Arguments pro circumcision: Difference between revisions

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== Hygienical arguments ==

* '''"A circumcised penis can be cleaned much easier."'''

*: The cleaning of an intact or circumcised penis is equal and is not hampered by an intact foreskin.

*: The cleaning of an [[intact]] or [[circumcised]] penis is equal and is not hampered by an intact [[foreskin]].

* '''"[[Uncircumcised]] penisses always smell."'''

*: This argument assumes a poor knowledge about hygiene for all intact boys and men and thus constitutes an indirect insult of all intact boys and men. In fact, all genitals start smelling after a while if they are not cleaned now and then. Rinsing with water is basically sufficient.

*: This argument assumes a poor knowledge about hygiene for all [[intact]] boys and men and thus constitutes an indirect insult of all intact boys and men. In fact, all genitals start smelling after a while if they are not cleaned now and then. Rinsing with water is basically sufficient.

* '''"There are SO MANY older men in the facility who aren’t circumcised, and cleaning them is terrible and nasty. So many of them have to get circumcised because they keep getting infections."'''

* '''"There are SO MANY older men in the facility who aren’t [[circumcised]], and cleaning them is terrible and nasty. So many of them have to get circumcised because they keep getting infections."'''

*: This is the so-called ''[https://www.littleimages.org/blog/nursing-home-debate/ Nursing Home Argument]'' which is silly in itself and has been debunked. Read the linked article, please.

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 == Hygienical arguments ==
 * '''"A circumcised penis can be cleaned much easier."'''
-*: The cleaning of an intact or circumcised penis is equal and is not hampered by an intact foreskin.
+*: The cleaning of an [[intact]] or [[circumcised]] penis is equal and is not hampered by an intact [[foreskin]].
 * '''"[[Uncircumcised]] penisses always smell."'''
-*: This argument assumes a poor knowledge about hygiene for all intact boys and men and thus constitutes an indirect insult of all intact boys and men. In fact, all genitals start smelling after a while if they are not cleaned now and then. Rinsing with water is basically sufficient.
+*: This argument assumes a poor knowledge about hygiene for all [[intact]] boys and men and thus constitutes an indirect insult of all intact boys and men. In fact, all genitals start smelling after a while if they are not cleaned now and then. Rinsing with water is basically sufficient.
-* '''"There are SO MANY older men in the facility who aren’t circumcised, and cleaning them is terrible and nasty. So many of them have to get circumcised because they keep getting infections."'''
+* '''"There are SO MANY older men in the facility who aren’t [[circumcised]], and cleaning them is terrible and nasty. So many of them have to get circumcised because they keep getting infections."'''
 *: This is the so-called ''[https://www.littleimages.org/blog/nursing-home-debate/ Nursing Home Argument]'' which is silly in itself and has been debunked. Read the linked article, please.