Very interesting arguments, Marlene, though they may fall somewhat flat emotionally with American men who mostly take circumcision for granted. Most of us are circumcised at birth and don't even realize there's an alternative, although that has been changing slowly with younger generations.

Circumcision is almost socially required here. It's odd that a quick nip over our northern or southern border changes everything.

By the way, and not at all as a refutation of your points, which I agree with, increasing evidence points to circumcision having a deleterious effect sexually on older men, given a lifetime of callousing of an unprotected glans.

Having lived in Europe and Canada, and being gay, I have some direct experience with this and can say that men my age (60) who are not circumcised tend to be much more sexually sensitive than circumcised men like me. This is hardly the end of the world, but it's a real phenomenon.