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[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 24 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

I've never understood it, even for religious reasons. It's not medically necessary, and it weakens your sex organ's ability to do the thing it is supposed to do.

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

In what way does it supposedly weaken the dick?

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It actually is medically necessary if the foreskin is too tight (phimosis). I had it done on the doctor's recommendation and my sex life life greatly improved. But this was as an adult, so not really the same thing.

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that' super rare. Only around 0.6% of boys experience it before they're 15. Even if you're born with true pathological phimosis, circumcision is usually a last resort because topical steroids are safer and have a pretty high success rate.

"The incidence of pathological phimosis is 0.4 per 1000 boys per year or 0.6% of boys are affected by their 15th birthday."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3329654/

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

penis != boy

better terminology could be used.

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago

If we were talking about adults yeah, but the study is mentioning 14 year old boys...

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

it weakens your sex organ's ability to do the thing it is supposed to do.

I thought you didn't understand?

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough. But if that's the point...why? You'd just be making it harder to reproduce at that point

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Its no harder to reporduce, just doesn't feel as good

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

For cultural reasons, it probably developed as a valuable tribal in-grouping check.

How do we know for sure you are one of us and not a spy or an infiltrator... Well, if you are an ancient Tribal Jewish person you have a special trick to prove you are in the group.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Please send a dick pic to verify allegiance