Message from @tom

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tom
2020-09-19 13:19:36 UTC  

> I think circumcision does not affect sex life!!
@jiggu badmash how do you judge that? How can something be decreased and not be less than it was initially?

Carter
2020-09-19 14:28:53 UTC  

@jiggu badmash, circumcision removes erotic tissue/structures from the penis. It certainly impacts sensory feedback. I’m not really sure what you mean by “sex life” though.

tom
2020-09-19 16:45:35 UTC  

https://manhoodcanada.com/shop/

ThePangburn
2020-09-19 20:26:23 UTC  

@everyone The first MAN HEALTH with Trav & Jer episode is about to drop! I will share it here. Please share this on your social media feeds and everywhere you possibly can to help it gain traction.

LokiV
2020-09-20 20:12:49 UTC  

PEPFAR is not supposed to be based on the politics of religious bigotry, but it is for Repugnicants. [sic, sick]

LokiV
2020-09-20 20:13:57 UTC  

(That's a primary world health project of US Dept of State funding.)

tom
2020-09-20 20:35:32 UTC  

Intact Denmark says that the United States is putting diplomatic pressure and threatening sanctions if they outlaw MGM

tom
2020-09-20 20:35:36 UTC  

https://youtu.be/Q4Mi-AYhTPc

jiggu badmash
2020-09-20 23:11:23 UTC  

@tom i think its only remove prepuce which is skin covering the glans penis

DarthEquus
2020-09-20 23:19:33 UTC  

The foreskin has several unique physiological functions. (https://youtu.be/D_dzeDvx2QA) The foreskin represents at least a third of the penile skin. It protects the glans from abrasion, dryness, contact with clothes, and keratinization. It also increases sexual pleasure by sliding up and down on the shaft, stimulating the glans by alternately covering and exposing it. This also decreases the superficial friction applied to the vaginal walls and creates more of a massaging effect. (https://youtu.be/cOZQ-2rV2zQ) Not to mention that it is highly erogenous tissue in and of itself. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Sorrells.gif) Full study: (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847)

Yussuki ₪
2020-09-23 22:06:37 UTC  

Storm in a glass of water

tom
2020-09-25 14:43:58 UTC  

https://youtu.be/HVKtiFGAn7M

Katelyn
2020-09-30 21:55:45 UTC  

>
> https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/maine-democrat-sara-gideon-killed-bills-outlawing-female-genital-mutilation/
> @tom

It seems like this article is disingenuous. It looks like at the time, FGM was already illegal under federal law and there was no evidence that it was happening in the state of Maine - so it seems like it would be redundant to have another law specifically making it illegal in Maine. Democrats were particularly opposed to a line in the bill which made it a felony to knowingly consent to fgm of a minor - they were concerned that immigrants coming from other countries, who had consented to fgm in those countries prior to moving to the United States, would poentially be persecuted in the United States. Perhaps you think they should be, but the article you posted doesn't really engage with the actual issues when it makes the lazy assertion that Democrats were arbitrarily opposed to it due to "racism." Given the context (no legitimate reason for having an extra law, vulnerabilites to immigrants), I frankly do think it was worth questioning the motives for the folks trying to get that law passed ,and whether or not it was related to racism or a desire to seem more hostile to immigrants who come from countries where fgm is routinely performed. https://apnews.com/article/a3f7fab597724dd4bbe32de03cc8f753

Yussuki ₪
2020-10-01 00:34:05 UTC  

Oh dear. Seems so apocalyptic..

Malachi
2020-10-01 23:21:46 UTC  

I need a sparring partner. Is anyone here for circumcision?

m.miller
2020-10-01 23:22:29 UTC  

we only perform circumcisions every other Tuesday. 😄

Malachi
2020-10-01 23:23:32 UTC  

I shouldn't get mine done a third time.

Malachi
2020-10-01 23:24:45 UTC  

If anyone is able to play the devil's advocate let me know. Mostly the convincing is about culture in my point of view.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:29:26 UTC  

I have no clue about why it’s good or bad. So you can tell me your position and I can be a skeptic about it. Without offering alternate information.

Malachi
2020-10-01 23:31:15 UTC  

Well the problem is that people that want circ are either following a popular tradition (penis fashion) or are convinced that this is the necessary for salvation, or some other important god related thing. the first is easier to dispel, the other is obstinate religion.

Malachi
2020-10-01 23:31:52 UTC  

I think Travs approach is medical and science related. But that hardly convinces people.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:32:11 UTC  

Let’s start with the 1st view then. Wouldn’t it be morally ok to want it as fashion? How are piercings different?

DarthEquus
2020-10-01 23:34:22 UTC  

To want it as fashion for yourself, fine.
To want it as fashion on someone else, not fine.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:34:37 UTC  

That’s what I thought malachi meant.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:35:32 UTC  

When he said for fashion.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:35:39 UTC  

For yourself

DarthEquus
2020-10-01 23:37:47 UTC  

But the vast, *vast* majority of the time, circumcision is non consensual, non therapeutic, and forced on minors. Hence the ethical issue

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:38:11 UTC  

Yes, but the vast majority of time it’s forced on minors is not for fashion.

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:38:31 UTC  

That’s why I didn’t think he meant for someone else

DarthEquus
2020-10-01 23:39:14 UTC  

"It looks better/women will prefer it" is an all too common justification given in America, where it is done for secular reasons

StoneCold316
2020-10-01 23:39:50 UTC  

Is that even true? Women’s preference being circumcised ?