Vaginal Plastic Surgery “Female Circumcision”
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Nov 14, 2009 04:27 JST
- Tags: AV, Feminism, Guro, Marketing, Medical, Plastic Surgery, UK
The increasingly popular practice of surgically reshaping the female genitalia in order to create the “perfect vagina” has come under sharp criticism by medical experts, who claim the practice is akin to female genital mutilation and has little medical necessity.
The procedure, known as labioplasty, usually involves surgically reshaping or cutting off parts of the labia minora/majora, the folds of skin surrounding the vagina.
Reportedly most operations are undertaken for aesthetic reasons, but medical reasons include discomfort caused by an excessively overdeveloped labia, with costs in the region of $5,000. Possible complications include loss of sensation, scarring, and the usual risks of infection and botched operations.
A variety of studies have criticised the practice, with the latest research published by the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology damning the procedure as largely unnecessary and poorly understood.
The study criticised the procedure as being an unnecessary one with demand fuelled by plastic surgeons’ own advertising, and questioned the underlying notion that there is a “correct” aesthetic for the vagina:
“Advertisements promote labial surgery as easy answers to women’s insecurities about their genital appearances – insecurities that are fuelled by the very advertisements that prescribe a homogenised, pre-pubescent genital appearance standard for all women.”
Such “standards of beauty” for something so intimate as the female vagina are, particularly in the relatively modest nations of Europe and America, likely to be based almost exclusively on the genital appearance of performers in pornography, hardly providing a broad cross-section of female anatomical variation.
The fact that many of these performers have actually had the surgery further increases the risk that an unrealistic aesthetic is being promoted as desirable.
They also questioned the medical justification for such surgery, saying supposed pain from a protruding labia may well be psychosomatic, and pointing out that male genitalia has similar sensitivity whilst protruding far further – in such cases therapy might be more effective, they say.
The researchers even go so far as to note certain similarities between labioplasty and female genital mutilation, where the labia and/or clitoris are cut off, a practice endemic in certain Islamic nations, saying the procedure may permanently damage sexual sensitivity and cause complications in childbirth.
The study concludes by questioning the wisdom of cutting off the most sensitive parts of the female body for purely cosmetic reasons:
“Labial surgery needs to be rigorously evaluated in future, and for longer term.
Furthermore, quality research is needed to improve our understanding of the psychological drivers behind women’s decision to sacrifice sexually sensitive tissue that contributes to erotic experiences, for a certain genital appearance that used to be an obligation only for some glamour models.”
Just how many women are undergoing such surgery is not known, but numbers are thought to be increasing “exponentially.”
Naturally, plastic surgeons offering the procedure insist there are no possible long-term problems worth “terrorising” customers over, and everyone can now enjoy an “elegant” labia:
“They’ve gone a bit over the top. Essentially this is just about removing a bit of loose flesh, leaving behind an elegant-looking labia with minimum scarring. The procedure won’t interfere with sexual function.
Women want this for a number of reasons – some find it uncomfortable to ride a bike for instance, but for the majority it is aesthetic, that’s true.
Lads’ mags are looked at by girlfriends, and make them think more about the way they look. We live in times where we are much more open about our bodies – and changing them – and labioplasty is simply a part of this.”









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I truly enjoyed reading the comments here. Here's to more elegant vaginas. *Clinks glasses*
I can't imagine someone voluntarily taking a knife to it unless there is a disease or condition with it. Then again people pierce themselves in places I wouldn't either. But to take such a risk of losing nerves for feeling and control is beyond me. The 'camel-toes pouch and unit' is something females are born with so deal with it.
God forbid a slim tidy box be considered asthetically pleasing. Say no to meat curtains and you are apparently a chauvinist.
I received scrotal reduction surgery for aesthetic reasons. I shoulda let the boys hang low and pasted a daily picture of em on the door of Miss "largely unnecessary and poorly understood."
I'm just gonna throw in here that plastic surgery is the ultimate definition of the yuppie subculture; you are what you can pay.
Plain as an ironing board? No problem. Your true age is showing? we got Botox for that. Don't like the size of your Willie friend? Look, we can make it bigger and wider; but I warn ya; I'll look completely unrealistic. So as long as you can afford it; the doors of a aesthetical-driven society(I personally blame the media and mainstream pr0n stars)are open for you.
