I personally feel that it's a form of mutilation... and for non-religious folk... people only do it because 'it's always been done that way....'
And if i had a son, i would not choose to have this procedure performed. It was thought at one point in time to be more 'clean' ... but it's been proven that proper washing of the penis is all that is nessasary, just like any other part of your body.
My husband has not been circumcised and i prefer it that way to the other men i've been with who were.
If it known that men who have had the procedure performed experience lower sensitivity during both masturbation and intercourse...
In some ways... those men who have been circumcised were cheated of the amazing sexual sensations they could have had.
"Circumcision Diminishes Sensitivity
“Research published last year in the British Journal of Urology may well explain the links between circumcision, frequent masturbation and oral sex, however. A group of doctors headed by Dr. John R. Taylor at the University of Manitoba discovered that the small sheath of foreskin tissue removed during circumcision is filled with extremely sensitive nerve endings and mucus membrane cells. The head of the penis itself is extremely insensitive to light touch, although it can be stimulated by heavy touch, they found. That lack of sensitivity in the head of the penis may well account for an increased need by circumcised men for the more intense stimulation that masturbation and oral sex can provide, according to Dr. Robert Van Howe...”
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/sex-cut-uncut.htm
I am of the opinion that is a silly cultural norm (for non-religious folk) that has been put into place and remains unnessasary to this day and indeed cheats men out of increased sexual pleasure.
sweetpea