Apr 17, 2007 6:52 PM

Circumcision Can Be Reversible

In reference to Brandon’s earlier post (and the comments on it): if you’re a man who’s had a circumcision and believe, as one commenter put it, that circumcision is "a sexual lobotomy," hope is not lost.

In reference to Brandon's earlier post (and the comments on it): if you're a man who's had a circumcision and believe, as one commenter put it, that circumcision is "a sexual lobotomy," hope is not lost.

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