Denmark may soon become the first country to ban circumcision

[Underverse]

I don't see what's the big deal. If memory serves correctly, isn't there a medical benefit behind being circumcised?

Not really

[Gheld]

Well in the US, and especially in certain parts being "cut" very much is the status quo and a lot of girls think uncut dicks look weird/disgusting, it's just the way it is. My wife is testament to that, under no uncertain terms she has made mention to me how she thinks they look just awful... Now, as I mentioned to another poster, if I weren't cut, I'm sure she'd love it just the same, but that's the way it is.

Again for the 900th time. The foreskin is retractable, and when erect and retracted takes up almost 0 real-estate.

There's almost no aesthetic difference between cut and uncut when erect.

The only difference is an uncut guy can't have a semi-circ or residual scarring from the procedure.

So unless the woman in question likes staring at and rating *un-erect johnsons, or has a surgical scar fetish, the aesthetic argument is a crock of shit.

[Laize]

They're permanent alterations made to children without consent for cultural or cosmetic reasons.

Are you fucking serious?

Let me repeat...

My friend has uncorrected orthodontic problems that have caused him to have severe periodontal disease, a tooth fall out, and jaw pain for his entire adult life.

He just recently got braces to fix the problem.

Orthodontics are usually a medical necessity. What a fucking terrible comparison you just drew.

[diddle]

Who the fuck are you to come here and tell me we can't judge your backwards desert religion and it's dick cutting?

well gosh mickey

[Wells]

No, it serves an actual purpose. The correction of misaligned teeth. Circumcision, not so much, on top of it being irreversible. There is no advantage to not getting an orthadontia. There are several to having a foreskin. The two aren't comparable.

Some braces are medical sure but you don't need perfect tweth. Braces are largely cosmetic. They're even marketed that way.

[pateuvasiliu]

About fucking time.

This barbarism has gone on for too long.

I simply wish the rest of the ''civilised'' world does the same.

[Wells]

Are you fucking serious?

Let me repeat...

Really? You don't think orthadontia is regularly done for cosmetic reasons?

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Wrong. It's been a very effective means of HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. It's promoted by UNAIDS and the WHO, and in America has been shown to be a cost effective HIV prevention measure by the CDCP.

Or we could, you know, just send them a container full of condoms. Because they are even more effective at preventing the spread of HIV and other STDs.

[Deleted]

Who the fuck are you to come here and tell me we can't judge your backwards desert religion and it's dick cutting?

Who are you to judge my religion and my culture?

[Laize]

Really? You don't think orthadontia is regularly done for cosmetic reasons?

It can be. In children, however, it's usually done to correct actual improper bites.

[Velaniz]

It is the norm in the United States, and is generally not related to religion here so you are right that we are rather pro-circumcision. I'm not pro-circumcision, but I'm also not anti-circumcision. I just never realized people cared about foreskin so much.

It's not the foreskin. It's irreversibly harming a baby permanently for no good reason that's the issue. You could chop off ear lobes or something else equally useless, and people would still be very staunchly against it (and rightfully so).

[Deleted]

Who are you to judge it?

And who are you to judge that its ok to cut up baby's?

[Underverse]

Who are we to judge? Rational humans, I think. Do we need to be something more?

[Fahrenheit]

Again for the 900th time. The foreskin is retractable, and when erect and retracted takes up almost 0 real-estate.

There's almost no aesthetic difference between cut and uncut when erect.

The only difference is an uncut guy can't have a semi-circ or residual scarring from the procedure.

So unless the woman in question likes staring at and rating un-erect johnsons, or has a surgical scar fetish, the aesthetic argument is a crock of shit.

I know that, she knows that. It doesn't change the fact that we're married and she sees my unerect dick on a daily basis, hence her mentioning she's glad it's cut, because she thinks they look awful when unerect and uncut. I don't know why you're making big deal about this, like people don't know.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Who are you to judge my religion and my culture?

Says the guy judging the culture and religion (or lack thereof) of most of Europe.

[Tastyfish]

Amazing all this bird watching yet we can't get a 90% in favor for marriage equality in the US. Bwahahahahaha

[Pilobolus]

I don't see what's the big deal. If memory serves correctly, isn't there a medical benefit behind being circumcised?

Not really completely. Some men do get stricken with chronic balanitis (Male version of a yeast infection) regardless of how clean they try to keep themselves. But other than that I can't think of any medical reason you'd need to have that procedure done.

[Snorkles]

I think the foreskin/penis aspect is sort of missing the point. The issue is carrying out an operation which has a real risk of heavily impacting someone's quality of life, without medical reason, on someone unable to make an informed decision.

[Jaxi]

Or we could, you know, just send them a container full of condoms. Because they are even more effective at preventing the spread of HIV and other STDs.

You do that. Enforce condom usage in sub-Saharan Africa. It's hard enough to get people to do it in educated nations.

Either way, your argument does not detract from the effective medical benefits of circumcision.

[diddle]

It's not the foreskin. It's irreversibly harming a baby permanently for no good reason that's the issue. You could chop off ear lobes or something else equally useless, and people would still be very staunchly against it (and rightfully so).

I don't think my life would be any different if I wasn't cut. I think people would definitely notice my missing earlobes though.