As most parts of the body the foreskin has more than one purpose. The foreskin is the male variant of lubrication. It is supposed to be there, to support intromission and reducing friction for the same reason as womens vagina sweat fluid. If you have a foreskin you would never need to use a lubricant when masturbating. It also protects the sensitive glans when not erect. The inside of the foreskin is very sensitive and stimuli of it also add to sexual pleasure.
Interestingly, in many countries it’s against the law to dock a puppy’s tail, as it is considered cruel and unethical. The baby won’t remember, I agree. Slapping a baby or cutting it in any other area than the most sensitive one is considered abuse, but cutting off a piece of the penis with a knife with or without anesthetics is considered ok. You can do anything to a newborn baby that it won’t remember. But I guess things done to people are ok as long as everyone else is doing it. In many culture it enjoys broad cultural acceptance. Does that justify it?
Why is it that female circumcision upset people, even the minor one with a small cut in the prepuce? Often it’s rather called Genital Mutilation. Is it because it’s done without a good reason? Is it because women in these cultures are seen as oppressed and defenseless against these customs while male babies are not? Could it be that it’s mostly because we don’t do that in the west?
Arguments are that it desensitize the the sexual parts and affects the sexual act. Yes, it does. They can still feel sexual pleasure. It’s affected, but it still functions.
We can do without foreskin, but that goes with a lot of things. We will function without the outer ear, a couple of fingers or lips as well.
Having a foreskin is not less sanitary. Women need to clean themselves between the skin folds as well. But we are not to cut those away.
Circumcision has been suggested as an effective method of maintaining penile hygiene since the time of the Egyptian dynasties, but there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimal penile hygiene. S:Wikipedia
This custom in the west seem to have Egyptian origin, in any case African.
The custom of filing teeth among the Baka Pygmies ¹ ² in Cameroon-Gabon area, affects the body, but it still functions. The Kayan tribe in Burma uses neck rings » , Chinese foot binding », Skull binding among the Inca and certain tribes of Congo DRC » The Mursi in Ethiopia and lip plates »
One should respect culture but to a point. Male circumcision in the west is no different in nature than these customs.
There are arguments from medical research in Uganda where they have results indicating that circumcision may or may not reduce the risks of HIV, other indicating that there is no reduction in other viruses. Other data from the US seem to show no difference in benefit at all. Others seem to show that circumcision increases the risk of genital warts.
They don’t seem to be sure, and when it comes to HIV they seem to be grasping for anything. If it reduces the risks to some degree or not is not an argument as it doesn’t protect you from getting AIDS. To have a circumcision just in case, to be sure is pointless, as the only protection against getting HIV from sex with an infected is a condom.
@Violet I can’t believe that that’s your priority for love and relationships.
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