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roontibia
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Posted On:10/19/09 at 01:52 AM
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Hwilliams
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Posted On:3/31/09 at 09:04 AM
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Circumcision is a barbaric custom. What right does a parent have to mutilate a child. It simply is child abuse and should be considered a criminl act. Could I cut off the tips of my son's ears just because I decide it looks better? I'm certain such action would land me in prison. To casually do the same to a boy's penis, where there are actually millions of nerve endings is simply insane. Just because the child will have no memory of the event doesn't make it any less painful or traumatic at that moment. Not too mention that the child then has to heal this wound inside of a diaper that is constantly being soaked with pee. What an awful welcome into life outside the womb. This custom is an outrage, completely inhumane and should only be performed when an absolute medical necessity.
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Lee
| re: Circumcise or no - ?
Posted On:2/16/09 at 09:02 AM
I'm so dismayed that this still goes on. Are we saying that babies are perfect apart from boys and Mother Nature or God got the foreskin wrong, so it's up to us to remove it? If you research it, you'll find that there is no increased risk of infection and in fact cleaning isn't that difficult because urine is still sterile, so Mother Nature or God actually even got the cleaning mechanism right! (And I've always found that a strange argument anyway - should we have our toe-nails removed to prevent nail infections?)
I know of lots of people who didn't circumsize even though the father had been, but don't know of any the other way round. In locker rooms there will be a mixture in our sons' generation and I think in future generations there will be less and less circumcision. The international argument I think is, in fact, relevant because in our "melting pot" of many cultures, many of them, especially British, have no history of cicumcision in their cultures or religions.
Good luck with you new baby whatever you decide to do - sons are great!!
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Shradha
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Posted On:2/13/09 at 04:19 PM
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I think it is really a hygiene issue. I decided to not circumcise my son but now i feel it would have been better to do that since he has already had one Urinary tract infection.
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goldie barber
| re: Circumcise or no - ?
Posted On:2/11/09 at 08:21 PM
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Ok, if you don't live in the U.S. you might have an argument. So, in order to avoid the whole "locker room" issue, you'll have to get your visa and move the kid out of the country. There is absolutely NO comparison between circumcision done to a male newborn vs. female circumcision done to a child that is much older. Also, I challenge you to ask any circumcised male adult if he remembers the procedure. I have been to a number of bris ceremonies where the baby doesn't even cry or cries out for a split second. As for anesthesia, many mohels who perform the circumcision feel that the application of the anesthetic can cause complications later on in healing and feel that they don't make a difference whether the baby cries out in pain or not.
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Diane
| re: Circumcise or no - ?
Posted On:2/10/09 at 03:16 PM
You should research the issue - your son will have to live with your decision for life (unless you decide not to circumcise, in which case he can make up his own mind later).
The medical associations of the US, Canada, Australia and UK all state the evidence states the benefits do not seem to outweigh the negatives and some are considering banning circumcision for non-medical or religious reasons.
Whether or not it is a peer issue will depend who your child's peers are. In many places (eg Australia) there are far fewer circumcised males of school age than uncircumcised so you would be odd if you were circumcised.
Neonates definitely feel pain and researchers are still not sure what the long term psychological effects might be of this procedure. I wonder if one day we will consider it in the same terms as female circumcision - a violation of the child's human rights.
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phil
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Posted On:2/9/09 at 10:52 PM
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yes. it's a social problem for boys if they are not. you have to do what is best for them,not for you.
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MaryAnn B.
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Posted On:2/7/09 at 10:08 PM
You definitely don't have to do it! My son is not circumsized and I couldn't bare to think of the docs doing that to him. There's absolutely no problems with cleanliness- they just have to clean themselves as any boy does to avoid infection. I think it's completely barbaric. Docs don't let you be present for the procedure and often do without anesthesia. And don't you think if boys were intended to not have their foreskin, they would have been born that way?
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Carrie
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Posted On:2/5/09 at 11:34 AM
I think it is a cleanliness issue...I always thought doctors advised circumcizing.
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goldie barber
| re: Circumcise or no - ?
Posted On:2/5/09 at 10:35 AM
I would talk to your pediatrician about this. I have heard that it is not an issue of sexual pleasure but more an issue of the uncirumcised male having to take extra care with cleansing. FYI, all the boys in our preschool class were circumcised -- it's also a social issue, the "locker room" attitude, etc.
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Darcy Crumb
| Circumcise or no - ?
Posted On:1/28/09 at 03:04 PM
I'm currently 7 months pregnant with a boy. My husband and I are considering not having him circumcised, as we've heard that it decreases sexual pleasure. My husband is circumcised, but thinks that it may be an outdated practice that stunts the child's sensitivity. Any thoughts?
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