The act of removing a male's foreskin (the skin that sheaths the head of the penis) at birth. Originally it was done for purely religious purposes, but they've since given medical reasons to do this. It's so commonplace now that, in America at least, they do it by default unless the parents say otherwise.
The claimed pros are that it makes the penis less prone to various infections and is more "sanitary", this is only true however if the man does not bother to clean it (which you should do regardless of whether or not you're circumcised so it's sort of a moot argument). Circumcision actually makes the head of the penis becomes less sensitive due to years of being exposed, making sex less pleasurable. This is not a myth, and theres alot of elitism surrounding circumcision. I honestly don't understand it.
There is also female circumcision, which contrarily has no benefits and is done only for religious purposes. This is not commonplace in America though, I think it comes from Indonesia.
PS: This was posted for those information reasons only, not because Strike Witch likes to play cute.
Last edited by Sekto Springs; 09-20-2009 at 03:23 PM..
|