The purpose of circumcision, whether of the male or female, has always been the same: to reduce the pleasure of sexual intercourse.

Considered objectively, male circumcision is in fact a partial castration since the penis, in losing its foreskin, loses 90% or more of its sensitivity.

Although still capable of sustaining an erection and of ejaculating, a circumcised penis is not much more sensitive than the index finger.

Besides the lifelong physical and physiological damage suffered by the circumcised, there can also be very serious psychological consequences.

Circumcision is an extremely painful and traumatic experience for the infant, and a pocket of rage against the world that has inflicted this pain remains buried deep in the psyche.

This rage can issue in hatred and acts of violence later in life.