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US men are mostly circumcised
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According to one of the twins.. US men in her own experience are circumcised.. so I went for a wee read about it and found that 60% of men , not all Jewish are circumcised..in the U.S. and that it causes less illnesses in men and cervical cancers in women..
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gotta be more than 60%,, almost every person i've known is circumcised here, or heard talked about, or anyone mentioned.
i was shocked to hear that people in the uk weren't for the most part, i thought it was common. :eek:
I'm surprised that the twins would have sufficient experience to make such a judgement. They're such "reserved" young ladies after all...:D
Only if you don't wash, surely?
*shrugs*
I'd have thought if you don't wash then you're going to be unhygienic either way lol.
Neither's earpiercing but it is no big deal.
Of course it has a purpose - to protect a man's sensitive penis - however having a too sensitive one might not be beneficial in some ways...
Aside from there being absolutely no reason to do so, it's increasingly seen as a human rights issue. Female genital mutilation is banned. Why should a male be branded for life with an incomplete penis without his consent? What is the rush? Is it not a decision he could make for himself after sexual maturity, say 16-18?
How many 16-18 year olds, if given the opportunity, and, in all likelihood, having experienced what it's like to have sexual contact of some kind or other with the full package - so to speak - do you think would choose to have a bit of their cock cut off?
dunno, it's just accepted as common practice here and considered normal.
it's really weird if someone wasn't.
I'm not jewish either. Infact I don't know why I was circumised and I actually didn't realise I was until an ex Girlfriend pointed it out to me!!!
I've never had the guts to ask my parents why they had it done to me either! :eek:
Apparently, it started off as an anti-masturbation measure and, later, issues such as cleanliness and STD prevention, became the excuse.
Why not let older boys make their own decision about it? Many men are not happy that their choice was taken away at an early age, for spurious reasons.
The reason it was originally promoted in the states was to stop the evils of masturbation, not health reasons.
Nah, we prefer to not cut things off our babies against their will here.
Indeed, although I don't notice people with a foreskin dying or becoming ill more frequently that those without one. I smell a rat.
lol what, i'm pretty sure female circumcisions happens in like somalia, africa... i never heard of that as a practice in america.
Does it really stop masturbation?
It is not a religious issue in the US (although of course it is for American Muslims and Jews); it is largely a cultural one, which has tended to follow medical advice (the Victorian doctors, the anti-interventionists, the HIV research).
No!
Lots of things are considered 'normal' and 'common practice' for certain periods of time. E.g. the slave trade. Not so common anymore. 'It's conventional' is a fool's argument, imo.
clearly not lol.
it looks better according to most girls i've heard talk about it.
it looks like kind of worm from the movie dune when it's not is what i also heard.
if an american girl saw that monster she would probably be in shock... cuz americans expect it to look like it is circumcised.
It's an interesting interpretation of normal - to hack at the genitals of a perfect new-born child to enforce a practice born of the middle ages to dull sensitively and discourage masturbation and sexual thought.
In 2012, this is considered normal. The human race really hasn't come a long way...
Either way it's got to be more hygienic.
whoever told you you don't need tonsils or a gallbladder is crazy, yes you can live without both but tonsils are vital for your immune system, people who have had their tonsils removed tend to get more colds and chest infections. Your gallbladder is essential for the proper digestion of fats and carbohydrates as it does secrete some insulin. The foreskin is a defense organ, if early man had been circumcised while out hunting and practically naked, imagine the infections he would have picked up.