In the USA, it's perfectly normal, and some people are even obsessed with it, to remove the prepuce (foreskin) in an infant male. It is a cosmetic procedure, all medical associations are in agreement of this. Today, we hear more and more about women getting "designer" vaginas and having their prepuce (clitoral hood) removed fully or partially, leaving the clitoris exposed much like the penis head in the male.
So why don't doctors offer this cosmetic procedure to parents of baby girls just like they do to baby boys?
And please don't try to bring up any "health" reasons on why the male circumcision should be done. All health organizations from the AAP and on agree that the health "benefits" are slight at best, and not enough to recommend the procedure. Also, the removal of the prepuce in girls hasn't been studied at all, so there might be undiscovered "health" benefits.
2007-11-28
02:37:44
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SunkenShip
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Newborn & Baby