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[–] KrisND@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Interesting comments and opinions. I know that coming from a non-religious family, I was circumcised after birth because the doctors stated that it was better for hygiene. However, I got an infection (from the surgery) and spent 3 extra weeks in the hospital, nearly dying.

Thankfully, my following siblings were not put in that situation (and I had no long-term issues). And although I do believe that it is better for hygiene, it also takes the majority of nerves out.

Today, I believe that it should be an optional surgery or when medically required. In today's world, it is largely unnecessary.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's not better for hygiene if you just wash your dick when you shower.

[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution vs one dude a couple thousand years ago who really wanted a piece of that baby's dick

Idunno man, I gotta side with the millenia old shaman, he assures me that God wants my son's dick hacked up

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes! Humans literally evolved to have a foreskin so it has to provide an advantage beyond any added risks, even under pre-historic hygiene conditions.

If it truly posed a health risk then that would immediately impact an individual's ability to reproduce and it would have shrunk and disappeared over thousands of years of breeding.