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I feel sorry for the upcoming generation of women, high school girls especially. It seems that parents are less inclined to get their boys circumcised these days. The current rate is down and it's dropping (I don't recall the actual numbers). Sure there's lots of facets on this problem both religious and emotional but usually the argument boils down to the question - does it really benefit men medically?

The medical viewpoint is pretty neutral. If it does provide a medical benefit it's pretty small, but when it comes to a guy's dick maybe decreasing the risk of getting and transmitting AIDS or getting cancer, curing chronic inflammation, etc. is worth it. Some articles point to decreased sensitivity (is that a good thing or a bad thing?). Some articles insist that it's easier for parents who were raised in a generation of circumcision to maintain for a child.

Putting aside the whole religious issue, and Popes who have weighed in on the touchy subject (to the contrary btw - three Popes and the Mormons said that being circumcised had no bearing on faith), "art" seems to have a very definite opinion.

Take a look at most male nudes, at least the famous ones, and you'll see that esthetics deem a circumcised male to be a handsome male - well at least that portion of him. It's not like I have census data on the matter, but from the discussions I can recall at college it seems that most of the females who discussed the topic would agree. I can clearly recall several women who blandly stated that they would never "do" an uncircumcised man, obviously they had their preferences. I can also recall one woman who said she preferred circumcised men because they didn't "jump up and run off to the bathroom to wash the minute they were done". The post-coital cuddle being an essential part that uncircumcised men were missing.

I suppose the saddest story in the current news on the topic is the divorced couple that has gone to court over the proposed circumcision of their son. The boy is 8 and has had several bouts of inflammation. The mom, whom he lives with and has the rights over his medical care, has decided he needs to have this done because it's chronic. Her Ex-husband has fought this because her new husband is a Jew and claims they are only doing this for religious reasons. Sad. Imaging having your parents in court when you're 8 arguing about your dick. Kid is destined to be an axe murderer if there ever was one. I feel for him.

It's difficult I guess, for some people to make the decision when they have a baby. And of course you can't exactly ~ask the infant what his preferences are going to be 20 years from now when it might have an opinion on the matter. Yes it's something you can't exactly give back, but then again - if it's something you never had... how can you miss it?