How is it not mutilation, when you are cutting off someone's skin for all of the wrong reasons? You had phimosis. Therefore, your reason for getting circumcised is valid and WAS necessary for you. However, getting someone circumcised just because a doctor tells you to is wrong and just shows how little research people actually do on the subject.
It certainly can be extremely dangerous. Notice I said only if it's performed by a doctor who doesn't know what he's doing. There in fact is a somewhat high chance of complications when performed on infants. Like I said, it's rare that someone dies from it directly, however, it can cause many health problems that lead to death if not treated properly.
That is a very common misconception shoved down Americans' throats. When you have a circumcised penis, you have so few health benefits that it simply isn't worth it. In fact, circumcision can also be the cause of many health problems. Also, most of the things that circumcision is apparently supposed to stop can easily be prevented on uncircumcised penises by simply washing under the foreskin everyday.
Would you like you take away tens of thousands of nerve endings that give your child increased pleasure during sexual intercourse so that they can gain a few health benefits with the cost of possible health concerns?
Please, explain to me how death might result from a circumcision. The only thing I can think of infection of the wound, perhaps? Which, like I sad earlier, is not an issue in any place where you should be allowing your child to be born. Obviously if you're giving childbirth in a barn somewhere, ALL medical issues including the death of the mother and the baby are significantly increased.
Secondly, the health benefits are, to YOU, not worth it. Again, like I said earlier, it's subjective. I believe it is worth it, partly for health benefits, partly for convenience for my son and I, and partly for social inclusion (although not a large part).
Lastly, the sexual benefits or negatives are highly disputed. The number of nerves you have does not increase the pleasure you get. People with bigger dicks and more nerve cells do not receive more pleasure any more than fat people
feel more than skinny people. As for the specific function of the foreskin, it completely depends on the person and the preference: sometimes foreskin increases sensitivity, other times it doesn't. Some people desire sensitivity, while some people desire endurance. You can't ask a baby what his penis feels like and what he'd prefer from his future sexual experiences, so the point is basically moot.
TL;DR
The negatives to a successful circumcision are unproved, and the positives (despite how small they may be) are proven. Therefore, I'm going to go with what evidence tells me.
