Is Circumcision Wrong?

I did not have my son circumcised--we had no cultural reason to do it and it seemed like an unnecessary risk, after hearing stories from my coworker of stubborn bandages that would not fall off. As for health reasons, the case is about 50/50 and more and more boys are remaining in tact--I think the majority of baby boys born on the west coast are uncircumcised and it's nearing 50% on the east coast. So I don't think "fitting in" will be an issue. But thank you for discussing the emotions that all new moms have toward their precious baby boys!

Thu, 2010-03-11 16:42

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Wed, 2010-03-03 17:41

We decided against circumcision for our son for a number of reasons, but the biggest being that my husband is from Italy, where circumcision is not a regular practice. And my hubby is doing just fine. (America seems to be the only country where circumcision is the norm.) The other major reason is that it seems to be an unnecessary surgery. If he was born with foreskin, why chop it off? Mother nature usually knows what she is doing. Then, there is also the argument removing the nerve endings from his genitals....My baby is four months old, and there have been no problems with infection or uncleanliness. Regular bathing seems to work great.

Wed, 2010-02-24 11:58

As painful as it is, the baby will not remember and in the long run, it is a much healthier choice. I think that you are doing your son a favor, by taking his longterm health into account.

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Sun, 2010-02-21 14:59

If you choose to get a tatoo, or a piercing, or a face lift, its your choice. I think its wrong to modify your sons genitals. If he wants to make the decision when he's an adult, well at least it was his choice. Yes i was cut as as a infant, and i always felt different because of it. One of my friends was normal and it made me feel kind of ashamed of myself and my parents because I was cut and he wasn't. Im not a fag, just learned i was different when we were pissing in the woods and saw his dick,(around 12 yrs old). I asked my mom why I looked different and she told me my foreskin was removed because it would'nt retract. Now I'm 26 and have learned a newborns foreskin should not be F@#ked with, you leave it alone and such. WAS it the hospitals way for making $$$$,?? well either way,i do like my penis and i kringe when i think of someone taking a knife to it or hearing about other babies who are also healthy and have their foreskins removed. Yeah i've also read the horror stories out there on the net, although there not typical, why bother taking the risk? I think America has become so custom to circumcision we train ourselves to believe its normal, when in fact its totally unnatral. If it was a girl WOULD you circumsise her?? kinda the same reason as a boy.. or is it?

Fri, 2010-02-19 00:41

this is just too funny to read, first of all more than half the people that are for circumcision was because of health issues, not because of looks and thats what everyone turned it into, they go on what people have said to them and they have every right to make their decisions for their child, You are all probably the same liberals who are for abortion but not for circumcision, idiots. How dare any of you try to put parents down for what they believe is best for their child. i am not even a parent and i am appalled. you are grown people putting eachother down about their parenting skills, how would you feel for someone to attack you for not cutting the foreskin? what if your child grows up hating you beacuse they cant stand the fact that they feel dirty. My boyfriend wasnt circumsized until he was in elementary school and is scarred by thepain he went through and wished hed gotten it when he was an infant, i know many doctors that numb the area so for everyone who thinks it screws with the brain when they are youngare ridiculous.

Tue, 2010-02-16 11:52

every boy deserves a circumcission for health reasons. we have 5 boys and the first 2 we left uncircumcised and they had all kinds of infections and problems starting at less than 1 month old. So we decided to circumcise the remaind 3 at birth and have had no problems at all. What little pain they experienced was nothing compared to what the younger 2 have had to endure. They older 2 are 17 and 16 when they received their circumcisions and it was definently worse for them. to all mothers please have your sons circumcised as infants

Sat, 2010-02-13 05:14

The day after my first daughter was born, I went to get a bucket of ice out of the "parent's room" at the hospital, and accidentally walked in on the circumcision of a baby.
He was strapped down in a plastic mold and screaming bloody murder.
I began uncontrollably convulsing, and fell to the floor in tears.

I don't believe that parents who circumcise their children are abusive, I believe they have the best interest of the child at heart but I do think the act itself is abusive. Yes...I do think that cutting off a part of a baby's body is abusive.

I wish people were better educated about it and I wish people could see how irrelevant it is in religion.
There are people all over the world doing things for religious reasons, things that we as North Americans recognize as archaic and hurtful. I wish we would look at some of our own practices the same way.

I'm quite confident that there is no god in existence who honestly cares if boys have foreskin or not.

Mon, 2009-12-14 06:17

Do men really need any more sensations in sex? All the circumsized guys I have beenw ith - done in 3 seconds, I can't imagine having MORE sensation. Okay all kidding aside.

Oh this was a big conversation between Hubby and I..he was pro Circ, I was against. He was circumsized at the age of 25. So he really has been on both sides of the fence.

He was not a dirty boy at all, but was always having issues with urinary tract infections throughout his childhood - the Doctor attributed it to his not being circumsized. He had all sort of issues with it both cosmetically and healthwise. He wondered why his penis did not look like anyone else's, etc... He did all the research. At the age of 25 he made the decision to be circumsized. I figured if anyone was an expert on our son's penis, it was him.

He said there is no less feelings between being done and not done. He does however not have anymore urinary tract infections- which made him very happy, lol....I don't know, unless you HAVE a penis, you can't really have an opinion on it..that ebing said, I do believe this is NOT the same as female circumcision from what I have read and researched and talked to people about, I would not want it or would not do it to my daughters...this is a hrd fence to be on.

Fri, 2009-10-30 16:39

While I can understand and even sympathize both sides....in the end it's just true, what seems best for your family/beliefs/understanding is what you choose. There is no wrong or right on this one. Just like to stay home as a mom or to go to work...it's whatever is best for your family. To pull a tooth or not to pull it...some people wait and see and other just choose to pull it straight away.

However, I did know one poor fella growing up and he was not circumcised...it came up in a teen-age conversation and he was truly tormented by it internally. He eventually convinced his parents to have it done for him when he was a teenager; which was much worse because he remembers it and the recovery took days not hours like in birth but even then he had no regrets about doing it. Like some of you, his parents did what they thought was best, turned out it was NOT what was best for him.

I have four sons all were circumcised. Our families reasoning - because their Dad was. I let my husband lead the way on this decision/discussion. I agreed to it because, like some of the other mothers I felt like their "equipment" should match their Dad's...for self-esteem issues etc. My husband said anyone he knew growing up, or in the military, or at the gym had a difficult time with women, with dating, with self-image and relating to other men. Because there were no mental or emotional trauma's or physical ones for that matter I saw no harm and in fact felt I was doing what was best for them.

Men have a much stronger opinion on this one than we do and for good reason. I think we should follow their lead - I certainly would not go against my husband's wishes on this one nor would I think he would go against mine if it were a "female" issue. With that said, I wouldn't want my son to be that teenage boy who desperately wanted to be circumcised and wasn't nor would I want them to endure the emotional/mental pain and anguish he was in. And, funny...I've never heard of any guy complaining about being circumcised? Hmmmmm

Wed, 2009-10-14 14:23