[Kathryn26646]

I've only recently begun to feel as strongly as I do about this subject (probably because I'v only really begun to think about it). I've been talking to a lot of women about circumcision lately, and whether they would choose to circumcise their sons. Nearly every heterosexual woman has said something like, "Well, I think uncut penises are icky." I'm apalled by this. Not that they think uncut penises are icky (I'm not really fond of penises in general) but that this seems to be reason enough to strap a baby to a board and slice off some of the most sensitive skin on his body, forever changing what his sexual experience will be like. The real irony is that many of these women are "enlightened feminists" who decry tribal female circumcision. Somehow, they manage to see some degree of difference between girls being cut and sewn to please their future husbands and boys being cut to please future wives. There is indeed a difference in the pleasure a circumcised man experiences during sex (witness the testimony of men circumcised as adults). And the trauma experienced - which a man in another post refered to as "painful and psychologically traumatic" - can't be much different for an infant than it is for a grown man or boy. What we're doing to our children for aesthetics ("but it might smell" - so do snatches, honey) is cruel and barbaric.

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Name : Kathryn26646, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 21, City : Roanoke, State : VA Country : United States, Occupation : Waitstaff, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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