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[–] 91 points 6 months ago (12 children)

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

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  • [+] 21 points 6 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 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.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Are you sure you are not a chick though?

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