Do you circumcize your boys?

Question

If so, why?

I have 3 boys and they are all intact, perfect as they came into this world. My husband is circumcized but i don't care. A lot of mothers circ their poor boys to "look like dad". If your sons go around looking at dads penis then you have very disturbed young men..lol. Also a lot of moms leave the decision up to the father. WHY?? My boys have never cared that they are intact and their dad isn't. And i asked my 16 yr old if he gets made fun at school and he said "Mom come on, if somebody looks at my penis in school i just ask him if he likes it"

I think a lot of parents circ for no particular reason and also for not being informed. They just do what they are told which is pretty pathetic. Also a lot say that it's cleaner. Um, you should learn to properly clean a penis as well as a vagina if you have a girl. It's part of being a parent. I think it's laziness and so unnecessary. Unless there is a medical reason boys should be left perfect.

Answer 1

I agree with you. My 2 sons are not circumcised.
This is an unnecessary plastic surgery and also painful for a little baby defendless and with enough trauma already for being separate from his mother.

Answer 2

Why is the "no-circ" crowd so evangelistic (including the author of this "question")?

You all automatically think you're so enlightened while everyone, including the religious and medical community for the greater part of this century are a bunch of retards.

Give it a rest people.

I'm neither for nor against, but there are some facts you have to accept (pro and con)

1. The psychological aspect is BS. I am, my father and cousins are european and are not. I was not affected by it. In fact I grew up glad I didn't have a weird piece of skin hanging off the end - that's how kids think. They don't feel like something is missing. They see themselves as normal .

2. Infections DO occur more often in uncircumsized men. Sure they wouldn't with proper cleaning, but just like the pill should be 100% effective if used properly, it is not because people don't use it properly. Men will often not clean properly and infections WILL be more prevelant in un-circ. men. It is a fact.

3. Some men will HAVE to be circumcized to prevent recurring infections. It is a CURE. Men with recurring infections will often opt for the "final solution" rather than having to deal with a lifetime of "management"

4. It does not matter sexually. Both ways perform and feel fine. You don't see Israel and arab nations sucking down the world supply of Viagra because they are circumsized. It DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

5. It is more painful to be circumcised the older you are. For infants it is painful, children, more so, adults - excrutiating.

6. Because of the combination of 2, 3, and 4 above, doctors in the US used to routinely circumcise at birth - because infections could be prevented, it is a cure, it is less painful to get it done early instead of risking that it would have to be done later and because IT DOES NOT MATTER in the end.
They didn't do it because they were stupid or uninformed or because of some big medical conspiracy.

7. Going back to # 4. The only people who can tell you whether it matters or not are men who were circumcized as adults. Those who were never circumcized do not know what it is like to be circumcized. Those who were done at birth do not remember what it is like to be uncircumcized. Men who received it later in life can tell you before and after and most report either NO DIFFERENCE OR AN IMPROVEMENT.
(Oh yeah, there are freaks out there who "restored" themselves by stretching their skin until it looks like a foreskin - NOT a foreskin and not even worth taking into consideration.)

Now the shocker - If I were to have another boy, I'd probably leave it alone - but I'd do so realizing that he may have recurring infections and may have to have an extremely painful operation later in life (happened to a family member - very bad). These are facts you must accept.

Do what you want, but don't be swayed by this evangelical crowd that runs around pouring guilt on the heads of new mothers because they didn't do what THEY think is right.

Answer 3

I have two boys who are intact. Their father is circumcised, although I was against having the boys done I left the final decision to their father. The reason I left the decision to him was he had dealt with this, and I really had little knowledge in regards to the social aspect of the whole thing. The decision was made the minute my husband seen the nurse try and take blood out of his brand new baby boys heel. His exact words were "He came into the world perfect and I don't want to change a thing."

Answer 4

circumcized at birth. Dont remember what it felt like which is good

Not something I would wish on my children after birth

better to take care of it then

I also agree with the first answer

oh that skin flap is not perfect it can cause many problems in the future and that is why a practice was developed to get it removed


also any young man into sport or whatever will see another penis. Seeing dads first is good because you Identify.

