I pick none of the above, because none of them apply.
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No he was citing Jewish literature that admits our point, that circumcision damaged a man sexually, intentionally, that it is an excision of the pleasures of the flesh to bring a man closer to their god. Or at least that's what I read into it,
@Cukullen could confirm or deny that
and not merely excision of pleasures of the flesh. jewish ideology presents it as a substitute for the sacrifice of Isaac. the psychological consequences are themes of jewish literature--neuroticism, fetishism, mother complex, emasculation, brutality/cruelty, revenge ideation
