Informative Essay On Circumcision

In order to take a stance on circumcision, one must know some things about circumcisions. A circumcision is a procedure done to male patients. The doctor conducting the procedure first numbs the penis. Then the doctor grabs the prepuce (foreskin) and tears the synechia apart. The prepuce is held and a vertical slit is cut into the bottoms side of it. A device is laid over the prepuce, and the excess skin is cut off using a scalpel or surgical scissors. This procedure removes about one third of the penile skin, takes ten or so minutes to complete, and is often not felt, with the exception of the initial numbing, by the baby boy. Circumcisions are helpful in improving the quality of hygiene, prevention of some diseases, and his sexual partner’s health.
Hygiene is an essential component of life. Uncircumcised male genitalia requires ample effort to keep clean. Studies have shown that approximately eighty percent of uncircumcised boys had poor genital hygiene (circiform.net). Children that are just old enough to shower and wash themselves are not going to take the time to wash all of the nooks and crannies. They are just going to do a quick once over and be finished, leaving all sorts of areas dirty and bacteria behind; whereas, the child’s parents can maintain penile hygiene much easier. The bacteria left behind under the prepuce are in their prime
The female partners of circumcised men are less likely to develop cervical cancer, genital herpes, bacterial vaginosis, and chlamydia, some of which can lead to infertility; the chances of acquiring these diseases increase drastically if their partner is unhygienic and uncircumcised. When it comes to intercourse, better sexual function and experience has been recorded with circumcised men, and no reduction in sensation during arousal or in the sensitivity of the flaccid penis has been