tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post5805188272375794610..comments2023-10-29T10:45:14.630+01:00Comments on A Life in the World of Andreas: Male genital mutilationAndreas Heldal-Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282674890621567644noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post-61952514535515703852022-10-28T17:14:52.625+02:002022-10-28T17:14:52.625+02:00Benjamin HawthorneBenjamin HawthorneBenjamin Hawthornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post-69590840382568959142022-10-28T17:11:53.766+02:002022-10-28T17:11:53.766+02:00I was circumcised as a newborn and for many years ...I was circumcised as a newborn and for many years never knew it. When I read about it I got the (incorrect) idea that it was the removal of the head (prepuce) of the penis.<br />When I saw a classmate in the shower at school who was not circumcised, I assumed that the look of his penis was because his head was removed. In reality his produce was hidden under his foreskin.<br /><br />It was only many years later that I learned that my classmate was intact, and I was the one who had been circumcised!😮<br /><br />I couldn't understand how my parents could possibly request that their little boy bemutilated. I never brought the subject to their attention, and now that they are both dead, I will never know.<br /><br />I am currently in my 4th year in the Rehabilitation Center, recovering from a grand mal epileptic seizure, six (6) brain surgeries, and a stroke. I am now impotent and I can't help but wonder, if I was intact and my penis was more sensitive, might I now be able to still obtain an erection?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457750714775820468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post-3315339749827879372016-10-30T03:37:19.461+01:002016-10-30T03:37:19.461+01:00Seen babies after circumcision and it doesn't ...Seen babies after circumcision and it doesn't take long before the crying stops and they are good to go. I've also seen grown men have to go through it and the misery that they endure seems to me like it is probably one of the ways that you would be tortured in hell. There were various reasons that they had to have the procedure done, but I can tell you that it wasn't because they were dirty people. I can also tell you that they all wished that their parents had had it done when they were born. I have also never once heard a man say "Geez, I sure wish I had my foreskin today." I've never heard of anyone having issues with their non-existent foreskin, but there are plenty of men that still have them with issues. Seems to me like it makes sense to do it when they are babies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post-19417741836453255442016-03-20T20:04:04.377+01:002016-03-20T20:04:04.377+01:00I WAS GLAD, NOT HAD.. oopsI WAS GLAD, NOT HAD.. oopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38621176.post-84038651503423814332016-03-20T20:02:09.233+01:002016-03-20T20:02:09.233+01:00As a mother, I was had my first child was a girl s...As a mother, I was had my first child was a girl so I did not have to even consider circumcision. Ten years later, being an older mother to boot I was tested and knew I was having a boy. I did extensive research and came away mystified how this had been standard practise in the US for so long. I knew I could not have this done to my baby. Imagine my relief at the time of birth when our pediatrician politely informed me that he did not perform circumcisions! Yes, he did say we could seek out another pediatrician for that if so desired, and he would still be his Dr if desired, but he did not perform unnecessary medical procedures. He's been my son's pediatrician for 13 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com