For We Are Many.
Hey, get used to it. The fact is that people don't want to appear 'ugly' anymore, and the men and women (even girls and boys) today are more willing to tell you "Honey, you are ugly!"
I don't see that as a problem in the slightest. If you don't want to do these things, then simply don't do them and 'live with people calling you ugly'.... because it is THEIR OPINION of you, nothing more, nothing less... and unless you have a problem with the person in question seeing you as 'ugly', just ignore them.
This is what happens when scientists and doctors argue with each other. They argue over pussy. jk
Damn, another delicious pic from Artefact =d
I always wonder where does he find those? 2chan?
Let me put it this way.
Maybe it's wrong, maybe it's right, it's not definite, but who are they to try to prohibit it? Come on, I thought humans are finally free, let people do what they want to do, as long as they don't harm anyone else.
You want a piercing, tattoo, circumcision, fine, your body your decision. Why do people have to censor and prohibit stuff, I thought the modern world is based on freedom of speech and thought.
God damn it, this reminds me so much of religion and feminism. I hate those kind of people.
You can do any of those things, but can you find another person to help you do those?
while religeon did destroy us that why i dont believein a god but many im draconian so i know what will come in the afterlife either a rebirth of ascension to a godlike being we decide wher we go and if u want to go to heaven make sure u a god before wanting to cause itll just be pointless wishing ok cause heaven is where the gods reside
ok and ull just be going to the well of sould for another rebirth if this isnt ur first life on this little planet ok
in the article's picture... the hand and arm are VERY well-drawn..
I support labioplasty as much as I support circumcision (for non-medical reasons) which is not at all.
So is Judaism a medical reason?
Protip: there is no good answer.
If someone wants to cut off their foreskin for religion they can be my guest, doesn't mean I'll support it.
I emphasize the fact it should be their own decision though.
I don't think they should cut it if they don't have to. If I didn't already have a circumsision, I wouldn't be able to deal with the thought of cutting off a part of my penis. Even if they say it won't hurt, you know it will.
The op pic is great.
Actually, no, it doesn't. I have some Jewish friends who have had circumcisions, and they say it doesn't hurt at all with the pain-deadening cream that they give you for the penis and the pain pills that they give you.
Top drawing only has 4 fingers....if no one has noticed
Take another look, there are 5 fingers. In case you can't count, 5/five is this many: 1 1 1 1 1
In before thumb not finger etc...
Statistics for male foreskin disadvantages/advantages are skewed, because a lot of men in african nations are uncircumcised.
I am a experienced, very grown-up, real virile man. I like big pussies, the bigger the better. It should have a lot of large, multiple folds, and very strong upper and lower love muscles. This kind of pussy and vagina i find most attractive and beautiful. To all noobs & other idiots, i have to say that the visual size of pussy has nothing to do how strongly it can press & massage a penis, whatever size, during lovemaking.
Labiaplasty is simply utter idiocy, only good for surgeons to get money from something which is not needed for any intelligent reason. Women who want it do not know that pussies can be beautiful in so many ways, as many other body parts. And real, experienced men with great capacity to satisfy women happens mostly prefer great, voluptuous pussies!
First of all, nobody is impressed with you.
Secondly, the desired shape for the vagina has largely come about as a result of people voting with their dollar--buying porn more often with those who have better shaped vaginas. You'll notice that porn is also purchased by "experienced, very grown up, real virile" men.
So fuck off, we can and will promote an ideal image. If a woman gets some surgery to match that image, awesome.
That surgery often destroys her sex life. What is a better shaped vagina, or vulva, or pussy? Who are you to decide which of various types of female sex organ is attractive? Men buying porn are usually not the ones with greater experience, or rich sex life.
They usually haven`t seen vey many pussies in real life.
I an NOT aiming to be impressed. Ignorance on this area of human life is astonishing. What even more astonshing, there is a great number of men not wanting to give up their faulty knowledge, if they have anything at all, of woman`s sex organs and how they function.
