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Originally Posted by Galatea  Hi, Frank. Nice to see you!
Just curious how you tracked down these urban legends. Did you really ask people, "Give me the name and number of your cousin who had to be circumcised?" Giggling at the idea of that!
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Thanks!
Yes, that's exactly what I did. I told them I was doing some research into the medical causes of circumcision past the infant stage for a project I was doing and would like to interview some men who "had" to be circumcised. With the exception of the five men I did locate, the conversations went something like this:
Me: I would like to interview this man.
Them: It was a friend of my brother's.
Me: Well then, can you give me your brother's phone number?
Them: I doubt he would remember him.
Me: Just in case he does, could you give me your brother's phone number?
Them: I doubt that man would want to talk about it.
Me: He might. Some men are very interested in talking about it.
Them: No, I'm quite sure he wouldn't.
Me: How can you know that?
Them: I don't know, I just know.
Me: Well then, could you ask your brother to ask him and give him my phone number?
Them: Like I said, I'm quite sure my brother doesn't remember him and I'm quite sure the friend wouldn't want to talk about it.
The conversations varied but they were all along the same line. It appeared that they were just repeating an urban legend and realized they had been caught.
Of the 5 men I did contact, one was a fraternity brother, one was an uncle, one was a personal friend of mine, one was the husband of a girlfriend's best friend and one was the BIL of a manager of a restaurant I frequented.
The fraternity brother did it because of perceived societal pressure at 23 years old. During the discussion, I brought up foreskin restoration and he was very interested. I don' know if he ever did it.
The uncle did it because of pressure from a long term girlfriend who was a nurse. I suspect she was afraid of an infection. He had it done at 40 years old and by 43, he was totally impotent and by 45, the girlfriend was gone to marry another man. He said "It was the worst mistake I made in my life."
The personal friend had just gotten remarried and thought he was doing it for his new wife. She actually didn't care. In less than a year, he was totally impotent.
The GF's best friend's husband swore it was a good thing to do. The new wife wasn't so sure. She had a high to normal sex drive and his was practically non-existent. There is no way of knowing if that was a result of his circumcision. Despite it being a new marriage, (4 to 5 years) she was looking for a sex partner outside the marriage, just for sex and not for a relationship.
The restaurant manager's BIL was very resistant to being circumcised but his wife was experiencing recurrent yeast infections and the doctor found out her husband was not circumcised and put the blame there. After months and months of resisting and of no sex, (the yeast infections continued) he finally gave in. The yeast infections did not stop. Only then did the doctor treat both of them at the same time but even then, the yeast infections did not stop. Finally, the doctor put the blame on the woman. Shall we say she was of excessive girth? The doctor determined that her excessive weight and her very large thighs prevented air from getting to the area and aggravating that, she wore synthetic underwear. The doctor told her to lose weight and change to cotton underwear. When I talked to the man, the wife had changed to cotton underwear but had not lost any weight after months and months (more than a year IRC) and the yeast infections were continuing unabated. The husband was very angry that he had allowed himself to be circumcised.
Frank
