South Dakota man's lawsuit says circumcision 'Robbed' Him of 'Prowess'

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Man, 28, Sues Over Circumcision that 'Robbed' Him of 'Prowess'

Can circumcision rob you of your, uh, “sexual prowess”?

A South Dakota man thinks so, which is why he has filed a federal circumcision lawsuit against the hospital where he was born. He claims he only recently learned of his missing foreskin, and that doctors misled his mother into believing the procedure was medically necessary.

It gets better. His name is Dean Cochrun. And he’s asking for $1,000 and free reattachment surgery.

Cochrun, 28, is currently in prison on a kidnapping conviction, according to the Associated Press. This may explain why he had both the time to file such a strange lawsuit and why he only recently became aware that he was lacking in the foreskin department.

Unnerved by this revelation, he now claims he “was robbed of sensitivity during sexual intercourse.” The circumcision lawsuit further states that he lost “the sense of security and well-being I am entitled to in my person.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/18/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-legallyweird-idUS155323590820120418

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—A South Dakota prison inmate is suing the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn, saying he only recently became aware that he'd undergone the procedure and that it robbed him of his sexual prowess.

Dean Cochrun, 28, is asking for $1,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. He also asks in the lawsuit that his foreskin be restored "in the hopes I could feel whole again," though he acknowledged that he didn't expect such a restoration to be anything more than aesthetic.

Cochrun, who is imprisoned in Sioux Falls on a kidnapping conviction, filed the federal lawsuit Friday against Sanford Hospital. Cochrun claims that an "unknown doctor" at the then-named Sioux Valley Hospital misled his mother to believe that the procedure was medically necessary. Cochrun argues that the procedure was unnecessary, unethical and without medical benefit.

"I was recently made aware of the fact that I had been (circumcised) and that ... I was robbed of sensitivity during sexual intercourse as well as the sense of security and well-being I am entitled to in my person," he argued in the lawsuit, adding that neither he nor his partners would "have that sensitivity during sexual intercourse and have a normal sex life.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/04/18/sd_mans_lawsuit_says_circumcision_robbed_him/

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[stevedeshazer]

1. Ulp

[virgogal]

2. He didn't know he was circumcised? Funny stuff.

[greytdemocrat]

3. Just shoot the dumbass. nt

[cynatnite]

4. Words fail me. n/t

[MrSlayer]

5. Actually, it probably helped.

I've heard that having your monk still in its hood means greater sensation. Would have turned him from a two pump chump to one and done.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Yes, it's just hysterically funny that most males in our society

have had part of their genitalia cut off without their consent.

But frankly, I think I would be kind of angry myself if someone had cut off part of my genitals when I was a baby. (tee hee hee)

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Your tort reform special of the day

Yes, we're soooo litigious. Didja hear about the guy suing the hospital for his circumcision?! Oh hahahaha. Lawsuits are stupid! Yes, of course we should limit what corporations have to pay in damages when they destroy people's lives through their greed and negligence. Didn't you hear about the circumcision lawsuit?