You sound very middle american

Answer 5

You so called mothers that mutilate your boys just because you're thinking about what the girls will think when it comes to sex are a bunch of stupid idiots! How do you call yourselves mothers? You make me sick! And for the other idiots who say that circumcizing lowers the risk of infections...learn how to clean them and be a mother and teach them how to clean themselves you dumb asses! Do you know how to clean yourselves? Then teach your children if you're not too lazy to do so. What a pathetic bunch of retards. I feel sorry for your poor sons that they have such lazy and selfish mothers. It's so sad to see what ridiculous reasons these poor boys are mutilated for. I don't say anything if it's a religious reason because that's at least a reason. And for the ones who say uncles and fathers had to be circumcized at a later age because of infection..that's too funny.. Hello! Maybe your family doesn't know how to clean themselves properly..how gross! You mutilate your sons for selfish reasons..you make me sick you pathetic idiots. Think of your children instead of yourselves and take a course on personal hygiene. Maybe you can teach your children how to clean themselves properly. And why give the fathers the choice whether to circ or not? If he's circ'd he probably was at birth and doesn't know any better, same as uncirc'd. If he was circ'd at a later age due to 'infection' that is not reason to circ your son. Maybe he could learn from that and teach his son how to properly clean a penis. I have 4 boys and they have never had an infection..why? Because I know how to keep a clean child and in turn my boys learn as well. My oldest is 20 and has never had an infection. I wish i could smack every single one of you who circ your boys for no reason but laziness. Stupid mothers. I hope your boys never realize what brainless idiots they have as parents.

Answer 6

Totally agree with you. We have two girls and one boy. My husband is circ'd but we did NOT have our son circ'd. His foreskin was put there for a reason. I find it odd that people get all outraged about other cultures circ'ing their baby girls, but think it's normal to do it to their sons.

The American Academy of Pediatrics actually says that circumcision should NOT be done as a routine procedure

There are less and less boys being circ'd in the USA now...I think the rate was getting close to 50/50 last I heard.

I think the "look like Dad" arguement is ridiculous. He isn't going to look like Dad if he's circ'd or not. Dad will have pubic hair, for one thing. AND kids are smart enough to figure out that not everyone looks the same. If he has a different color of hair than Dad, will that make him "feel like the black sheep" too? Just like girls won't look like their mother's because they won't have pubic hair yet and won't have developed breasts for years. People want the kid to "look like Dad" so they don't have to explain something that might make them uncomfortable. Guess what...every kid I've ever heard of who was left intact but had a Dad who was circ'd THANKED HIM when he found out what the difference was.

Edited to add.....
Not being a boy, I'm just guessing here, but I'm willing to bet they think cleaning their penis is more fun than brushing their teeth and will spend more time on it! LOL!

Answer 7

My husband and I chose to have both our sons circumcised strictly for aesthetic reasons. Neither of us like the looks of an uncircumcised penis. We could have left them uncirced, but when the boys got older, more than likely they'd want to have it done. I'm glad I had it done when they were newborn...one of them slept through it and the other just looked around and took in the sights of the operating room, sucking calmly on his pacifier. They won't remember ever having it done, and a teenager/young adult man will, and will probably be in a great deal of pain and down for the count for a while.

Assuming they were NOT circumcised, yes, it would be my job to make doubly sure to clean them and get all the smegma out. When they got older, they'd be responsible for it. How man 10 year old boys do you know who want to take a shower at all, let alone take extra special care to clean their penis? It's like brushing their teeth..."Did you brush?" "Yeeeeeah mom, jeez." and you check the toothbrush and it's dry. No, I think I'll forego all the nasty infections and trips to the doctor for antiobiotics.

Answer 8

By not "circ'ing" your sons, you left them open to a greater chance of infections. And boys that are circumcised are just as "perfect" as those that aren't. But when your son's become sexually active, they may encounter some resistance from women who think intact is very unusual. I'm sure they will work through that issue "perfectly."

Also, men who are not circumcised at birth often get the operation at a later age. Painful thing to put your son through!

Answer 9

I did circumcise my son because my husband is Jewish and so is my son. His religion says that a male child must be circumcised by the 5th day of birth. A Rabi did it and I was holding him. He was 3 days old. He didn't scream or anything like that. He was very quite. The ceremony is called a "Brisk" ( not sure if I spelled that right) It was very moving.

Even if I didn't marry a Jewish man I would still circumcise my sons because it is cleaner and a lot of women would rather be with a man who is circumcised. Also it doesn't affect them sexually. If it did Billions of Jewish men would be sexually unsatisfied.

Answer 10

I am pregnant with a little boy now and have every intention to have him circumsized when he is born because it IS the more sanitary way to go. Yes we take care of our little ones while they are growing up, as far as cleaning their bottoms, but I am talking about when they are living their adult life......it is more sanitary to NOT have the extra skin hanging around down there. I dated a man in my adult life that apparently was never properly taught how to clean his un-circumsized penis and all I will say about that is that I remember the odor. It was disgusting. If they are circumsized, then there is no special nothing to do when bathing (like pulling the foreskin back)....they just wash it and go!

Answer 11

My husband and I were 100% in agreement to circumcise our son. We did it for the health reasons, but part of my motivation was that an intact penis is gross. I can't imagine intimacy with a man like that, and when my toddler grows up, I want grandchildren!