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I am going to state the disadvantages of male circumcision although they are only relevant to this question to those biased and ignorant who believe circumcision is ALWAYS beneficial. I will get onto the ethics a little later.

Some Disadvantages:
1. Unintentional complications in America are estimated around 10% (in countries like Nigeria where circumcision is commonplace it is about 52%)
2. Chaffing (as a circumcised male gets older his glans’ sensitivity is constantly decreased due to chaffing of the penis on underwear. A foreskin prevents this.
3. Reduced penis sensitivity. 20,000+ nerve endings are lost. That is a shit-ton more than on the glans.
4. Loss of mechanical functionality. Penetration for circumcised males required 10-fold more force. Circumcised males are unable to use the "gliding motion". Decreases vaginal dryness. Decreases friction.
5. Premature Ejaculation. Yes, contrary to popular belief premature ejaculation is more common in cut males than uncut. The foreskin impinges against the corona gland is during coitus. The foreskin, therefore, tends to protect the corona gland is from direct stimulation by the vagina of the female partner during coitus. The corona is the most highly innervated part of the glans penis. Removal of the foreskin allows direct stimulation of the corona gland is and this may cause premature ejaculation in some males. The Australian Study of Health and Relationships found that "26% of circumcised men but 22% of uncircumcised men reported reaching orgasm too quickly for at least one month in the previous year."
6. Inability to ejaculate or delayed ejaculation. While some circumcised males may suffer from a tendency toward premature ejaculation, others find that they have great difficulty in ejaculating. The nerves in the foreskin and ridged band are stimulated by stretching, amongst other movements. If those nerves are not present, Money (1983) argues that excision of these stretch receptors by circumcision may make ejaculation take longer.. Some circumcised males may have to resort to prolonged and aggressive thrusting to achieve orgasm. Shen et al. (2004) reported that 32.6 percent of the men in his study reported prolonged intercourse after circumcision. Sensual et al. (2004) reported an appreciable increase in ejaculatory latency time (time to ejaculate). Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported that circumcised males have more difficulty with ejaculation and orgasm. Kim & Pang (2006) reported that circumcised men have more difficulty with masturbation. Solinis & Yiannaki reported that 65 percent of circumcised men in their study reported increased ejaculation time in their study.
7. Loss of sexual pleasure. Denniston reported that some circumcised men would not have the operation again because of loss of sexual pleasure. Kim & Pang (2006) reported that 48 percent of Korean men in a survey experienced loss of mastubatory pleasure after circumcision as compared with 8 percent that experienced increased pleasure and 8 percent reported improved sexual life, but 20 percent reported worsened sexual life. Solinis & Yiannaki reported that 16 percent of the men in their study reported a better sex life after circumcision but 35 percent reported a worsened sex life.
8. Phychological effects. Lots of circumcised males (including me) are angry and upset about being circumcised.
9. Value to female partners. The foreskin has long been known to be valuable to the female partner. The presence of the foreskin is reported to be stimulating to the female. Women are more likely to experience vaginal dryness during sex with a circumcised partner. The unnatural dryness may make coitus painful and result in abrasions. The vaginal dryness may be mistakenly attributed to female arousal disorder. O’Hara & O’Hara report that the female partner is less likely to experience orgasm when the foreskin is not present and more likely to experience orgasm or even multiple orgasms when the foreskin is present. Solinis & Yiannaki found that 46 percent of men in their study reported a worsened sex life for their partner while 33 percent reported that that their partner’s sex life had improved.

Advantages for medically unnecessary circumcisions:
None.

Arguments used by pro-mutilators:
1. "My religion says so"
You are assuming that your religion is correct and not just a made up fairy tale like you think all the other religions are. You must first find scientific evidence for your religion to be valid in any debate. Even then, you’re religion could still be wrong on subjects like circumcision (if we hypothetically assume it to be correct)
2. "It’s cleaner"
If you clean it more than once a month it’l be okay, are you implying that circumcised males don’t clean? EWW
3. "It reduces chances of AIDS from sex."
YOU SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX WITH SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW DOESN’
3. "It reduces chances of AIDS from sex."
YOU SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX WITH SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW DOESN’T HAVE AIDS. There was a study done in AFRICA where it was found circumcised males had a decresed chance of getting aids. We don’t live in africa. The same has not been found in studies conducted in 1st and 2nd world countries.
4. "It reduces penile cancer."
You can still get penile cancer when circumcised. The rates of uncircumcised males getting penile cancer are lower than females getting breast cancer. Should we remove breasts at birth? We don’t need them to survive, it would remove breast cancer. The same applies to female circumcision.
5. "Girls like it better." You have not conducted studies on this. We have evidence to believe the contrary is true as previously stated. This is pretty irrelevant as males may find female circumcision better but that is illegal and the infant in question might turn out to be gay anyway.
6. "You might get phimosis."
The vast major
The vast majority of uncircumcised males do not get phimosis, this can be resolved with means other than circumcision. Even if circumcision is neccesary, a full circumcision is not. Also, circumcised males can get phimosis if not enough foreskin is removed anyway.

So we (hopefuly) have established that circumcision is wrong, here are similarities between male and female circumcision. And yes, they are comparable.
http://www.noharmm.org/comparison.htm
I cannot make a table here, please check out the link above.
Also, there are varying levels of male and female genital modification/mutilation.
1. Piercings/Piercings
2. Circumcision of foreskin/ Circumcision of hood
3. Castration / Infibulation
Circumcision of hood is not equal to infibulation. They are both wrong. Pro-male-mutilators will commonly argue that comparing male circumcision to infubulation is stupid. But we are not comparing the two. Circumcision of the hood is illegal too.

HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION VIOLATIONS
Article 1
1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

THUS MALE AND FEMALE INFANTS AND CHILDREN HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO NOT BE MUTILATED

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

THIS MEANS YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Article 5.
1. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

MALE AND FEMALE CIRCUMCISION MOST DEFIN
MALE AND FEMALE CIRCUMCISION MOST DEFINITELY IS CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING.

Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

MALE AND FEMALE INFANTS AND CHILDREN ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW. INFANTS AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW IN RESPECT TO ARTICLE 5

Article 17
1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

THUS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO OUR OWN FORESKINS

I am aware that VERY OCCASIONALY SOME males would benefit from circumcision (extreme phimosis). But most do not. This question is directed at circumcision for reasons non-medically beneficial.

Should male circumcision be made illegal like female circumcision? Are parents allowed to willfuly and unjustify
Should male circumcision be made illegal like female circumcision? Are parents allowed to willfuly and unjustifyably mutilate other parts of their children just because "it feels right"?

Needless to say I am a circumcised male and for some time stayed willfuly ignorant and accepted the unsatisfactory justifications.

WHY IS MALE CIRCUMCISION NOT ILLEGAL, I DON’T WANT OTHER HUMANS TO SHARE THE SAME FATE AS I?

I don’t even feel a full human. Needless to say, as a result of circumcision my parents are the people I hate most on this planet. Sorry for the long question, but I felt it needed some supporting evidence.
Yahoo answers didn’t allow me to post my whole question in one go. Please at least try to read some of it.