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Reason one: Tradition. Many Americans do it because it was done to them/their husband, or due to religion.

I can attest to that as an American. It is a part of our culture, and people do it to their male children for a mix of cultural and religious reasons.

"And what’s wrong with being Muslim?"

Who said there's sth wrong with being muslim?

trump supporter

"that means you are muslim"
I'd hardly say that everyone in South Korea, Israel or Angola is a Muslim

I grew up in a very traditional Christian family. Today I'm an atheist.

that makes two of us, wanna be my buddy

Secular procedure performed on infants for "health" reasons; circumcision was once advocated as a form of regulating sexual impulses but since that was debunked it just stuck around for aesthetic reasons. All the arguments that support circumcision for health reasons are easily refutable and routine infant circumcision isn't recommended by any pediatricians. It's still performed because health providers profit off of convincing every male newborn to get the procedure, and parents have it performed because they think it looks good and the father is probably circumcised. The effects of strapping down an infant and cutting its genitals are not well understood to be harmless, there is a serious case to be made for keeping the foreskin to promote normal sexual function, and forcing body-altering procedures on unwilling subjects is a violation of human rights. Circumcision should be illegal.

They really try to sell circumcision as a solution to every problem that you could have with your penis; I wasn't circumcised at birth because my parents didn't want me to be but I was eventually circumcised for phimosis, which is preventable.

americans dumb question over next question

i just removed my own foreskin guys......



......At least the I have coverage for the ER!

Well performing your own circumcision is the cheapest route.

Mom says she will buy me foreskin with V Buck if I tell the judge that dad hit me 😎

Then I can have Jon Whick epic style 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

I took an anthropology class on sexuality. Basically it comes from the puritan colonizers. They thought it would keep men from masturbating. Later on they tried to medicalize their reasoning but the research was flawed. They think being uncircumcised increases the risk of STDs or infections but the study cited compares men in an impoverished part of Africa that don't have running water or basic hygiene so it's not a fair comparison. I think the most common reason now is that people just think uncut penises look weird. What's really fucked up is that until pretty recently, there was this idea that newborns couldn't feel the pain of a circumcision so a lot of babies were having their foreskin wacked off without any pain meds. They hooked babies up to EEGs and they were showing signs of anxiety and trauma.

Thanks for the historical information ^

Those of you who have had it done would you continue the tradition in your family or is it one of those things you don't have a strong opinion on

Well, people who are cut lose a lot of pleasure so they might also last longer. Also helps keep the lotion industry in business.

what do you mean, I'm uncut and I use lotion.

Not sure why we care, its clearly not harmful in the long term, and it happens so young that none of us remember it happening anyway, not like FGM where they do it to adolescents and stuff

perhaps it's the fact that many westerners consider mutilation of body parts immoral unless it's done to male genitals.that double standard angers us

im circumcised... actually i dont know anyone who isn't in my city :D

helps me get the ladies if ya kno what i mean *nudge nudge wink wink*

actually there are studies proving it has no impact on attractiveness, altho it can lower confidence (most likely because you look different from everyone else) it has become a social norm and there aren't too many other reasons. some doctors do recommend because its easier to clean, but tbh, uncircumcised genitalia is no excuse for dirt and grime.

doesn't rly matter either way but might as well follow eveyrone else for the sake of "normality" ;-)

edit: also hellas supports circumcision!

Edited 11/13/2018 02:50:11

> also hellas supports circumcision!

There is disagreement among the clan, with Tungsten being uncut and myself being cut.