The Words Uncut or Uncircumcised

Im European so circumcision is thankfully relatively rare here. In fact hospitals will refuse to carry out the procedure on a minor unless theres a medical necessity. One eminent paediatrician I spoke with was adamant about it and pointed out that unnecessarily cutting off a healthy part of a persons body is by medical definition, mutilation. His words as an expert.

As a man and as a father of sons Id never have considered it and tbh I find unnecessary circumcision bizarre. Why would you take a blade to a perfectly healthy body part and remove a part that serves numerous health and pleasurable purposes! ( Historical claims that circumcisions is more hygienic etc have been shown to be false puritanical disinformation that became mixed with credulous misinformation. And thats a shocking indictment of a lack of integrity in parts of the medical professions, most notably in the USA.

So to my main point. Describing a normal penis as uncircumcised or uncut is bizarre. Its like describing a normal arm as unamputated or teeth as unextracted.

I know that circumcision can be an emotive topic and I intend no offence to men who have been circumcised either for religious reasons or because of wrongful advice from medics. We are brothers, with or without foreskins.

• 3 months ago