Yep. If an adult wants to do it, then it’s nobody else’s business. But parents shouldn’t be allowed to make a decision like that. An infant can’t be religious.
Comment on A conversation with my wife
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Religious mutilation: Not even once.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Neither of my parents are or were religious, yet I have a scar there (not hyperbole, actually hurts if touched too much). I don’t know if foreskin is useful for anything in GRS, but if it is I’m gonna be pissed I don’t have any.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Bad news girlfriend, it is useful. The more you have to work with, the better.
I too am pissed.
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
I already have less to work with than average 😭
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Its not a death sentence though. Surgeons are quite adept these days.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I had medical mutilation. I lost a lot of sensitivity down there. But it allows it to work and wife has been supportive in a country where it’s a rare thing.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I don’t think anyone is arguing against it being done for medical reasons and especially on someone willing.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But I feel like I’m a rare breed of someone experiencing it and having years with “both” types. There’s a lot of curiosity from both camps because realistically, there’s little chance of anyone ever finding out which one is “better”. Honestly, both have pros and cons. I hope my comment puts people a bit at ease for having it forced upon them when they couldn’t say no and those who still can choose, don’t feel pressured into it or mislead by misinformation.
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
You weren’t a baby?
Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nope… In adulthood.
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
WOW. I can’t imagine the fear.
I also feel like it’s impossible to learn about the lost sensitivity: in the half dozen posts I have seen over the years about non-babies being circumcised, they say the sensitivity lost isn’t as much as we circumcised suspect it was. I’m not doubting you. I just wish I knew what the proper amount of resentment about my parents having chosen this is.