It feels they demand of women dot to do anything, only lay there as dead fish, when they try in vain do everything with their dicks. They are frightened of the thought that women have bigger erectile muscles in their pussy and vagina tha most men.
I have learned what i know directly by talking with women.
You should ask about these things from women you know, if there is any.
Again, i am not trying to impress anyone, i only try to send some light of reality to inexperienced boys in these, ah so dark ages, when reason and knowledge is rapidly vanishing away. Idiotic ideas and religions are on march again trying to enslave people.
P.S. I wonder if cosmetic surgeoning really is so lucrative for any longer, when those witch doctors have to advertise themselves so furiously. They have a growing number of lawsuits on their heels, and some good lawyers against them!
ok guys ur right i dont know much and il try to learn but im having my self a sex changeto become a woman
so itll be my very own learning journey so if u can give me any info ill be glad to accept any plase message me at Miss_mystic2000@hotmail.com please ok looking forward with ur nice honest reply thanx
sincerly may
Cool assumptions, bro. Fact of the matter is that nearly all men buy or view porn--and this is the image they overwhelmingly respond to.
The rest of your comment was irrelevant to the subject and full of propaganda.
I am sorry for some spelling faults above.
In short, i am not trying to look like a stud or impress anyone. Far from it.
Instead i wish to say to boys & inexperienced men: Do not believe to urban legends or what stupid, women hating men sprout out from their mouths. Do not believe on bad jokes, but think clearly what is most natural and trustworthy, learn and think of your real experiences, and the most important: LISTEN TO WOMEN AND DISCUSS WITH THEM. They should know their bodies best.
There is no harm to your manliness if you give some credit to women. Even when it comes to sex.
Please read all my posts above so you can see i am not your worst enemy.
Of course i have also a ideal looking pussy on my mind. It do not look like a buttonhole, though.
Why do guys like fighting about their dicks so much?
It's ironic. Most of the time the women end up looking hideous after plastic surgery while before they looks perfectly fine.
VAGINA CUTTED OFF AND CLITORIS CUTTED OFF
HUAAAA THEIR OVARIES MUST BE CASTRATED HUAAAA
RAPE FEMALES
I have rather large labia, and, while I never minded before I got married, or even thought twice about it, I have become rather embarrassed by it now. My husband has a difficult time with oral, he says he can't breathe because my vulva suffocates him while performing oral sex. Also, it has gotten to the point where my labia will sometimes roll inwards during sex, even with lube, whenever he thrusts. For these reasons, I can understand why women with large labia would want to have surgery to reduce it. If I had five thousand bucks lying around, I would probably do it, myself.
ok people get a life ther is nothing wrong with getting any surgery to reshape urself im getting somthing simmaller a sex change operation and if u have some thing to say conatact me at Miss_mystic2000@hotmail.com ok ill be waiting to see how many asshole want to be retarded and say dumbass things that arent logical so have a go ok
Wait, wait, WAIT......
1st, they're cutting off the labia, not the clitoris. So it's NOT circumcision.
2nd, I can't blame them for getting them cut down. I sure as hell don't want to look at no fucking "meat curtains".
Don't go telling me I'm shallow, you fuckers, I know what I DO like to see and what I DON'T.
Go take your feminazi bullshit complaints elsewhere.
I have a warning for you: you`re still young. Your tastes can and probably will change.
I have myself grown to like large labias through experience.
People's tastes will change undoubtedly, but it is presumptuous to say that all men will converge to your opinion as they grow older. Arguing for some non-existent form of maturity is silly.
I love how this is tagged as guro...
Whwhat the fuck. I couldn't even finish reading this article.
To 99% percent of the girls: "It's not nescessary"
used pie is used, if you care fer it it'll last, if you don't it goes bad.
here is another fine example of WTF laziness on their bodies..
lyposuction to lose the fat? how about not eating McD's all the time?
plastic surgery fer the body to look better, excersize..
same goes fer any other part of the anatomy, find out to stay healthy and follow thru... labioplasty... sounds like a VD of the worse kind
You do realize that labia minora grow without any sexual contact right? A virgin could have so called "Beef curtains" even if they've never stuck anythign down there.
Virgins should't speak about what they don't know.
