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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Channing" data-source="post: 145611" data-attributes="member: 10">Right, and the doc goes into that in more detail and debunks a lot of the studies which supposedly support the claims that it&#039;s more hygienic and prevents disease.It&#039;s not suggesting that American boys growing up are damaged by it because they are self conscious about this, after all, they don&#039;t know any better as you say, and also it&#039;s the norm so it&#039;s not like they feel different from everyone else. It&#039;s more about the trauma that the baby goes through and the effect this has on it&#039;s psyche. Up until the late 60&#039;s the medical profession didn&#039;t even think that babies felt pain! Studies went on to show that (obviously) they do, and in fact they feel it much more intensely than older children or adults. And also everything that happens to us as a baby/child is formative and affects us, even if we don&#039;t remember it. So even if you are only a few days old, being tied down and then cut can and will have ramifications in later life. One woman in the doc even goes as far as to say that this is the first sexual act that the boy encounters, having it&#039;s genitalia handled and clasped by an adult, and that it&#039;s a violent/traumatic one. So how does this affect the psyche. Who knows?Agreed.lol, well sure. On the other hand circumcised penises have their disadvantages too. They can be more time consuming and labour intensive. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Channing, post: 145611, member: 10"] Right, and the doc goes into that in more detail and debunks a lot of the studies which supposedly support the claims that it's more hygienic and prevents disease. It's not suggesting that American boys growing up are damaged by it because they are self conscious about this, after all, they don't know any better as you say, and also it's the norm so it's not like they feel different from everyone else. It's more about the trauma that the baby goes through and the effect this has on it's psyche. Up until the late 60's the medical profession didn't even think that babies felt pain! Studies went on to show that (obviously) they do, and in fact they feel it much more intensely than older children or adults. And also everything that happens to us as a baby/child is formative and affects us, even if we don't remember it. So even if you are only a few days old, being tied down and then cut can and will have ramifications in later life. One woman in the doc even goes as far as to say that this is the first sexual act that the boy encounters, having it's genitalia handled and clasped by an adult, and that it's a violent/traumatic one. So how does this affect the psyche. Who knows? Agreed. lol, well sure. On the other hand circumcised penises have their disadvantages too. They can be more time consuming and labour intensive. :D [/QUOTE]

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