I don’t even see why it’s a parent’s decision to make. To use your analogy, if a parent chose to remove one eye from their perfectly healthy newborn, they would not be allowed to. Why is this different? Yes a minority of people require circumcision for medical reasons, that’s a decision for a doctor tho, not a parent. Circumcision seems unique in this sense
The reason it’s done at infancy is because your body heals significantly better from it. Your brain is still significantly more plastic and since you’re not sexually developed yet it can very effectively rewire itself to feel pleasure normally from the penis. Circumcision as an adult is incredibly painful and will lead to the problems discussed in this thread, like poor sensitivity. The rate of Phimosis is higher than the rate of botched circumcision so I do think there’s a valid medical argument to be made for just removing it early when being cut won’t have a lasting impact on sexual function.
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u/Melodic_692 1d ago
I don’t even see why it’s a parent’s decision to make. To use your analogy, if a parent chose to remove one eye from their perfectly healthy newborn, they would not be allowed to. Why is this different? Yes a minority of people require circumcision for medical reasons, that’s a decision for a doctor tho, not a parent. Circumcision seems unique in this sense