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→Trivializing arguments: I've never heard anyone complain about being circumcised.
== Trivializing arguments ==
* '''"I've never heard anyone complain about being circumcised."'''
*: Chances are that a man does not talk about his sexual or other (genital) issues to others at all. There are many personal stories of men who did and do complain. There is an organization named [[Men Do Complain]], there are books with [[Case Histories|case histories]] of many men who do complain. Oh, wait, I myself have never heard anyone complain about being beaten by his parents. But that doesn't legalize corporal punishment at all, doesn't it?
* '''"[[Circumcision]] is similar to removing a patch."'''
*: All published circumcision videos show that those who are circumcised without adequate anaesthetic treatment (anaesthesia or anaesthetic), suffer immense pain. Infants fall regularly in shock as a reaction to the pain, when being circumcised without effective anaestesia.
* '''"Babies feel no pain yet, therefore should be circumcised at an early stage."'''
*: This assertion is completely obsolete and refuted in many studies. In the mother's womb, children already feel pain, and even more directly after birth.
* '''"Circumcision is comparable with ear piercing or other piercings."'''
*: Usually any sensitive tissue or even functional body parts remove earlobes and piercings. Also earlobes and piercing holes can grow again. Therefore, this comparison is completely untenable.
* '''"[[Circumcision]] is like cutting fingernails or hair."'''
*: Fingernails and hair grow by themselves. This trivializing comparison of [[Circumcision|foreskin amputation]] with normal personal hygiene is untenable.
== Medical Prophylactical Arguments ==