"A review of the scientific literature, however, reveals that the actual effect of circumcision is the destruction of the clinically-demonstated hygienic and immunological properties of the prepuce and intact penis....The higher rate of STDs in circumcised males might well be the result of the loss of preputial immunoprotective structures. The loss of the protective, self-lubricating, mobile, double-layered prepuce exposes the glans penis and meatus to direct friction, abrasion, and trauma. Eyes without eyelids would not be cleaner. Neither is a glans without its prepuce. The surgically externalized and unprotected glans and meatus of the circumcised penis are constantly exposed to abrasion and dirt, making the circumcised penis less hygienic. The circumcised penis is more prone to infection in the first years of life than the intact penis....These factors may explain why circumcised males are more likely than their genitally intact peers to engage in high risk sexual behaviours (such an anal intercourse and active and passive homosexual oral sex) that lead to HIV and other STD infections."
Immunological functions of the human prepuce, P M Fleiss, F M Hodges, R S Van Howe, STI (London), Volume 74, Number 5, Pages 364-367, October 1998
No, the penis is not shortened by circumcision.
Circumcision has nothing to do with infertility.
The religion that does not practice circumcision is Jainism.
No, it is nothing to do with it. Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the penis.
The circumcision scar is permanent and it can not be gotten rid of.
The Tagalog word for circumcision is "tuli."
When you develop SERIOUS conditions where circumcision is the Only option.
Surgery can extend, but the surgical procedure that does it is not called circumcision.
A circumcision certificate -- a document given to the parents of a male Jewish child after his foreskin is snipped off during a circumcision ceremony
A Jew that does circumcision is called a Mohell
The instrument used in a Jewish circumcision is a device called a Jewish Shield.
In Yiddish, circumcision is called "bris" (ברית).