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Did you circumcize your male kids?

Asked by olivier5 (3094points) October 18th, 2016

I was reading a piece on the history of homophobia and found this quote:

Whereas the Greek term for the male genitals, medea, was an entirely neutral term having no positive or negative connotations, the Hebrew term for the male genitals, erva, means “hideous flesh.” Virtually every psychologist, anthropologist, and student of comparative religion now recognizes that the Hebrew ritual ceremony of circumcision is a muted form of castration and a symbolic attempt at genital mutilation having virtually no justification in terms of hygiene.
http://www.rictornorton.co.uk/homopho1.htm

I agree, although i don’t see it as entirely symbolic: there is some actual damage to gland sensitiveness.

So, if you opted to circumcize your kids, why did you do so, and would you do it again today?

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