Sadly there are many otherwise progress people whom I’ve encountered that don’t see the issue with it, or even like it because they prefer how it looks.
I agree making the decision to circumcise based on appearance or ignorance about the benefits of having an intact foreskin is silly. I think there is an argument for circumcision at birth, in the US, where we don’t have free health care.
I think the decreased risk of balanitis is worth the loss in nerve endings because it probably saves a decent number of uninsured families from having to pay expensive medical bills later. This national average is how much it can cost for adults apparently.
Adam mostly convinced me with his video on why people get circumcised in the US, but I did have a friend who got this infection and had to be circumcised later in life, not as an adult. And no it wasn’t me, I had a separate infection in one of my balls, but thankfully there was a pill for that. And neither of us live in biblical times, relative to us anyway.
I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship later in life. I have no frame of reference to what I’m missing, so it probably isn’t as hard to think this for me.
edit: typo
I think it would be more analogous to say cutting off part of the skin off the tips of our fingers to prevent arthritis, not that that would work. Like arthritis, balanitis mostly causes discomfort and not death. edit: typo
They do? I thought circumcision tended to be more of a right-wing thing.
Sadly there are many otherwise progress people whom I’ve encountered that don’t see the issue with it, or even like it because they prefer how it looks.
That’s disgusting and pitiful.
Which part?
What do you mean?
My bad, I got confused looking at the colored lines on the Lemmy sidebar on who you were reply too. I think I still have the same question now though.
I agree making the decision to circumcise based on appearance or ignorance about the benefits of having an intact foreskin is silly. I think there is an argument for circumcision at birth, in the US, where we don’t have free health care.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537143/#:~:text=It affects approximately 1 in,retract back over the penis
I think the decreased risk of balanitis is worth the loss in nerve endings because it probably saves a decent number of uninsured families from having to pay expensive medical bills later. This national average is how much it can cost for adults apparently.
https://www.mdsave.com/procedures/adult-circumcision/d781f9ce/california
Just another reason for a single-payer healthcare system for the pile I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSWbTv3hng
Adam mostly convinced me with his video on why people get circumcised in the US, but I did have a friend who got this infection and had to be circumcised later in life, not as an adult. And no it wasn’t me, I had a separate infection in one of my balls, but thankfully there was a pill for that. And neither of us live in biblical times, relative to us anyway.
You’re disgusting, what the fuck is wrong with you.
I’ve had poor friends and am a virgin.
Being a virgin is no excuse, why the fuck would you ever say that only insured boys should have sexual/bodily autonomy.
I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship later in life. I have no frame of reference to what I’m missing, so it probably isn’t as hard to think this for me. edit: typo
We should cut off everyone’s hands so they don’t develop arthritis.
I think it would be more analogous to say cutting off part of the skin off the tips of our fingers to prevent arthritis, not that that would work. Like arthritis, balanitis mostly causes discomfort and not death. edit: typo
https://www.vinmec.com/en/news/health-news/complications-of-balanitis-of-the-penis/