Circumcision - yes or no?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It's hilarious how ~important~ people are making out having foreskin to be.

This forum is full of Manly Men who care greatly about their cocks.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

For some reason I can never remember whether it actually made it into the final version of Sons and Lovers or whether I've only come across it in a published draft version, but Gertrude Morel seemed to regard the cutting of one of her son's hair (for the first time) by her husband as some sort of mutilation, or at least as a violation. And the author at least half endorses this. Of course Lawrence was a bit a weirdo, but it seems vaguely relevant.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Vagueness is good. Shows a degree of self awareness, maybe.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Everyone's favourite Marxist vicar wades in: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/jul/17/german-circumcision-affront-jewish-muslim-identity