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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I nearly died the first time I had sex because a surgeon in california botched a circumcision my parents had done. they're not jewish, just evangelical christian.

he severed some nerves so I basically have no feeling except at the base. Basically, I can't get off from vanilla sex... and uhm... those warnings on viagra commercials about erections that last longer than 3 hours? yeah. uhm. they're serious.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's bonkers, St Paul repeatedly talks about how circumcision isn't a thing Christians need to do, even rebuking those who said it was: Gal 5:12.

https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=circumcision&version=NIV

especially 1 Cor 7:19 "Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts."

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

there was also a fad where medical professionals were suggesting that not circumcising might lead to hygiene issues later. parents claimed that's why they did it. I don't think that's the whole truth, particularly when they were talking about my nephew when he was born. "Excuse me. I can't have sex because of that procedure" made for a very awkward moment at the dinner table.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can thank Mr Kellogg the cereal guy for why ameicans love circumcision. He was a conservative Quaker weirdo

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

In my experience, Quakers are generally super cool, not particularly conservative, and the good kind of weird

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