I doubt a girl can change the way her vagina looks just by staying healthy.
A girl can change how her vagina feels by exercising her pelvic muscles. She can't change the look of her vulva however, which might be what you wanted to say. Vulva = outside bits. Vagina = the hole towards the womb.
"Furthermore, quality research is needed to improve our understanding of the psychological drivers behind women’s decision to sacrifice sexually sensitive tissue that contributes to erotic experiences"
Do they really need "quality research" to understand that they just want their labia to look like the labias they see in porn?
You know? It doesn't matter a bit if its hairy or shaved, sloppy or neat, big or small, or whatever damn shade of pink or purple or black or whatever. I love pussy and I think a woman should keep her pussy (and tits) the way she was borne with them. Unless of course there are medical reasons to screw with them. (Please excuse the pun)
On the other hand I also think artist decoration and expressionism through piercing and tattooing to be acceptable.
LONG LIVE THE WET HOLE!!!!!
*GASP* Hot gal is hot!!! I always wonder where you find those pics...Please tell me, O' venerable Artefact!!!
Haaaah, I recognize this.
Isn't the phrase 'female vagina' redundant?
Thanks to plastic surgery, men can have them too.
Buck Angel being one classical example.
Seriously, people whose reasoning regarding sexual orientations boils down to "Buck Angel = straight for a man to desire" have something seriously wrong with their heads. Yuck.
if stupid women want to spend more money why someone have to stop them? -__-
Because cosmetic surgeons are telling them it is okay. Yes, these women should be doing more research, but if someone who is a licensed doctor, even if it is just cosmetic, and you trust, tells you that the surgery isn't bad for you then there is a problem.
Why the hell anyone would trust a cosmetic surgeon in the first place is a mystery. These are people who cut other people apart and stick bits of plastic in them.
Props. It is a problem when a person in the position of authority is using that roll to take advantage of others.
Little problem: usually they are NOT taking advantage of others in the slightest.
The doctor's oath only states that they will tell people the side effects (there are few to none from this procedure) and the benefits (there are many). Then allow the PATIENT to decide if the risks are worth the benefits.
In most, if not all, cases.... the benefits are worth the risks for the patients in their minds.
The doctors are NEUTRAL ARBITERS... they just tell you benefit vs. risk, then allow you to make your own decision based on that... they don't take 'advantage' of anyone, or at least most don't.
You`re spitting lies through your teeth. Are you a cosmetic surgeon yourself? Neutral arbiters? Not taking advantage? They would kill for money if it was not against the law. Go jump to sea or lake, have 100 kg of iron in your pockets.
"person in the position of authority"
"take advantage of others"
Welcome to society!
this is the same with plastic surgery
modern medias are making modern women insecure of their self image
give me back my confident women!
males dont care how it looks on the outside as long as they can stick it in and it's good
They do, if they like giving oral. But that is still no excuse. This is just wrong imo. Women!,don't let yourselves be swayed by this shit! I like you the way you are!
If it's about oral then wouldn't it matter how it tastes not how it looks?
Pubic hair? But that's not about how it looks, that's about how it feels and gets in the way. Accidental flossing with pubic hair is annoying.
exactly.this guy gets it.
Two words... Pubic hair.
Once, again, another virgin talking. Men care a lot about how it looks, especially if you're gonna eat her out. Seriously now.
@7:10
Once again another virgin talking indeed.
No man is going to get to the pussy, and be like "What is this? This is ugly as hell! I can't eat/fuck this! Away from me you big-lipped harlot!"
No, we're gonna take it in stride, and do the do. Perhaps later a man would look back and go "Wow... her pussy was hideous." but as long as the offer of sex is on the table, we're not gonna care.
And at the same they're trying to abolish such practices in the 3rd world countries, hypocrite moralfags.
What they're trying to ban in 3rd world countries is true female mutilation. There is really nothing wrong with this type of surgery if she chooses to go with it. Why isn't plastic surgery in general getting such a huge negative ho-hah? Just your usual moralfag.
