• slaacaa@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s unconsentual genital mutilation of babies, a beyond cruel excercise - unless there is a clear medical reason

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        6 months ago

        All of the “medical reasons” people tout are thin bullshit.

        “it gets gross if you dont wash it” THEN FUCKING WASH IT IDIOT

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        6 months ago

        In my twenties I’ve caught a fungus down there. It caused some scarring on the foreskin. Basically it got tighter, so much so that undoing (what’s the term??) it during erections was painful.

        The doctor said I needed to be circumcised, so I got the surgery. Healing was not too bad and I can’t say it had any lasting impact (in sensitivity or otherwise).

        EDIT:
        I lie. There is a lasting impact — I can no longer wank without lubrication. With foreskin I had no need for it.

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        6 months ago

        Yep, right on. There can be a need for it when the foreskin is too tight during puberty, but it doesn’t fully pull back until that time in a boy’s life anyway so the circumcision is not necessary from birth, apart from maybe in the case of a rare deformity.