> So let's get down to the core of this discussion: ritual circumcision bears religious and cultural value and that's pretty much it. Indeed, and there is a lo

> So let's get down to the core of this discussion: ritual circumcision bears religious and cultural value and that's pretty much it. Indeed, and there is a long list of harms that humans have perpetrated on each other in the name of religious and cultural value. Ditching these superstitions and taking a human-centric evidence-based perspective is how we have progressed from valuable cultural practices such as foot binding, witch burning, pederasty… honestly, every evil deed in history’s entire rogues gallery has at some point been justified by the religious and cultural benefits that we would miss out on. I mean, a good witch burning surely did wonders for bringing the community together. > I'm not sure I understand the physical or psychical harm done That is apparent, and I wonder if it is truly possible for someone to understand the harm of losing something if they have no experience of what was lost.