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| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I think originally circumcision was used by the Jewish religion for cleanliness issues. If you haven't figured it out, the jews are obsessed with cleanliness (not a bad thing, most of the time). If you're circumcised, you probably don't have to deal with something called smegma, which is produced by the glans penis and builds up under the foreskin. If you're circumcised this waxy substance does not accumulate and you don't have to deal with cleaning it.
I think in nature, as said before, the foreskin is to protect both the head of the penis as well as the urethral opening. Since most of us wear something called clothing now a days, it's not really an issue. Besides, also as said before, since 99.9% of the penises seen in porn and the media are circumcised, and American girl would be a little shocked to see an uncircumcised penis, at least in the US.
I think the health and hygene issues outweigh any percieved loss in sensitivity. Since I have not had a foreskin since birth, and since I assure you I am still able to have an orgasm, I do not miss something I've never had. Besides, if you're practicing safe sex, you have to pull the foreskin back anyway, so it really wouldn't do you much good anyhow. |
Egyptians first circumcised, and it's hypothesized that they weren't the ones who started it. It was probably more for the prevention of phimosis than for cleanliness.
Smegma is not a negative thing. Many many mammals have it, and it's quite natural.
Circumcision in the US is going down to rates of nearly a half, and it varies based on your location.
And don't stereotype the Jewish population, even if it's a positive one...pretty much everyone these days is obsessed by cleanliness, and it's reinforced in the media with x-million ads for antibacterial products.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
you win again dude - and nice move shoving the whole i figured out how to order pizza thing in my face. i tried that 4 and a half months ago and woke up with a Taiwanese transvestite but to Ygrene it's just, "anoother day in the life, noooo biggieee".
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