It's not often that I side with religious people, but holy shit at that comic...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brAsNx_PNn...ttle-black.jpg
you're doing the same, buddy.
Americans are so weird, so much animosity towards a human body part. In a sense, the US is to the world, as french Canada is to Canada.
male circumcision is a relatively painless, non-invasive operation that heals quickly and leaves no residual pain, no hampering of sexual performance or enjoyment, and no social stigma. it is performed for religious/hygenic/aesthetic reasons.
female circumcision comes in several varieties, ranging from cutting off the clitoris and/or the labia, to sewing the vagina shut. the medical consequences usually involve horrible infections, and often death. they cause obstructed urinary and reproductive tracts, cysts, scarring, and infertility. it causes excrutiating pain during intercourse, and women whose vaginas have been sewn shut (called infibulation) have their vaginas cut open with a knife upon marriage. it causes intense psychological pain, is used to demean and control women in the worst way, and is classed as violence against women in all developed countries.
I can see how you think they're comparable.
The first time I saw a circumsized penis I wondered what the hell was wrong with it. Funniest and oddest looking thing I'd ever seen. I've only seen a few circumsized penises since, including my husband's who is American. They're not common around here.
I'm a woman and I prefer uncircumsized. Much easier for giving blow/hand jobs. You've constantly got to worry about pulling it too hard or lubrication with the circumsized sort.
I've never experienced a smell problem with any of the ones I've encountered. They've always been clean and lovely.
I think that it's probably what you first experience and what you're used to that is the deciding factor. I don't particularly have a preference for cut, I just don't find uncut disgusting like some have mentioned.
If it gets banned, my kid is getting his dick cut in Mexico. I will not have any son of mine running around with some stinky, smegma-filled, worthless skinbag.
Also, this is on par with Vaginoplasty. NOT "vaginal circumcision." Most people don't care for the useless skin hanging around their junk. It looks ugly and creates more crevasses to require frequent cleaning. It's definitely not a big deal to remove it. Waiting until after sexual maturity to allow choice just makes it unlikely to ever happen at all because of the pain/experience that you wouldn't have a less-than-a-week-old infant.
And when your appendix begins to rupture, don't get that useless shit cut off. Genetics > ALL.
Coming from a continent where getting cut is not normal unless you're Jewish or have problems with your foreskin I suppose I'm in the minority here when I say I'm far more concerned about what the said foreskin is attached to and I don't think they're gross at all? And making it a big issue is just wtf.
lolmale circumcision is a relatively painless
The real reason Jews and Americans are circumcised, is so we can tell who the enemy is. If for some reason we start fighting naked, we can tell the terrorists are running around with their sheathed forever alone dicks, while the good guys are running around with our shiny helmets.