No, it doesn't prevent infections. Circumcision is entirely medically unnecessary. Even in cases of phimosis, i.e. when the foreskin can't be retracted properly, it's still unnecessary. Therapeutic stretching alone can solve that.
In fact, the foreskin is physically fused to the glans until the onset of puberty, so cleaning underneath it is literally impossible, let alone unnecessary, until then.
As someone who suffered from such infections as a kid as a result of not being circumcised, this is a load of crap. This stuff is freaking painful and I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.
There's a big difference between snipping off some foreskin and cutting the whole pecker off. This is about as dumb of an argument as I've ever heard.
Neither one should be done to a kid. You should let people decide for themselves what they want to do with their body parts.
A baby has no idea what is happening and cannot consent
So we're just ignoring the fact that it helps to prevent infections and other things that are detrimental to one's health? Alright then.
No, it doesn't prevent infections. Circumcision is entirely medically unnecessary. Even in cases of phimosis, i.e. when the foreskin can't be retracted properly, it's still unnecessary. Therapeutic stretching alone can solve that.
In fact, the foreskin is physically fused to the glans until the onset of puberty, so cleaning underneath it is literally impossible, let alone unnecessary, until then.
As someone who suffered from such infections as a kid as a result of not being circumcised, this is a load of crap. This stuff is freaking painful and I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.