Persuasive Essay On No Circumcision

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Decades ago a woman, pregnant with her third child, told her doctor to make sure he annotated “No Circumcision” in the event she had a boy. However, she gave birth to a baby girl. The woman decided one night to take a stroll through the hospital to stretch her legs. Then out of nowhere she heard a blood-curdling scream of desperation. The screams emanated from a baby boy receiving a circumcision. She hastily went back to her room, attempting to escape the terrifying screams. Once in her room, she plugged her ears with her fingers in hopes of shutting out the screams that were still audible from the end of the hall. It was useless; there was no way to hide from the baby boy’s screams of agony. Male circumcision is the most frequent surgical procedure in the world. Every year one million adults and infant males, are circumcised. The adult males elect for the procedure after careful consideration and research. The …show more content…
In order to understand this topic, knowledge about the foreskin (prepuce) must first be obtained. The prepuce is commonly referred to as a useless flap of skin. This assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. This so called useless flap of skin serves as protection and provides optimal conditions for stimulation during sexual intercourse. The prepuce consists of the inner and outer layer. During intercourse the prepuce provides a sheath in which the glans is lubricated and glides within, to stimulate the thousands of sensitive nerve endings. The main structures are the outer and inner foreskin layer. The outer layer is an extension of the penile shaft that provides the essential amount of normal skin during an erection. The inner layer is unlike any other tissue on the body, made up of mucocutaneous tissue. As a result of the self-lubricating properties of this tissue, sexual partners can experience less friction and discomfort. This is not a useless flap of