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Your Father’s Penis

aleXander hirka
Counter Arts
Published in
6 min readApr 1, 2023

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Silenus with Dionysos.
Silenus with the child Dionysos. Roman copy after Greek original Lysippos (300 BC) (Jastrow: Wiki Commons)

An Introduction — The Basics

Foreskin is not a design flaw!

Sixty+ percent of the world’s men remain intact.
This fact alone should certainly stir some doubts about the claimed “benefits” of this surgical procedure.

Finally — the preemptive removal of a healthy body part on every boy—
one that has many long-term health and pleasure benefits — based on remote and rare possibilities of infections or issues that might need intervention later — is something that should have its own disorder section in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

An Appreciation — Four Four Foreskin

April 4th is Foreskin Appreciation Day — a sex-positive day to raise awareness and increase appreciation for this unique and extremely valuable body part.

“The foreskin is there for a man’s pleasure and the pleasure of his partner. It contains thousands of highly sensitive nerve endings that make sexual intercourse more enjoyable. It also protects the glans, or the head of the penis, from everyday chafing, drying out, and losing sensitivity.”
Georganne Chapin, MPhil, JD, founding executive director of Intact

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Counter Arts
Counter Arts

Published in Counter Arts

The (Counter)Cultural One-Stop for Nonfiction on Medium… incorporating categories for: ‘Art’, ‘Culture’, ‘Equality’, ‘Photography’, ‘Film’, ‘Mental Health’, ‘Music’ and ‘Literature’.

aleXander hirka
aleXander hirka

Written by aleXander hirka

Writer, visual artist, philosopher, autodidact, curmudgeon. More than half of what i do is make believe. https://alexanderhirka.nyc

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