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OK don't mean to sound thick..

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
but this has been bugging me for ages, do men get circumsised at birth or not? Sorry I just don't know and I don't mean to sound thick.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Depends.

    If it is done for cultural reasons then usually it is done within about a month of being born. That's certainly true with the Jewish faith; some other faiths do it as an 'initation' ceremony into adolescence, but it isn't as common.

    But if it is done for medical reasons it quite often isn't cut until adolescence either.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There's no point to male circumcision in my view.

    Having a foreskin makes little difference to sexual feeling! All you have to do is regularly wash the foreskin to keep it clean!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    muslims get it done within a month...but only boys get it done
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by The Icy Aphrodite
    muslims get it done within a month...but only boys get it done
    I thought only Jews circumcised the boys? Am I being very ignorant?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by piccolo
    I thought only Jews circumcised the boys? Am I being very ignorant?

    i wouldnt say ingnorant...just many people dont know much about Islam
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by piccolo
    I thought only Jews circumcised the boys? Am I being very ignorant?

    Nope, Islam does too.

    Some sections of Islam also circumcise females (i.e. chop their clitoris off) but this is nothing to do with the religion and everything to do with mysogyny.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kermit
    Nope, Islam does too.

    Some sections of Islam also circumcise females (i.e. chop their clitoris off) but this is nothing to do with the religion and everything to do with mysogyny.

    you do realise that for once i dont feel like killing you :p in fact im impressed today...i might even venture back in the politics forum ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by The Icy Aphrodite
    you do realise that for once i dont feel like killing you :p

    I shall have to try harder;)

    Nah, it's what both MoK and I said last time- we don't dislike the religion or those who practise it but we do dislike certain aspects of certain cultures "attached" to that religion.

    Which was a point you didn't want to grasp:p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kermit
    I shall have to try harder;)

    Nah, it's what both MoK and I said last time- we don't dislike the religion or those who practise it but we do dislike certain aspects of certain cultures "attached" to that religion.

    Which was a point you didn't want to grasp:p

    lol sorry, was just that some people were pissing me off and you two were saying so much and were the easiest to flame...stupid of me i admit....stupid ignorant people though...make a decent thread which i can contribute to in politics and i will be at it with all enthusiasm :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by The Icy Aphrodite
    make a decent thread which i can contribute to in politics and i will be at it with all enthusiasm :p

    I've made four in the last week :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i did say decent did i not :p
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