you have that particular set of equipment and can imagine that pain, but male RIC is not barbaric because (per your words) you can't imagine what that feels like? Why on earth would your assumption be that what males experience ISN'T painful?

Male circ DOES affect sexual feeling, performance, and drive. It also affects the long-term female partners.

Will you be having your clitoral hood removed, seeing as it's no big deal? After all, it would be cleaner not to have dirt and all get in there...