True. There is a difference between being forced to have your clit cut off (something that deadens sexual sensation for a woman for life, and is FORCED on most females when they are too young to fight back against it with any reasonable amount of success because their WHOLE FAMILIES WANT IT DONE!) and this surgery.
im pretty sure the only type of girls that do this has either had way way too many sex with dude that have big dicks or they're into BDSM
Texas Dude:
No, it has nothing to do with how much sex a girl has.
Some girls/women are simply born with bigger lips than others. Just like some guys are born with smaller dicks than others.
I prefer to not have large lips visually sometimes, but I have fun either way. When having sex with larger lips, it may give more feeling to your dick as you do the IN-OUT.
Women can't choose how their lips are going to form just as much they can't choose how big their breasts will get.
when will guys get that labia grow large naturally? Virgins with no dildo contact can have huge ones. Why do you think they get surgery? Because people tell them girls with large labia are sluts and loose and no one likes them even when they didn't do anything. They don't want their first boyfriend or any boyfriend to think that and they cut it.
CAN'T UNREAD!!!!
ill say this now - i havent has actual sex before... but from the pron ive seen, i see "whithered" looking pussies like this
http://www.penissizedebate.com/page49b_more_big_pussy_lips.htm
and then there's this kind
http://www.nuhunter.com/images/posts/m/87-perfect-pussy.jpg
and this:
http://www.sweet-nicole.com/may07/mirror/nicole_graves6.jpg
and this:
http://www.thepornmustflow.com/hosted/spunky/cravingcarmen/blackmesh.jpg
the latter few seem to be the blueprint anime tend to use to get the cleaner and easier to draw look that anime likes so much... you can guess which kind i find more appealing. still, its not like that when im with a woman ill ever be staring at her crotch (anime tells me they find that embarrasing LOL), so in the end it matters to me very little. im actually surprised many women care what men think about how they look down there, our eyes arent actually in our dicks obviously. maybe theyre hoping guys would be more likely to go down on them by making it look more inviting? Still, one side they say they hate sluts and what to not look slutty at all, on the other side they think they need to looks and act slutty to be actractive to men by sneaking a pic at their fap material o_O (they should peak at my fap material, id like to see a 3D girl turn herself 2D, like Mr. Game and Watch or something) they hate not only porn stars but even sexy internet/magazine models, yet they love mariah carey and pussycat dolls who basically dress and act like those "sluts" do. paradoxes and hypocracies gallore.
but i really dont think there's enough information out there on how different pussies look and should look, a lot of people just watch porn and make their own assumptions. ill tell you now, i have no idea which kind is fake, which is just worn from too much fucking, which is "untouched", which is just poor surgery...
And so, they called her "Princess meat curtains" no more. The end.
A lot of guys are turned off by labia that large. They know that it is natural, idiots.... they just DO NOT LIKE IT and do not feel that their women should have them like that.
Also, it is not natural to have labia that 'hang down' like 'meat curtains'. I have seen 40 year olds who have had NO surgery, have had sex with oodles of big dicked men, yet don't have that.
It's not natural, it is something make the women's labia overgrow.... maybe the fact that she isn't getting doinked enough.
I've only seen the 'meat curtains' in 'moral' women who don't have sex outside of marriage or women who have had STD's.
"Actually, after giving birth, the vagina never goes back to looking the same. Source: My mother has had 10 kids."
WHY DO YOU KNOW?????
What a idiot you are. Why are there so different noses, mouths, ears, chins, hands, eyes, legs, feet... and so on forever.
Why should a pussy and vagina always look the same on every woman? what right do you have to say that?
I like many kinds of pussies, but i prefer definitely large, long lipped, voluptuous ones. And i think most men( and i man men) do, it`s only shyness and peer pressure what makes them to keep silent instead of admitting it clearly.
I have had my best sex with large pussied girls, and believe me, there has been many! I still love all of them!
"It's not natural, it is something make the women's labia overgrow.... maybe the fact that she isn't getting doinked enough."
Large labias are usually a sign of a lot of estrogen.
And the size of the outer/inner labias has less to do with (normal) sex habits, and a hell of a lot more to do with genes.
Meaning that teenage virgins who never have touched their genitals can have hueg "meat curtains", and that they probably inhereted it from their mothers. Same as with guys: dudes with a fuckton of excessive foreskin often have dads that look the same, and dudes with so little foreskin naturally that they look cut often have dads that look the same.
