Circumcision good or bad?

Question

I'm pregnant with a boy (yay!) lol My husband and I have been talking about circumcision I'm against it, he is circumcised and wants his son to be.

What are the benefits? What are the negetives? Why should our son get a circumcision? What do you think good or bad?

I'm against anything that will cause him pain but if there is a medical reason for it then I am open to it. But from the research I have done I haven't seen anything to make me think it is nessesary?

Answer 1

A study published three weeks ago in the British Journal of Urology found that circumcision decreases the sensitivity of the penis by as much as 75%. So much sensitivity is lost as a result of circumcision because the foreskin is the most richly innervated part of the penis. It has the greatest number of nerve receptors as well as the greatest variety of nerve receptors. After circumcision, the glans of the penis is the only area that is able to be stumilated, and it gets dull and calloused over the the course of a man's life from constant abrasion and rubbing.

The glans is pressure sensitive. It can only be aroused by pressure onto it or from within it. The foreskin is touch sensitive and it recieves stimulation like the fingertips and lips. Because circumcised men have lost all of the touch sensitive tissue of their penis, their sensation-capability is dramatically reduced.

Let the choice be made by your son, whose body it is, whose penis it is, whose sex life it will be. Wouldn't you want your glans covered, so that it you avoid unwanted stimulation throughout life? The glans is designed to be exposed only when the penis is erect. When it's not erect, it's "put away".

Imagine how angering it would be to have to live with a sex organ whose sensitivity level is less that what it was designed to be and your own parents decreased the level of sensitivity.

Your husband wants your son to circumcised because he can't handle the idea of his own son having a foreskin. He didn't didn't get a chance to have one, so neither will his son. Rather than your son getting circumcised to look like Dad, it's your husband who should start restoring his foreskin to look like his son. Plain and simple, your husband has not dealt with his own circumcision. Rather than even "go there" he would prefer to circumcise his son so that the BOTH of them are in the same boat. Is that right? Is that fair?

Make no mistake about it: there is only loss in circumcision.

Answer 2

Bad Circumcision

Answer 3

It's spelled does. Circumcision isn't healthy. We have running water and soap in this country, there is no need for circumcision. As long as the foreskin is cleaned on a regular basis, just like a circumcised penis, it's very clean. But all men have to keep clean, circumcised or not. So it's not healthier. That's more a myth but it's not true. Circumcision removes 2/3 of the total penile nerve endings. It also exposes the head of the penis to constantly be rubbing on clothing which makes the head much less sensitive. So between the loss of nerve endings and the rubbing of the head circumcision causes a very drastic sensitivity loss. In my exsperience with both sides circumcision removes about 50% of a mans sensitvity. It also greatly increases the chances that a man will ever get a sexual dysfunction. Esspecially erectile dysfunciton (can't maintain an erection without medication) It's also done without the persons permission most of the time and that's wrong. Every man should be able to chose whether or not he wants to be circumcised. He should never have that forced on him, esspecially because of the damage it does to the penis. -Connor

Answer 4

Is Circumcision Bad

Answer 5

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Circumcision good or bad?
I'm pregnant with a boy (yay!) lol My husband and I have been talking about circumcision I'm against it, he is circumcised and wants his son to be.

What are the benefits? What are the negetives? Why should our son get a circumcision? What do you think good or bad?

I'm against...

Answer 6

As a healthcare provider, there is no longer any debate about the effectiveness of circumcision to reduce the risk of certain STDs including HIV, HPV associated cancers, HSV, Syphilis and Chancroid. The evidence I cite is science based. Additionally, observational evidence from my clinical experience is the only patients I see with non-STD penile complaints are uncircumcised. Many of these patients are requesting circumcision. I would suggest any parent with questions confer with their obstetrician or pediatrician. The American Academy of Pediatrics statement on circumcision has changed in the past 10 years. The AAP still supports a parents decision based on personal preference but, their statement clearly cites the practice as having more benefit and risk. The CDC is also a good source of information.

Answer 7

If you wouldn't circumcise your daughter, then don't do your son. If you wouldn't remove a newborn's tonsils (he may need them removed later and it's painful as an adult), then don't remove healthy tissue from your son's penis. If your husband is dead-set on his new baby looking like him, ask him if he'd also consider pubic hair grafts for the child. If all these seem ridiculous to you, ask yourself why it's not ridiculous to circumcise your son.
Research has shown that in countries that don't routinely circumcise, the need to have it done as an adult is 1 in 17,000. Also consider how much more painful it is as a baby - they aren't able to properly anesthetize a baby due to their size and the healing process must occur while sitting in dirty diapers.
Also research the benefits of having foreskin. It is there for a reason. It requires no special cleaning when they are younger (clean only what is seen, don't retract) and is easier to teach to clean when they are older than girls.

Answer 8

It is bad because surgery in all other cases is a last resort. We don't do other types of surgeries except for plastic surgery, unless there is an infection or disease present and it can't be cured or treated in another way. All surgery has risks, psychological difficulties and permanently alters the body. Circumsicion is especially bad because its usually done without consent and because it is on the penis. No one really wants surgery on their penis if it is not necessary. People did circumsicion for thousands of years before the medical community tried to start justifying it. The reasons it started were all bizarre, such as to fit into a tribe, to be a true muslim or jew, as a rite of passage, or maybe to satisfy sadistic pedophiles who really enjoy watching or performing the circumsicion ceremonies. I am a grown male who was circumsized at birth and I've felt weird and confused by it at many points in my life. There are whole communities of males on the internet who have issues with their circumsicion and discuss it. If you really think it has no negative impact, then why would thousands of people spend the years of time and massive effort necessary to restore their foreskin?

Answer 9

I've discussed this with my hubby too in case we have a boy, and we're in the same boat as you. I haven't found any research that supports any medical reason for having circumcision done.

Supposedly to be circumcised is cleaner when they're little (kids are dirty), but according to an uncircumcised friend, as long as you teach your son to wash properly, it shouldn't get infected. He never had any issues and didn't see the need for circumcision.

My husband IS circumcised and wants any boys we might have to be cut also. I asked him why and he couldn't really give an answer. Just because he was, I guess. To him, that's normal.

It's not going to disturb your son if he is "different" from daddy. They won't be comparing their hardware on a regular basis anyways. Also, you or your husband can learn to care for your son whether he is cut or not (and teach him to clean properly).

Personally, I don't think circumcision is "bad", but I don't see why it's necessary either. Left to my own devices, I would opt not to do it on my future children.

Answer 10

These tales of infection with an intact penis are a nonsense. The penis is self-cleaning and any minor problems are cleared up with medication. Females suffer far more genital infections than males, and we don t cut off their clitoral hoods to make them clean or healthy .

I had to be circumcised as an adult - a direct cause of premature retraction and consequent injury when I was a boy. I long to have my foreskin back again, but that s impossible. I m left with a permanently exposed glans (penis head) which lost any sensitivity years ago. A circumcised penis is a crippled penis, please believe me.

Answer 11

Circumcision is a good thing if it done when the child is a baby because the gives you less risk of hiv it is cleaner and it looks better