aka non consented circumcision is a human rights violations rule

  • Buffaloaf@lemmy.world
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    all in an attempt to deprive them of their sexuality years later

    Was that the original intent? Because as someone who’s circumcised I can tell you that didn’t slow me down one bit

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Imma point out that you don’t have a point of comparison. It doesn’t cause a complete inability to feel pleasure, but it absolutely has a significant impact on sensitivity.

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        I feel like in most of the many Reddit threads about this (seriously, they’re obsessed with foreskins) most people who were circumcised after becoming sexually active stated that they didn’t feel that much of a difference. But maybe that’s just what I took out of it to comfort myself since I’m circumcised haha.

        That said I do think it’s dumb to routinely perform unnecessary surgery with unknown side effects. All surgery carries risks and there have been many serious complications from circumcisions, which carry no meaningful benefits in modern society.

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          I have heard similar, but I don’t think that’s directly comparable to having it done before becoming sexually active. Also it’s not just Reddit. I reckon a lot of people have an opinion on this one. I swear though, if one more person tries to tell me it’s “less clean” I’m going to tear their head off. I’ve known how to wash properly (uncircumcised) since I was single-digits old, bugger off!

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            Yeah that’s kinda a dumb argument, we don’t cut any other body parts off to save on washing up time.

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      Very much so, in particular Puritans wanted to stop boys from touching themselves. And in a sense it very much works, you don’t hear “used the wrong stuff for lube” types of stories out of Europe because we don’t need any in the first place (modulo using a masturbator which btw yes you should totally get, Tenga Airtech are cheap, durable, and also otherwise high-performance).

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        I’m circumcised and have only used lubrication to touch myself maybe 3 times. And I’ve been touching myself every single day (when I’m not having real sex with someone I’m in a relationship with) at least once a day for the past 15+ years. People use lube because it feels more like sex not because they have to. I was jacking off for at least 6 or 7 years before I finally got to experience the real thing so I just felt like lube was too messy. Especially when you jack off multiple times in a day, the thought of cleaning off lotion or whatever around my crotch 10+ times in one day sounds terrible.

        Plus I’ve had many conversations with American women that I had relationships with or were just friends with that all expressed that uncircumcised dicks gross them out. So I’ve always been happy to be circumcised strictly for that reason. I doubt it happens in Europe because the women in America just aren’t used to it, but if I showed a woman my dick and she got grossed out I would be devastated.