Genitals are only yet another body part. If a guy has a weird looking natural nose, chances are he got it from one of his parents.
I meant to say in parenthesis: and i mean men.
Any guy that thinks that hasn't had sex. It's not how loose a vagina looks--it's how tight it feels INSIDE that counts.
One is voluntary, the other is not. "fag"
Nothing beat NATURAL VIRGIN VAGINA, tight, soft, warm and juicy!!!!!
Remember, kids, vaginas aren't clown cars.
To everyone that thinks that the vagina cannot be as tight or tighter than it was pre-childbirth after giving birth. I advise you go find out out about the current world's strongest vagina.
For me it's nothing to do with looking like a slut. It's just that "innie" vaginas a more visually appealing than "outie" vaginas. And more pleasant to perform oral sex on.
I think I've missed quite why the medical professionals are so upset. It's only because it's genitalia that they're kicking up so much fuss. It's just removing/trimming excess, unnecessary stuff to make it look nicer. Like shaving, just more permanent and requires surgery.
I like dem cute smooth pussies so I'm all for it.
^ this comment is also somewhat misleading.
The vagina is a muscle, not a shoe. I mean, the skin can stretch to the size needed for a baby, and then shrink back naturally. It's not like they have a bowling-ball sized opening in their pelvis for the rest of their life.
There's a difference between spewing out kids like a Pez dispenser, and keeping in shape.
Plenty of women with 1, 2 3 or even 4 kids who take care of themselves still look and probably feel great..
Don't blame us because your mother's got a vagoo the size of a hallway..
Actually, after giving birth, the vagina never goes back to looking the same. Source: My mother has had 10 kids.
There is a difference between forcing people to do something and them choosing it voluntarily.
Genital mutilation is NOT the same as this plastic surgery. Real female circumcision would be a minor trim of the hood of the clitoris, nothing more. But female "circumcision" is often chopping OFF the clitoris (note, this is the same as chopping off your penis), either one or both pairs of labia lips, and then stitch the whole gaping wound together, leaving only a tiiiny hole to urinate from. When a girl gets married, they cut her open so that her husband can actually shove his penis in.
There are of course less thorough versions, but they are all genital mutilation.
Here's a handy conversion chart for any needs so that you can better relate:
Penis ==> clitoris
Foreskin ==> clitoral hood
Scrotal sack (without the testicles) ==> labias
Testicles ==> ovaries
If you want any more, just look up foetal developement and where/how the genders diverge in developement.
Random amusing fact: females can get blue-balled too. Apparently it's sometimes called getting "pink-ovaried", or "blue-ovaried".
So how come we're ok with jews circumsising penises?
And the reason that men are wanting loli's more and more is because after the age of 25, a lot of women let themselves go if they are married.
I'm not kidding there, my own mother did that (though part of it I have to blame on my father's eating habits and our family having a history of using food to console ourselves).
On the topic of male circumcision: I live in the US. I had an ex that was born in Italy, and he was not circumcised until he was 10 years old, and it was done at that time because his penis had grown so much, so fast, that the foreskin began to "strangle" his penis, and was beginning to cut off circulation. Yes, he was quite well-hung. I had another male friend from the UK that had a similar experience, but he was a few years older when he had to be circumcised. Older male circumcision requires wearing a diaper and bleeding from the penis A LOT for WEEKS. On the other hand, my husband has very little feeling in his penis except for the spot just under the glans, and he was circumcised as an infant. My sister's son had to be re-circumcised TWICE because the doctor apparently didn't circumcise him entirely the first time, and I'm not sure why exactly the second time didn't turn out right. It was very expensive to have corrected, and very painful for the poor little boy when he was between six and eighteen months for all of it.
No matter whether you circumcise or not, there are still chances of problems occurring. There is no right or wrong choice. Until I found that my husband has very little sensitivity, I thought that it was better to inflict the pain when they are young and will not remember it the rest of their lives than risk them having to wear bloody diapers and go through excruciating pain during puberty. The question now is whether possible loss of sensitivity is worth avoiding that.
There is no difference, except these women do it out of free will, where cutting babies is mutilation. Ofc there are medical reasons for circumcision, but they mostly appear in the early teens.
