Showing posts with label Abraham. Show all posts
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Friday, December 27, 2019

Is Circumcision The Basis Of Manhood?

According to the World Health Organization, 30% of adult males all around the world (aged 15+) are circumcised, with about two-thirds are from our Muslim brethren. Muslims around the world, especially in Israel, have this religious belief about circumcision.[1]

According to Wikipedia, Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common procedure, the foreskin is opened, adhesions are removed, and the foreskin is separated from the glans. After that, a circumcision device may be placed, and then the foreskin is cut off. Topical or locally injected anesthesia is used to reduce pain and physiologic stress.[2]



Circumcision takes a week or two to heal the stitches and wound from the penis’ forehead. Here in the Philippines, they are using guava leaves to alleviate the pain.

Circumcision According To Bible

According to Genesis 17:10-14, Our Lord God asked Abraham to be circumcised as part of the covenant to the Lord. According to the Bible, circumcision is a symbol of being cleansed or blemish.

The laws commanding circumcision are said to come through Moses (e.g. Leviticus 12), however, the Children of Israel abandoned circumcision during Moses' leadership (Joshua 5: 4-7). According to Exodus 4: 24-26 tells us that Moses had not circumcised his own son. This was a quite issue way back then.

Benefits Of Being Circumcised

According to some studies and to some experiences by adult men, circumcision oozed their pleasure to sex. Circumcision may help reduce the risk of penile cancer and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, adult men don’t want circumcision in recent decades while these countries have a higher epidemic of HIV.



Circumcision: As A Sign of Manhood

Here in the Philippines, it is a shame of not cutting out your penis’ foreskin or will called “supot” or afraid of being circumcised. People may consider you a gay (bakla) if you are uncircumcised. But understand why some people from other countries do not want to circumcise because it is their choice and they do not care about other people’s thinking about them. For me, being circumcised is not a sign of being an adult or manhood. The sign of being an adult or manhood is how you respect others and being a good citizen of your country.



Endnote

It is OK to be uncircumcised but think of it. You may feel that some people may stay away from you because of your foul smell produced from your penis called Smegma. Smegma a sebaceous secretion in the folds of the skin, especially under a man's foreskin. You may also experience pain from your penis foreskin because of irritation. I am not scaring you guys or letting your down but based on my experience, it is totally disgusting sometimes and unhygienic.

Sources:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_circumcision
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/glass2/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/c/circumcision/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-circumcision.html


Jerwin is a simple guy who has the ambition to be a pocketbook writer or a poet but he turned out to be a Virtual Assistant for almost a decade. His motivation is his friends in social media as well as his family. He is currently looking for more ideas in blogging and his goal is not to impress people but to enhance the writing skills that he doesn’t want to learn because of grammar warriors or critics that he may get him upset.