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In reply to the discussion: Is your penis "mutilated"? [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)You talk about superstition, but you are the one engaging in magical thinking.
To make the claim that it inflicts extra harm in Africa because it encourages reckless activity is beyond preposterous and is rich with irony since it is a life saving procedure simply if one goes with the numbers that are suggested by the 3 studies showing a dramatic decrease in the spread of HIV and other venereal diseases.
As for closeness to God, I do not think that many of the circumcisions done around the world are for that reason.
And as for the attenuation of sexual sensitivity, you cannot know what my penis feels like and I cannot know what yours feel like. The human nervous system is incredibly adaptive as is the brain and I strongly suspect that the nerve endings lost as a baby are made up for with other neural connections. But then again, sex is more in the head than the head of the penis.
Thanks for the great conversation and welcome to DU.
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