Genital Mutilation

[Twelveseal]

And then there was a bro hug.

[ItsaRandomUsername]

*sobs*



...thanks guys.

[Twelveseal]

Presses O

[Lotus Saint]

*presses O*

[lilithsama]

It's also a right of passage in some cultures, primarily Jewish. There, it's usually done in the early teens. I think it's twelve or thirteen. Barmitzfah, or however you spell it.

At 13, oh god no! That would just be awful and no boy would want a Bar Mitzvah
They do it shortly after the boy is born in a Bris, well for Jewish families

circumcision is actually pretty commonplace, usually done right after birth or very close to then
actually i think its a bit more rare to see an uncircumcised/hooded penis

to a good bit of women (and to me at least) its actually a lot more pleasureful and aesthetically pleasing

and i really wouldn't consider it "mutilation" or nearly the same level as what Jase posted, as you're not removing the HEAD of the penis
plus its usually done at a stage where it's not fully developed so not as painful then, like it would be somewhat akin to removal of the umbilical cord

[Lavender]

its actually a lot more pleasureful and ascetically pleasing

Do you mean "aesthetically pleasing"? Because I have a feeling were you born in a society where circumcision wasn't the norm, you would think the opposite.

I consider it mutilation. On both males and females.

[lilithsama]

lol lili can't spell
but yeahs, i dunno, might just be me, but i find foreskin pretty, well odd looking
but then again i guess i have certain expectations?
like honestly, didn't really know about it until middle of high school, or well what it looked like
so i've been used to seeing circumcised penises

but yeah i do suppose under different circumstances it would be the other way around
though if it was done when you were an infant theres really nothing you can do about it now and i don't see too much harm in it
but if you really didn't want it, then yeah might not be such a good thing

just i dunno, i wouldn't go so far as to call it "mutilation," well at least to me I usually think of it as something much more severe, like total disfigurement of something, like for example castration

[Lavender]

2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See Synonyms at batter1.
3. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mutilate

Sounds pretty accurate to me.

[Ivan The Mouse]

Circumcised guy here. In this country, they won't consider you a man and laugh at you if you aren't circumcised. And yeah, I still remember when I was a kid, we've gone to a doctor to get me circumcised. I just discovered that you guys are so afraid of this.

[MZeroX]

I was born 3 months premature and my actual body hadn't grown into my skin yet, so they circumcised me for hygiene purposes, or at least that was what I was told. But with my hyper conservative biological father, for a good portion of my childhood and even into some of puberty, I didn't even know there was supposed to be a skin, so it might have been his fault anyways.

That said, circumcision doesn't sound nearly as bad as clitoris removal or sewing of the vagina. If I were to parallel that to a penis, that's like chopping off the tip, not removing the protection. Sewing is kind of impossible due to connection to the urethra, so there isn't much parallel there unless you want exploding bladders. Regardless, shit sucks.

[lilithsama]

can't really say cus its not like i have a p0n0s, or its my shiz getting clipped/cut, just really i don't think its too much of a big deal

BUT if you are totally against it and really don't want to have it done you have every right to make a fuss about it

although in certain situations, like for people with phimosis, it can be helpful, male or female

[Jase]

I'm not circumsized.

It pulls back when it gets big.

Imo, they don't actually look different at that point, unless the person has phimosis, obviously. But usually, you can just fix the phimosis by making some adjustments to how you whack off, srsly.

[lilithsama]

yeah it doesn't look that different when erect, and really that should really be the only time it matters

just i dunno, like 1 can't really be erect 24/7 2 its still a little unpleasant looking to me
well, really this is only my opinion
clearly there are others who don't think this way, so yeah if you want to keep your foreskin intact more power to you

im just saying i don't really care for it, and don't think removal is that big of a deal, like even in females, although quite a bit less common there

now sh*t like removing the clitoris...

ughhhh thats just... again WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU DO THAT??

[Jase]

NTR prevention

[Hoster]

I have no idea what to make of this...

But for people to have the girl's "clitoris completely removed to deny them any sexual pleasure"? That just sounds intentionally cruel.

And there is something seriously off-putting about sewing people's genitalia shut.

[Kotonoha]

Do you mean "aesthetically pleasing"? Because I have a feeling were you born in a society where circumcision wasn't the norm, you would think the opposite.

I consider it mutilation. On both males and females.

I agree pretty much, it seems like a really pointless practise.

"Cut vs uncut" debates that I've seen tend to rage pretty long though, because guys want to let everyone know that their own penis is THE BEST KIND OF PENIS AND ANY DIFFERENT KIND OF PENIS IS VASTLY INFERIOR

[Tobias]

Males have been arguing that point since the dawn of time.

[Rockxas]

*Reads news article*
I really have to wonder why a tradition like this, which provides no benefits or enjoyment, continues to exist... Oh, sure, they say it's so people don't have sex, but how does that make any sense at all? The drive to procreate will be there no matter what and its fulfillment is a natural thing (along with any pleasure it might bring), and abstinence can't be that difficult...

[Tobias]

its not to hard as long as you keep up a rigorous masturbation schedule (eh heh.....to hard.....) then again, that's usually considered a sin to.

[Jase]

Maybe it was useful back when enemy tribes raided you and raped your women regularly.