Penile Practicality

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Pat's 'health reason' seems to have been as follows: 'If you do not circumcise your sons now, while they are helpless to prevent it, you will have missed a singular opportunity to possibly prevent cervical cancer in their wives fifty years from now.'

Pat went on to say that infant circumcision is not as bloody and not as painful as some folks make it out to be, and that it is 'practical.' Practical? What could Pat have had in mind? Could Pat have been referring to the kind of natural parental care which tests whether the child's foreskin can be retracted at bathtime as time goes by and the child grows older?

To sum up: Pat was 'asked the question' by a viewer who doubted that circumcision was worth the candle, so to say. His reply was unequivocal: 'Do it to them while they are young and defenseless. Their wives will thank you later. Furthermore it is onerous to check, from time to time, whether their foreskins can be skinned back as the months and years go by.'