I believe baby boys are born perfect, and I don't think a foreskin is a birth defect that requires surgery. I looked at this site, noharmm.org, and I really feel circumsicion is like genital mutilation now....what do you think?
2006-11-11 17:42:20 · 23 answers · asked by jenteacher2001 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I really encourage people to look at that site if they don't agree....
2006-11-11 17:46:52 · update #1
I completely agree. We went back and forth before our son was born and finally, we decided not to have him circumcised. We figured that if he wanted to get a circumcision when he was older, he would always have that choice. We feel really good about our decision because it really is medically unnecessary. We don't cut our girls, we don't need to cut our boys.
All of the literature that states that uncut boys have higher incidences of HIV infection and UTIs is extremely small, NOT a reason to have your son circumsized.
2006-11-11 18:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by curious 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
There is not any logical argument for having a child circumcised. It will have to be an character option. If a man needs to get circumcised, by means of all approach achieve this. Leave the toddlers on my own. And sure, the foreskin is a traditional facet of the frame that is meant to be there. Circumcision is simply a beauty or devout train, not anything extra, not anything much less.
2016-09-01 11:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
male circumcision started to correct problems caused by older humans mishandling the infants prepuce. It became a custom to prevent problems from occuring. Then it leads to female circumcision to correct the problem circumcision causes to men. What's good for the gander is good for the goose.
Infants forced to undergo this sacrifice recieve a traumatic shock which is stored in the brain and surfaces after puberty. A delayed posttraumatic stress disorder may result from another shock and surface as schizophrenia, suicidal depression, erectile dysfunction. The male and female prepuce were inteligently designed to enhance sexual affection so we can pleasure ourselves when reproductive sex is not needed. Taking it away causes us to seek other means of pleasure, or stop others from enjoying their bodies. Fred, Tucson
2006-11-12 06:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by fred r 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just had a son and we had him circumsized. And as a man who was circumsized at birth, I have seen grown men that were not have to get a circumsicion in adulthood, and they say it is one of the most painful things they've ever had to endure. Plus they got teased a lot in school by the other boys. I am sick of people thinking this is mutilation. Both the nurse and the doctor said our son didn't even cry when it was done. They use very good topical anethetics. It's not like the old days, like when it was done to me, and even if it was, I'm FINE!! Get over it ladies.
2006-11-11 18:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by jbaker2484 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
This is a tough one. I think it MUST be painful...and the baby doesn't understand it. Thank God, I never had a boy and didn't have to make that decision.
However, when I was pregnant, I thought about it. It is easier for a boy to keep himself clean and avoid smell and infection if the foreskin is removed. He may be self-conscious about the skin if it remains. There are many pros and cons. I suppose in the end, it is a good decision to let the "daddy" make. Talk to your doctor first to get all the views regarding this. It is important.
God be with you!
2006-11-11 17:49:58 · answer #5 · answered by Annamaria 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I totally agree. It's cruel, barbaric, and has absolutely no benefits. No major medical organization in the world recommends routine infant circumcision. I'm apalled that it isn't illegal, just like female circumcision is.
2006-11-12 05:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Dirtpuddle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been circumcised when I was about 10 years old. Based on my personal opinion, circumcision makes my part easier to clean. Foreskin actually retains some urine and can cause infection if not properly rinse after pee. For you, maybe it is a genital multilation, but for me, for more than 10 years I feel very happy and proud with my parents' decision.
2006-11-11 17:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by St Harpy 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I agree with circumsicion. It may be painful to begin with for the child, but in the long run it's a lot better for them. Boys are unclean, it's what little boys do, there for when they get to old for mommy to touch is peepee and clean it for him a lot of very bad things could happen. But in the end it's the parents choice thank god because we live in a free country.
2006-11-11 17:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I had my son circumcised for hygienic purposes. I could have kept him clean as a baby, but who was going to at 6 or 7 when he started school? I mean really, most kids don't even wash behind their ears no matter how many times they are told. I have also heard of uncircumcised men whose foreskin split open during sex. (I must admit that I'm not sure how true this is, but it sounds plausible) No, it doesn't scar them for life, until my husband was 24, he didn't even know what it meant.
2006-11-11 17:56:46 · answer #9 · answered by Amanda D 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I feel it is necessary after seeing my nephew struggle w/ not having had it done, he gets so many more UTIs & Bladder infections potty trained late (5 yrs old - doc said normal for a uncirrumsized boy) I had my son done & watched as they preformed it through a window, he was given a numbing shot, did not cry, scream or get a fever. I am glad I did, however it is a chouce only the parent should make w/ no outside intervention
2006-11-11 17:47:25 · answer #10 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