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[animalbirdfish]

...and no, I'm not looking to have it done. Been there, done that and thankfully at an age too young to remember. But I noticed someone writing about this in the "UNBELIEVABLE" thread and - as all things pertaining to knives and 'down there' - it piqued my interest.

My question, though, is why in Korea do parents wait so darn long to have their sons' equipment carved up? If you're going to force the kid to do it, at least have the compassion to do it when he's young and won't remember it (except as subconscious aggression toward his parents).

Then again, all of this begs the question: is it really necessary at any age?

[royjones]

[Gosp]

And here I thought America was the only country in the 21st century slicing the tips off their little boys' firemen. What's the rationale behind the Koreans' choice to do so? Do they really think it prevents disease? It surely doesn't prevent the urge to satisfy oneself when nobody's looking. Or is it simply a religious matter? Being born in a Catholic hospital in southern California I'm quite familiar with the subject myself. And I thank my lucky stars that there wasn't an earthquake during the operation. But if I had the choice of whether or not to have it done today, I'd definitely decline the invitation.

[lush72]

They do it out of the mistaken belief that it is more hygenic and they wait up to puberty so it will "grow longer" -

NOTE: I dont believe any of that BS but its what all my male coworkers tell me.

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

[dogbert]

It has to grow to a certain size before it can be trimmed safely.

[lush72]

Why do they do it? I submit 2 pages that attempt to answer this-

The strange case of
Circumcision in South Korea

[theatrelily]

[igotthisguitar]

[phaedrus]

[Hollywoodaction]

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That's what I had heard as well...like I said before, the boy's father (a doctor) said it would grow bigger.

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I doubt that would make a difference. If that was true, it would imply that Canadians are better hung than Americans.
Besides, it's only skin, and we all know that skin stretches (I mean, come on...shouldn't he know better since he has one of his own).

It's an unecessary procedure. If there wasn't a need for human males to have a foreskin, we wouldn't be born with one. Traits that aren't beneficial to survival eventually disappear. That's the beauty of evolution.

[dogbert]

[Harin]

My father got circumcised at the age of 43, so he can skip military training duties. I am SERIOUS!. FIY, korean men have to attend a military training twice a year or something even after completing military service.

My brother got circumcised at the age of 14. Circumcision was really introduced/encouraged in the 80's in Korea, and my brother was one of the victims.

[theatrelily]

[Hollywoodaction]