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US Doctors Back Circumcision

ananyo writes "On 27 August, a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics concludes for the first time that, overall, boys will be healthier if circumcised. The report says that although the choice is ultimately up to parents, medical insurance should pay for the procedure. The recommendation, coming from such an influential body, could boost U.S. circumcision rates, which, at 55%, are already higher than much of the developed world. The researchers estimate that each circumcision that is not performed costs the U.S. health-care system $313."

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  1. Another benefit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Circumcision ensures that males won't become slaves to their women.

    Uncircumcised men suffer an overwhelming psychological adjustment in response to their first orgasm, which is basically a move from basically no stimulation to overwhelming stimulation in one shot. It creates a deep-seated psychological addiction to femininity, which drives them to spend the rest of their lives sacrificing whatever their women demand in order to get their fix.

    Cricumcised men, however, have mild but constant stimulation basically all the time (since they wear clothing that rubs against the sensitive bit as they walk and so on), so their first orgasm isn't nearly as overwhelming, and so the addiction is not nearly so strong, and so the men retain a much greater portion of their independent will after the experience.

    No, I don't have a citation. Because I just made all this up. Ha ha, you read it!

  2. Re:Lies by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gah, another one. "Take away your studies and facts, I'm not listening, la la la la, I can't hear you..."

  3. Re:I call BS by slapyslapslap · · Score: 0, Troll

    We were made this way for very good reasons, even if we don't understand them. Imagine if somebody proposed the same thing for female infants. What would be the reaction? Leave all minors alone. Let them decide when they turn 18.

    Except maybe there isn't a very good reason to have one. At least one that's better than the reason to remove it. There is likely a very good reason ancient cultures with a huge emphasis on cleanliness adopted the practice and codified it into their religions...probably much of the same reasons these doctors are touting.

  4. Re:Lies by Beardydog · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously. "Abnormal"? I don't think I'm doing it wrong. At least, I've never gotten any complaints... *rimshot*

    On the other hand, my circumcised penis has been greeted with relief by a partner who found the natural look repulsive.

    It's like the white male of penis states... it isn't "superior", but it can be advantageous.

    I've heard they don't use anaesthetic for some strange baby-physiology-based reason, and that horrifies me. I don't know if I could bring myself to have it done to a son; but I'm glad it was done to me.

  5. Re:Lies by EverlastingPhelps · · Score: 1, Troll

    Aids. HPV. Chlamydia. gonorrhea. Yeast infections for their partners. Aids is just a small part of it. Face it, that smegma factory is also an infection Disneyland.