if i had a son.......to circumcise or not?

Question

what is ur ideas on this? should i circumise my son or not, why or why not? what do grown men think of this?

Answer 1

I wish I had a choice in the matter. Being circumized a day or two after my birth gave me no justice. For a male child not being circumcised, the parents have to teach the child to keep it clean. When he reaches manhood then he can decide. But once it's gone there's no replacing it.

A while back my co-worker knew from the sonagram that she was gonna have a boy. Let me share with you that she received a bill for the circumsion before the birth. It's a money making event.

Answer 2

I was circumcised when I was a baby. It did not work out too well, I had a lot of bleeding and now that I am an adult, I believe that my penis is smaller then it would have been if I had not gone through with it. I have heard from medical doctors that it is not anything that is needed and that there are more negative issues then positive ones. Many times it is a religious need. Nevertheless, If I had a boy, I would just teach him how to keep himself clean and not get a circumcision.

Answer 3

There's a lot of baseless pro-circumcision claims around here. Circumcision does not prevent AIDS/HIV, penile cancer, etc, in the developed world. See link below for statistics.

The USA is the only advanced nation in the world that has most of its guys circumcised, and that is changing. There's a reason why circumcision is now not popular. It's as low as 14% in some states.

I urge you to read this link:
http://forums.govteen.com/showpost.php?p=3069995&postcount=2

There you'll find the direct links to the studies that found that circumcision reduces sensitivity and pleasure. It also makes masturbation more difficult.

I'm uncircumcised and have never had any infections down there. Nor cleaning problems. It's quite easy, as a baby/toddler, the foreskin doesn't slide back so feces (poo) won't go in there, but when he's a little older he just has to pull it back and rub the heads (only takes about 5 seconds and feels good). That's all there's to it. =)

Answer 4

Personally - I think the uncircumcised penis is better looking, and there shouldn't be a problem with cleanliness if you practice normal hygiene...

It's just unnatural, really. It's compareable to the female genital mutilation they perform in third world countries, and just as cruel. Why it's such an accepted practice I don't know.

In addition, studies have also shown that men who are uncircumcised score better on the SAT, and live longer, happier lives. ( no, not really, lol. ) But they do show that they get more pleasure out of sex, and have a lower rate of depression ( how that connects I've no clue)

Answer 5

good question. i have 3 boys ages 2, 8, & 10. none of my boys were circumcised at birth. just a few weeks ago i took my 10 & 8 year old to the dr. for physicals they need for school. the dr. said my 10 year old son needs this done. the reason is that the skin does not come down far enough over the head. i am getting a second opinion. i wish i would have gotten this done when he was a baby cause if he has to get this done now i think earlier would have been better. its also easier to keep clean when circumcised.

Answer 6

I have 10 nephews some of which are circumcised and some aren't. With circumcised you have to take care of the private when the procedure is first done but you don't have to worry about it as much once it's healed. With uncircumcised you have to make sure it doesn't infected for the first 4 months by carefully making sure the extra skin can slide down and isn't trying to grow around the private(trust me I've seen it almost happen).But in the end uncircumcised boys grow up without missing anything. Either way it's your decision.

Answer 7

My opinion is that he shouldn't be circumcised unless it's for religious reasons or it's medically necessary (which is rarer than people think). It's a normal and natural part of his body, and it should be his decision to have it removed if he so desires. A more in-depth reasoning below.

Circumcision is painful on the infant. Anesthesia is dangerous on infants, even local anesthesias because it's unpredictable in infants - what might work for one infant has little/no effect on another. Also, circumcision carries its own risks and complications (see link 1). The probability of him needing circumcision later (if he maintains good hygiene and such) is somewhat less than the probability of him suffering from a complication of circumcision.

Circumcision removes a lot of nerve endings found in the foreskin, so it makes sense that it decreases sensitivity (see link 2). In addition, some research has shown that circumcision decreases sexual satisfaction/pleasure for not only the man, but the woman as well (see links 3 and 4).

A lot of people are concerned about hygiene with a foreskin. In reality, it's very easy to clean the foreskin and keep it clean, if you know what you're doing (see link 5). Furthermore, by maintaining good hygiene, one can prevent/reduce a lot of the problems people associate with the foreskin. In one study, proper and prompt hygiene essentially negates the benefit of circumcision in regards to contracting HIV; the study showed that with good hygiene, the difference between uncircumcised and circumcised men in contracting HIV was insignificant (see link 6). For further discussion see link 7. One thing is clear though, good hygiene + safe sex (i.e. condom use) >>> circumcision, in regards to diseases.

For further discussion on the issue, see the last 2 links. In summary, my opinion is that if you had a son, and his foreskin is working normally, he maintains good hygiene, and he practices safe sex, it's more beneficial to keep the foreskin. Between 70-80% of the world's male population is uncircumcised, and the vast majority never have an problems as a result. Also, the rate of circumcision is decreasing in the US, falling from about 90% to around 60% nationally today.

Answer 8

Well, I'm engaged and my fiance and i are planning on having children in the future. I was worried about this too. i decided against it because of a video on circumcision on yahoo. i always knew that a baby isn't numbed up before or put under anasthesia during the procedure, but after watching the video, i decided that if i have son(s), then i'm not having them circumsized at birth and will allow them to have it done when they are older. i think it's unfair for them to be traumatized from heading down the birth canal and then having a knife cutting them on their penis a little afterward. watch the video and see for yourself. that's my opinion.

Answer 9

Absolutely not-- it is a perverse practice that is fading away, in the US the rate has dropped from over 90% to about 50% now. So half of the boys are not circumcised. It was a concept that the medical community, overtly jewish, that circumcism is necessary. Most of the rest of the world does not circumcise to any great extent; Canada no longer will pay for circumcism as a medical practice, it is considered elective surgery.

Circumcism is a barbaric practice that originated in tribal cultures and the jewish religion and others adopted it to distinguish themselves from heathens and make them appear less animal-like since most mammals have foreskins)

Interesting that mostly females responded to circumcize!

Answer 10

Don`t do it - it is not necessary. This health/cleanliness thing is a myth. Circumcised men can still have poor hygene issues you know! I am fed up of the number of times this type of question is raised here & I am sorry to say it is normally the women who come up with this "cleanliness" thing.
Please do not forget circumcision is still a form of genital mutilation. There is currently a campaign to stop female genital mutilation (& rightly so) because it is degrading & an invasion of their rights. Why is it that this is not recognised in males?. Most circumcisions take place at birth for religious reasons - no one consults the individual.