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Time to end circumcision?

Tmy

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Tmy
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I tried to convince my brother not to have his baby boys circumcised. He went ahead with it anyway because he didn’t want them to be different. Should we put an end to this barbaric practice? I don’t think you can have your daughter circumcised, why should you do it for your son. Sure female circumcision is much worse but its no picnic for the male. I’m wondering if you can have an older child circumcised or would the state step in?
 
I started a thread about female circumcision a long time ago, many people were outraged by the practice, but mention male circumcision and mostly one hears irrationality. I have a daughter, but if I had a son, knowing what I know now, I would not have him circumcised. I don't see any significant medical reason for amputating the foreskin.

You can have an older male child circumcised, but it is done with major anesthesia, unlike with the male newborn baby.
 
Denise said:
I started a thread about female circumcision a long time ago, many people were outraged by the practice, but mention male circumcision and mostly one hears irrationality. I have a daughter, but if I had a son, knowing what I know now, I would not have him circumcised. I don't see any significant medical reason for amputating the foreskin.

You can have an older male child circumcised, but it is done with major anesthesia, unlike with the male newborn baby.
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Bzzzzzzzzz! Wrong answer.

I watched my newborn son's circumcision. He was anesthetized.

While the doctor was performing the task, we chatted. She told me she has had to perform circumcisions on adult males because they kept getting repeated urethral infections.
 
LukeT said:


Bzzzzzzzzz! Wrong answer.

I watched my newborn son's circumcision. He was anesthetized.

While the doctor was performing the task, we chatted. She told me she has had to perform circumcisions on adult males because they kept getting repeated urethral infections.
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He was under general anesthesia?
 
An odd topic...and a little off subject...my wife and I were out walking the other day. Our route lead us by the West Lawn of the US Capitol Building (we live in D.C.). It was the early evening and there weren't many about -- save the police -- but there were four people with a huge banner standing in front of the Capitol Building and protesting against circumcision.

Not that there is anything wrong with protest, but both my wife and I thought it was, well, odd because generally, on a daily basis, there are protests about the war, taxes, affirmative action, etc. Indeed, there is a war going on now. But, on that day at least, the big banner was to ban circumcision.

I am sure there is a joke here somewhere about Congress, but I am too slow to make it this morning....
 
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/marcircum.htm

Urinary Tract Infections
Although studies show the relative risk of developing a urinary tract infection (UTI) in the first year of life is higher for baby boys who are uncircumcised, the AAP policy concludes that their absolute risk of developing one is low ¾ at most approximately 1 percent.
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A nurse telling you something is a litte appeal to authorityish to me.
 
headscratcher4 said:


Well, we do crop some tails and fix some ears...depending on the breed...
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Yes all for a human defined idea of beauty, just like male circumcision IMHO. So tell it like it is.
 
Denise said:


Yes all for a human defined idea of beauty, just like male circumcision IMHO. So tell it like it is.
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Don't really disagree with you...I am opposed to circumcision...just wanted to point out that for a variety of reasons -- cultural, etc. -- we do in fact, surgically alter our animals.
 
LukeT said:
While the doctor was performing the task, we chatted. She told me she has had to perform circumcisions on adult males because they kept getting repeated urethral infections.
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... have you tried soap and water? Oh... but then you'd have to touch it. Them god fearin' folk won't allow that. :rolleyes:

If it is just an issue of hygene, I'd rather teach a child to keep clean, rather than remove the obstacle.

Anyways, I don't really agree with the idea of getting something removed because it might cause problems later (you know... just to be safe). I still have my turtleneck, and I turned out fine.
 
Denise said:


Yes all for a human defined idea of beauty, just like male circumcision IMHO. So tell it like it is.
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Wait, it makes us beautiful? :eek:

Sign me up!!! :D
 
Its mutilation! Its natural to have your foreskin, its not dangerous.

Im going to sue Women and Infants. I want my foreskin back. Lousy statute of limitations......

At least I still have my tonsils.
 
I just wish people would quit spouting the crap (imho) that there are super solid medical evidence that it's a good thing and admit that they do it to conform to culture.
 
Why not leave it up to the boys? Wait until they are able to consent say 16 years old and then they can have it done if they want?
 
Male circumcision, unlike female circumcision, is simply the removal of a piece of skin; it does not inhibit sexual activity (or urination) in any way, and might even have some side health benefits.

This is, of course, not the reason it was started--it was for religious reasons--but unlike some other religious practices, it is not harmful.
 
Skeptic said:
Male circumcision, unlike female circumcision, is simply the removal of a piece of skin; it does not inhibit sexual activity (or urination) in any way, and might even have some side health benefits.

This is, of course, not the reason it was started--it was for religious reasons--but unlike some other religious practices, it is not harmful.
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It would also not be harmful per your reasoning to tattoo a child at birth. I disagree that it is not harmful. There is decreased sensitivity to the penis, from what I have read. I have an amputation of a couple of fingertips. They are on my left hand, so I can function normally. Would it be ok to amputate fingertips for religion or beauty? Edited to clarify a point.
 
Tmy said:
I want my foreskin back.
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I don't think it'll fit you any more ;)

Personally, I think that having any sort of surgery "because you don't want to be different" is the worst sort of reason - even more so, perhaps, when it's on a part of your anatomy that isn't on public display (heh! my lousy fingers typed "pubic display" first time :D)

I'm sure that if you waited until the boys were old enough to choose for themselves, you'd get a 100% "No thanks!" vote.
 
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