why don't people realise that routine neonatal foreskin removal is cosmetic surgery?

Question

and, how can we help them to realise this?

Answer 1

By showing them this website......... http://noharmm.org/IDcirc.htm#mobility

People seem to think it is a good thing to help with hygiene but it is just another religiously started mindless ritual mutilation and it can cause very real damage to a mans penis and completely change the way they experience sex.

Ps I am a woman and I will make sure never to do that crap to my baby!!

Y D how is it personal choice? it isnt YOUR penis so why should you get to choose what to do with it......being a parent doesnt give you the right to make decisions about what you can do to thier genitals or body. What if your parents did something to you like decided that your breasts were too big and got them reduced?? Or decided that they didnt want you to be a female and got you a sex change when you were young? Think about it...it should ONLY be the owner of the body who gets to decide what to do with it.

Answer 2

Well Red,

I've seen the babies circumcised when they were newborn and I've also witnessed a 4 year old have the procedure because they didn't have it done as a baby. Believe me, it's MUCH worse to have it done as an adult or anytime after the newborn period. It's major surgery later on, with sutures and the works. OW!

Now I'm not saying that anyone has to choose to have a circumcision. I don't have a penis myself and hated to have my sons circumcised, but their father insisted. He had to have it done as a toddler because he was adopted and they didn't do it to orphans. He remembered it and didn't want his sons to ever have that experience. I bowed to his much stronger and supported opinion.

Different physicians use different procedures to circumcise. Some use an anesthetic, some think it is more traumatic and time consumming than the procedure itself. I've seen it both ways and it really depends on the physician and their technique. Some physcians choose not to even perform the procedure. There are also different apparatuses used, so you should be informed about these and the risks and benefits of each. It is not quite as cold as you imply by the questions and statements you use to enforce your point.

I agree that one should make informed choices in medical decisions. I also think that we should respect their right to choose.

I think your point might carry a bit more weight if you didn't bombard us all with your exaggerated statements and respected the Yahoo Community Guidelines. They refer to your repeat postings as spam...and we all know how irritating spam is.

I don't really understand what your motivation is to try to stop newborn circumcisions, knowing what a major traumatic procedure it is if it is desired or required later in life. But now maybe people have a bit more information to base their individual decision on.

Answer 3

i really think you should find another outlet for all your anger about losing your foreskin as a child. There are medical pros and cons, and it is the choice of the family. Seperating conjoined twins could also be viewed as cosmetic surgery, as if both are healty it is not 100% necessary, however there are obvious reasons for doing so.

Answer 4

not much, it would take a major news program for people to get it through there heads that the medical community has proven that removal of forskin (in both genders) is harmful and unnecessary. I present evidence and they don't even look at it... they think they already know... someone told them so...

I swear, when it comes to rational adults and circumcision they behave like the teens who's friend told them they can't get pregnant if they jump up and down after sex... they don't question it they just like the sound of the information and repeat it over and over...


you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink

Answer 5

In my opinion removing the foreskin is a personal choice I chose not to do it to my son because I didn't want him to experience the pain that comes along with it, his father will teach him to keep clean when he grows (he's a baby) and I don't knock anyone else who choses to have their son circumsized it's all about personal choice.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

What is your obsession with foreskin? Get over it, you are not going to change anyones mind so stop trying!

Answer 8

Well, insurance companies sure as heck realize it, I'll tell you that much! If you want to have your baby circumcised, you are looking at around $350!

Answer 9

y r u so obsessed about the foreskin, for one it is in the bible that it should be removed, and for another ,it is cleaner and helps to prevent disease

Answer 10

Are you obsessed with this? I don't think this surgery has really had such an adverse effect as you're trying to state...