Men, do you know what an Episiotomy is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episiotomy

This is an overused procedure in hospitals. The picture on Wikipedia says a lot, but men should know that the tissue being cut is similiar to the tissue of the webbing between your fingers. Think about cutting the web tissue between your thumb and index finger and then stretching your hand to grasp a football. That small cut will just split further as you grasp the ball.

During a birth to keep a perineum intact, the skin needs to be stretched and lubricated and the baby needs to be eased out.

The integrity of the tissue is diminished once any incision is made. Thus tears that would not occur are more likely to occur once an Episiotomy is performed.