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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]let me break it down.

Uncircumcised penis has foreskin which acts like a pocket that can trap foreign bodies, sweat, dirt, dead skin, bacteria, virus etc... anything that can slip in there especially during friction of rubbing in sexual contact.

During sexual contact there is a high chance of the skin tearing and exposing an open wound inside of this pocket.

Think about it logically of course uncirced can trap diseases more easily and contract them with tearing.

Furthermore it is very difficult to clean out this pocket especially when the child is under the age of 9 and even up to 15 when the skin is not fully able to retract.

UTIs can also occur more often because of trapped urine in the pockets. etc...

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You are also describing the labia on women. Should those be removed as well?

Also, the foreskin does not retract until puberty. Until then, there is no need to retract and there is no build-up of sweat, bacteria, etc. [/quote]

male circumcision only affects the foreskin, while female circumcision affects the entire clitoris. The equivalent of female circumcision would be cutting off the entire penis head.[/quote]

That's incorrect for two reasons.

First, there are different types of FGM, including close equivalents to foreskin removal.  Removal of the prepuce only is Type 1a female circumcision.  Removal of the prepuce and/or partial/total clitoridectomy is Type 1b.  Type 2a is removal of the labia, and 2b is labia removal with partial/total clitoridectomy.  These types represent 85% of FGM.  Full excision, apposition of tissues (ie pulling together so they heal together), infibulation etc. (what most people think of when they think of FGM) is only 15% of procedures.

Second, the glans (head) of the penis is not the most sensitive area, the frenulum is, and circumcision removes some of this extremely sensitive tissue directly, as well as tissues that stimulate this area through movement/tugging during intercourse.

In other words, many FGM procedures are somewhat anatomically equivalent to male circumcision - ie, removal of all protective mucosa combined with partial removal of the most sexually sensitive tissue of the genitalia.  [/quote]

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