Circumcision for his girlfriend

[bobquasit]

Here's a question I couldn't resist commenting on:

"my girl friend does not like uncircumcised men. She wants me to go under the knife, should I even be considering this"

Sure. And have her get a full body enhancement while you're at it. Anything about her you don't like? Have a doctor carve her up to match your fantasies!

Seriously, you can get a new girlfriend. And you'd be much better off with one who likes you for YOU, and doesn't want you to get part of yourself cut off. This is just one demand; what's next?

Say you do it. And down the road, she dumps you. What then?

I really wouldn't think twice about this; I'd leave her. Let her go find a circumsized boyfriend, since that's what she wants. But if there's any justice in the universe, he'll be a real jerk.

Find a better girl!

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I've noticed that those who are in favor of circumcision are always those who have nothing to lose by it: women (some, not all, and they're usually American women), and men who were circumcised at birth and therefore do not remember ever having a foreskin.

It seems to me that some of those pro-circumcision men are basically trying to convince themselves that they didn't lose anything of value. That's why they so often insist that "it's just a little piece of skin, it's no big deal". But that's simply not true; there are blood vessels, tissue, and many nerve endings in the foreskin.

All men are born with it. Unlike the appendix, it does not run a risk of killing you (and yet we don't remove the appendix preemptively), nor does it pose a meaningful hazard to your health. I've heard the arguments about cleanliness, but by the same logic your mouth can be disgusting, dirty, and dangerous to your health if it's not cleaned regularly. Does anyone advocate surgically removing the mouths of infants?

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The only health risk of having a foreskin is that the skin cells are less... compacted and "tight" than other skin cells on your body, which is only a concern with HIV/AIDS, as it can penetrate those skin cells more easily.

However, there is an easily solution to this risk: don't have sex with HIV positive folks, or wear a dong bag.