a comment on makle circumscion. there is no hygene differance in removing a mans foreskin that cannot be taught as easily as wiping ones behind. and hygene is NOT the primary reason this is practiced in the US. not originally anyweay.. it was commonly thought that as masturbation was considered a sin and young boys often play with themselvers.. it woukld eliminate masturbation by removing a great deal of the pleasure from the act. a tremendous amount of nerves are located in the foreskin. I did not do it to my son and I think it is just as appalling as the clitoral removal.it is NO ones right to force another person to be surgically altered.. and those same religious fanatics that issued the oprignal decree purportedly beleive than manking is made "in God's image" yet its odd how they justify maiming someone(of either sex) away from that image.