For the Love of Foreskin, Stop Cutting!

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It's true.  Foreskin is loveable.  It's not just unsightly waste to be removed from male babies as soon after birth as possible, so everyone can just forget it ever existed.  It is a beautiful, functioning part of the male human body that serves in the most intimate of human interactions. I love foreskin.

When my tiny baby boy was born, I looked upon him as my most perfect creation and never thought for one moment that he needed to be altered.  As a Mother, there are many reasons that I left my son's sexual organs intact but first and foremost there is the simple reason that they are not my parts to alter.

As a woman, though, there is a different reason why I advocate against routine infant circumcision.  As a woman, my own sexuality is effected by the circumcision of my partner.  Circumcision changes the way a man makes love to a woman...and I mean the actual mechanics of sex.  The way a man moves during sex is directly related to the stimulation of his penis, which is completely different without foreskin to aid in that stimulation.  Without foreskin, lubrication is removed from the vagina making it more uncomfortable.  Sometimes without the soft cushion of a foreskin, sex can feel a bit like sitting on the handle of a broom stick.

Circumcision alters the most intimate of human interactions.

This is not to say that circumcised men are bad lovers and should just throw in the towel and join the Priesthood though.  Great sex depends on much more than the hardware you are working with, but having all the perfect tools for the job makes it much easier and much more enjoyable.  Make no mistake, an intact penis IS the perfect tool for the job!
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Sensual Pregnancy, Ecstatic Birth

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I love being pregnant!  There is something about the full curves of my pregnant body that make me feel incredibly sexy and sensual.  The daily reminder of my sexuality in my ever expanding belly feeds these feelings and enhances my normal sense of femininity and Womanhood.  I feel like pregnancy is a vital part of my sex life.

The whole process of pregnancy and childbirth is sensual one, from the act that plants a new life within a woman to the physical and emotional climax of birthing that life.  The intensity of the entire experience cannot be denied...or rather should not.

Society tends to view pregnant women as asexual.  Once a woman becomes pregnant and becomes a Mother, the is separated from her sexuality and identified only by her nurturing nature, after all, how many men want to admit their dear Mother's are sexual creatures?  Perhaps it has something to do with the image of the Virgin Mary which is so ingrained in much of the Western World.  Only a pure and virtuous woman is fit to be a vessel of life, so we ignore the side of her that makes us uncomfortable.

That attitude is damaging to women though as when we ignore the sexual nature of pregnancy, we end up ignoring the sexual nature of childbirth.  Suddenly, the experience changes from a transformative event in our sexual lives to a painful sacrifice of our bodies.  The idea that birth is an ecstatic experience is an alien idea to most women. 

I've been exploring this idea myself as my birth day draws nearer and what I am discovering is that I have been approaching birth with a skewed perspective of what birth actually is.  The film "Orgasmic Birth" truly opened my eyes to this new perspective.  

"Orgasmic Birth brings the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth. Witness the passion as birth is revealed as an integral part of woman's sexuality and a neglected human right."

I am approaching my upcoming birth with this perspective in mind and with the expectation that my birth experience will be fulfilling to my soul in the same way that making love is fulfilling to my soul.  To me this starts with exploring and embracing my sexuality during pregnancy as well, which I am very happily doing...as is my very happy partner!



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