Money For Nothing On Childrens’ TV

Sorry but, an ad for a yeast infection is not the same as a slur targeted at minorities. So, this bitch makes no sense, implying that the yeast infection ad is just as bad if not worse than the Dire Straits’ use of the word “faggot”. Not that the Dire Straits ban doesn’t completely take the word “faggot” out of the context it’s used in the song. It’s Huckleberry Finn all over again just a different slur and a different minority. The Straits used the word because that’s how the character in the song would have realistically talked, not because they hate gay people. It’s simplistic thinking at best to ban this shit and moronic at worst. Think about it, this song was only censored because someone got offended about it and complained. If we’re going to let this one slide we have to let every single other one for every other offended person slide as well… there goes 50% of all music. Then again most of it is shitty anyway… but still.

I skimmed through the comments above and I apologize if this has already been said but women get yeast infections because our urinary tract is very short. It’s incredibly easy for bacteria to get up there. As opposed to a mans very long urinary tract in comparison. That’s why way more women get them than men. And be skeptical of all the “studies” showing that uncut men get more infections. There’s a whole campaign out there claiming all sorts of absurdities backed up by dubious science claiming that circumcision decreases your chances of getting everything from HIV to cervical cancer in women, WTF?

These are all unfounded myths desperately trying to guise themselves as real science to keep a primitive and barbaric practice relevant in today’s society. Foreskin does not significantly increase the risk of a UTI, there is no credible science currently accepted by the medical community to suggest circumcision as a necessary precaution against UTIs. In fact, the foreskin evolved specifically to protect the urinary tract opening from bacteria. A recently circumcised penis is more likely (during it’s weeks of healing) to become infected than an uncut man’s penis is for the rest of his life.

I cut is not cleaner no matter what anecdotes people post on the internet. Circumcision has no value to health that we know of, it’s thus an unnecessary and purely cosmetic surgery. Some parents know all this and still cut their kids, isn’t it fucked to cut a piece of your baby’s body off so that his dick will be aesthetically pleasing to all his future sex partners? Yes, fucked and creepy as hell. Personally I think subjecting babies to unnecessary cutting at such a vulnerable age before they can consent to it is nothing short of child abuse.

Hey Hugo, I was refrencing what a member of the band said about the song. I’m not interested in debating song meanings. But if you think your interpretation is more correct than what the band says, then feel free to argue with them 🙂

Actually, the original study that linked uncut men to cervical cancer in their partners was published in the New England Journal of Medicine back in 2002, and that study was flawed and discredited. Every pro circumcision leaning person I have ever argued with about this has fallen into the hole of directly or indirectly siting that study without first giving it a critical look. Every other institution that tried to replicate its findings were unable to do so. Most medical institutions that specialize in researching cancer do not recognize circumcision as a viable means of reducing cervical cancer in women. But the idea caught on anyway. This is what happens when bad science gets into the media before it can be conclusively proven or falsified.

Puberty? Please, your foreskin might grow a little slower than the rest of you during puberty, but if it didn’t stretch or grow at all then by the time you were 18 I’d be so tight the tip of your dick would be turned into mush. Discomfort is normal during puberty and most uncut guys get through it fine once they manage to pull it back for the first time. There’s a few exceptions where the foreskin on an individual can be a problem yes, but those few cases are no reason to circumcise everyone as an infant. Did you know that circumcised men can actually “regrow” their foreskin? Actually, they “re-stretch” it. But the results look the same as if they had never been circumcised at all, except for that scar.

Aesthetics are a matter of taste, but I could never justify cutting a baby for aesthetics.

Hygiene, smell? If you shower you won’t smell. Uncut guys who don’t have good hygiene will smell gross down there and cut guys who don’t have good hygiene will also smell bad down there. Here’s an anecdote for you, I’ve found cut guys to smell worse than uncut guys, maybe because the uncut guys make a point out of washing their dick just to get under their foreskin.

And as for the whole smegma thing even though it hasn’t been mentioned. Smegma is not dirty, it’s actually full of anti bodies that fight bacteria. If you don’t wash, yeah it’ll get dirty… just like every other part of your body will get dirty if you don’t wash it on a regular basis.

And thanks ralmn for the correction, at first I didn’t know what you were talking about. In the second paragraph of my comment I was responding to a comment above about bacteria in the urinary tract, but looking back I did get mixed up and typed yeast infection again, oops!

I also heard about that story Pretty Kitty. Here’s the Horizon documentary on it. It’s extremely sad and depressing.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dr-money-bo…

Let me make it clear that this one horrific case is not the norm, the vast majority of circumcisions are not botched… all of them are still unspeakably cruel though. There are plenty of other reasons to not circumcise your kid besides the small chance that your kid might lose his penis entirely.

I disagree on your last point Pretty Kitty. No father of my child is going to convince me to let my newborn baby be needlessly cut and hurt, no matter how insecure they are about their sons penis not matching theirs (why does that even matter?). I don’t believe that his penis gives him authority over me when it comes to deciding whether or not to subject our baby to needless pain.

Discomfort is common, just like discomfort is common when a girl breaks her hymen for the first time, or has her first period. Discomfort is very common during puberty for boys and girls yes, it’s part of puberty. It’s not a reason to circumcise. Some boys have a bit of discomfort pulling it back the first time and others don’t. And lots, can’t pull it back at all because it’s too fused to the glands and/or too tight. Usually this is just because they are still developing down there and simply need to wait a bit before it will retract easily. A few may have mild to severe phimosis, which is often misdiagnosed in puberty aged boys who are actually completely normal, this leads to unnecessary circumcisions. And even in those cases of true phimosis, circumcision is usually and should be a last resort (except in the more rare severe cases that can cause problems with urinating and sex) and if it isn’t your doctor is jumping the gun.

But the foreskin actually splitting during adolescence is only common because boys are told that if their foreskin doesn’t retract then there’s something wrong with their penis and it won’t work right, that is completely false. They freak out, (omg it won’t retract what do I dooo???!!) and end up trying to force it back resulting in a painful split. Most boys are too embarrassed to ask their doctor about what they should do when it does, but you’d be hard pressed to find a doctor that would recommend circumcision as a reasonable course of action after a split in a puberty aged boy, that’s a bit drastic (“Doc, I cut my finger”, “BETTER CHOP IT OFF!!!”). It certainly isn’t the only course of action. Let it heal, get some disinfectant cream, might sting a little when you pee, and don’t get ahead of yourself next time, or wait a few years to pull it back, or just don’t pull it back at all! A lot of the times when the foreskin is too tight to be pulled back, phimosis or no, it’s recommended for the guy to just leave it like that. There are perfectly healthy men out there who have never been able to pull back their foreskin because of it being too tight and/or too tightly fused to the glands. Men who have no problems with the ladies, have great sex lives (no loss of sensation), fathered children, the whole shebang.

So if it’s still too tight after puberty you can get a circumcision, or you can opt for the less scary V slit that will open up the foreskin just enough for it to retract. There’s also steroid creams, if you don’t mind that sort of thing. Or you can go online and read testimonials about ‘stretching exercises’ and try those out if you’re up for it, if emo kids can do it to their ears…(yuck) Or you could just leave it that way and enjoy all the same things circumcised and uncut-but-able-to-retract guys enjoy doing with their penises.

I say all this as someone who doesn’t want penises to get hurt.

I say all this as a lover of penises.

Don’t be, a happy ending would undermine the point of his character development.

Huge SciFi fan here! Anything by Asimov is excellent, of ourse. Right now I’m re-reading all the H.G. Wells classics.