In third-world countries there are benefits of hygiene and STD-prevention as well.
Reread your facts: medical science has proven that there's NO need for circumcision since we have running water and the ability to bathe, not that people do it.
Circumcised men are something like 3 times more likely to get STDs as well, which was a bit of an odd discovery. There's a huge moralfag push to stop the process of male circumcision as well.
Women wanting to look pre-pubescent is due to men wanting lolis more and more. Shaving is just another step on that totem. I suppose we should moralfag to stop female shaving, too?
Let people do what they want with their bodies and stop being a douche.
Nothing personal, bit you're a bit dumb if you can see the difference between an long standing religious tradition for Jewish men and a new cosmetic surgery for women.
"can't" and I fail sigh.
Because male circumcision actually has some damn use.
Most studies have shown that Male Circumcision reduces the chances of catching an STD by somewhere between 30-60% depending on the STD. As well as reducing the chances for urinary track infection in infants.
The reason for this is because the skin on the underside of the foreskin is thinner and more sensitive to outside attack than the rest of the penis.
Of course there are also the cultural reasons as well as hygiene (which is less of an issue in today's first world countries).
While it may cause some minor loss of sensation the glans due to the constant stimulation it receives, it is not enough of an issue to cause one to not under go the procedure.
There are very few risks associated with male circumcision, most of which are infection or scaring, however those are very rare.
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The more you know.
foreskin does give a slightly increased protection against most STD's except for HIV. In case of HIV its the opposite, foreskin give a slightly increased risk of HIV infection. This is due to foreskin functioning like a kind of a buffer against pathogens so the immune system can more easily combat the collected pathogens in the foreskin, but because HIV targets white blood cell directly foreskins are advantages for HIV.
But leaving the foreskin or circumcising is a inadequate measure against STD's anyway so it negates the argument.
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Actually, foreskins protect you from STDs- As long as you actually wash properly.
And no, cutting off the clitoris is like cutting off the head of a penis. it's just mutilation.
Cutting a Child's genitals is mutilation. Having it done of your own volition, as an adult is fine.
And btw, circumcision has little medical function in the modern world. It is purely cosmetic.
It's just as clean unless you're the type that only washed his cock once a week.
Having a foreskin makes you slightly more likely to contract an STD from unprotected sex, but makes no difference if you wear a condom.
But, I will admit that cutting off the clitoris is more severe.
And this isn't full female circumcision. That would be remove the clitoris.
And how about penis circumcision? Most of the boys have that thing done at young age and can't choose for themselves, and we're somehow ok with that huh.
Non-religious circumcision was a medical fad. It was supposedly done to promote cleanliness.
I fortunately missed the fad. My brother was about three or four when the wave hit, and on medical advice, my parents had it done to him.
I remember him screaming and bawling every time he took a piss - shudder. That lasted three or four months.
Years later my mom said that if she'd known it was going to cause such extensive post-surgery pain, she'd never have had it done.
"Trust me, I'm a GOD^H^H^Hdoctor."
If my brother wasn't so good-natured, he'd probably have tracked down that doctor and had a little wager.
"Hey, doc, I'll bet ten bucks you can't put your hands on the bar and keep your mouth closed at the same time."
(Doc puts his hands on the bar, then opens his mouth and screams after an inch-and-a-half diameter piece of steel stock slams down on his knuckles and fingers, breaking many of them.)
"By the way, doc, 'You may experience some mild discomfort'. And you owe me ten bucks."
I think there's a major difference, between mutilating a vagina in some villiage to keep her from "wandering" to other men...and surgically removing bits and pieces so your vagina looks more desireable. Do I find it ridiculous? Yes. Do I think of it as "female circumcision"? No.
I don't think that it's any more 'ridiculous' than having a tummy-tuck or botox. It's just someone trying to use the newfound medical knowledge to look their best, and are usually paying for out of their own pocket.
3rd world countries do CLITORIS mutilation, it's absolutely not the same as labial modification...
Labial surgery = circumcision, not necessary but if they want to.
clitoris ablation = glans ablation, just butchering someone (and it's made on girl before puberty)
Do you see a difference moron ?