Yes, any, male or female, genital mutilation is life-changing. What I meant is, it is "minor" as far as surgery goes, as opposed to "major". The distinction is

Yes, any, male or female, genital mutilation is life-changing. What I meant is, it is "minor" as far as surgery goes, as opposed to "major". The distinction is about the risk to the life of the patient, the kind of anesthesia you need (local vs knockout), the setting you do it in (walk-in vs stay at the hospital) and the amount of aftercare required (change the bandage vs. medication+monitoring+hospital). And those studies are BS, done to prove a preexisting point. Any properly done study by independent researchers without an agenda doesn't show any kind of effect from circumcision beyond the resulting sensory problems, deformation, nerve damage, erectile dysfunction, scarring and adhesion.