Post #712502 by Cammo on Sat, Mar 29, 2014 6:22 PM

For a really interesting take on the subject, check out the incredibly controversial Bruno Bettelheim's:

"Symbolic Wounds; Puberty Rites and the Envious Male, 1954 "

Where he basically puts forth the idea that with circumcision, boys are imitating women's first menstrual cycle. The bleeding of the girls' sexual organs freaked out the whole community - so menstruating women were traditionally shut up in dark back huts and the boys were publicly celebrated with cuts on their schwangs...

[ Edited by: Cammo 2014-03-29 18:22 ]