I have a soon to be 4 year old son who is not circumsized do to his father not being circumsized. Now I have another boy due soon and my boyfriend (baby's dad) wants to have him circumsized because he is. I don't feel that there is any medical reason to have it done and don't want my 2 boys "different" from eachother. What are your opinions?
2006-07-03 04:09:43 · 36 answers · asked by Minn_Girl_16 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Get ready for the flood of propaganda from the anti-circumcision crowd. These guys are really vocal. Someone will surely cut and paste an entire anti-circumcision treatise on here.
My personal opinion: You should probably do it. Uncut men require more hygiene and maintenance under the foreskin, and a lot of guys just aren't that clean. Unwashed foreskins are gross and smelly, and carry a risk of penile cancer - which is virtually unknown in circumcised men. So unless you're really looking forward to training your boy to wash under his foreskin every day, you should consider doing it.
2006-07-03 04:17:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I have 3 boys and neither is circumsized. There is no medical reason he should be. It's only for looks. For those that say it's cleaner, thats BS. Uncircumsized boys just have to be taught how to clean under the skin. My boys have never had an problems with not having it done. That's unnecessary pain for a newborn and I think it's wrong.
2006-07-03 04:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by meangyrl21 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a personal choice of the parent, but if I were you, I'd do a lot of research. They both have pros & cons. And the cons of one are worse than the other. Don't do it just because the father is, or just because a religion says so. We are in the 21st century and there is so much information out there!
Personally, I know many circumsised men and they are less than half as sexual than uncircumsised men. I think it has something to do with their knob being exposed for so long that they become less sensitive than those who've had it protected for longer.
Also, most dictators were circumsised.
2006-07-09 01:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Circumcising just to look like dad is a pretty ego-centric thing to do.
There is no valid medical reason to circ.
I have 3 intact boys and my husband is circ'd. There has been no issue with any of them not looking the same as Daddy, and my husband is secure enough not to force his kids to look just like him.
The rates of circumcision are declining - they are about 50/50, with higher rates in the midwest and lower rates on the west coast.
Cleaning it is not an issue - it takes all of 5 seconds.
For more information go to:
http://www.circumcision.org/
2006-07-03 06:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Bruin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you do it? Your right, there is no medical reason for it to be done. Its barbaric and cruel. Watch a circumcision done and hear that baby scream and cry for dear life. If you teach a child how to clean themselves and wash themselves properly then there will never be an issue. If say hes older and decided that he doesn't wanna keep himself clean-he can get an infection that I hear (from my husband) that is pretty painful. It will teach him to wash better. My husband and all his brothers aren't circumcised. I as the wife say thank you that hes not-sex is awesome.
I would really consider not doing it. There's no reason for it.
2006-07-03 07:28:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both of them should be circumsized for sanitary reasons. Not just because the dads are or arent. In my profession, I see most of the women that have bacterial or yeast infections, asking them I seem to get a lot of "un" rather that are. Plus, they wont have "duck butter" and smell
2006-07-03 04:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by anadah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do it. In fact, have your older boy circumsized as well. It makes it easier to keep the thing clean, which prevents the possibility of minor infections. That comes from the medical profession. Besides that, it prevents their being teased in high school, and they'll both be prouder of their whangs when they're older.
2006-07-03 04:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I highly recommend getting him circimcised it's healthier later in life because there is less personal hygiene requirments. For example he wont have to pull back his forskin to wash. A lot of boys are circumsized and you don't want him to have the akward locker room moments
2006-07-03 04:31:43 · answer #8 · answered by mommy2be239 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
don't do it... the brothers are the ones that should 'match', there are no sound medical reasons for circumcision, and it's a surgical procedure, on the most sensitive area of a male's body, with potential for complications
besides, a man who is not circumcised has more 'room to grow' when aroused... a millimetre too much foreskin circumcised could mean the difference between an 'average' sized member and a 'small' one... yeah, I know... size doesn't matter... ;~)
2006-07-03 04:17:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Get him circumsized, I'd say. Difference isn't bad as long as both boys (and their differences) are loved.
2006-07-03 04:14:19 · answer #10 · answered by curl baby 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