To crazycurls, WOW! a bit intense aren't you? You don't know me and you spouting off like that making questionable assumptions as if you are the supreme keeper of the book of knowledge. Your attitude is unworthy of a response

Like female vaginal mutilation it is not necessary to be done on male children ! Assumed norms ,men have no right to what a woman does with her body , i am amused that Texas has a law limiting number of dildos to 6

Didn't have my son circumcised. if we are born with something, it is there for a reason. Another example of human tendency to try to change nature. And this is from religious thought.

The foreskin of the penis is essentially the penis's version of a clitoris and along with it, its sensitivity.

There are SOME medical reasons for circumcision, but as far as it been necessary it is not.

Personal preference being one thing, but if you DON'T then they can always make the decision for themselves later in life if they have the medical need or aesthetic want.

I was with someone who said that not being circumcised made sex much more pleasurable. Not that you can compare if you only know one way or another. But he certainly was happy that his parents made the decision not to circumcise him (it's interesting that you have to make the decision NOT to do something, since doing it seems to have been the default for so many years).

it damages the nerves and can lead to less feeling during sex . There are a few instances where the penis is born with defects that need surgery but a healthy penis does not need the procedure

I was circumcised as a baby. I seriously doubt I would have it done now if I had the choice, unless there was a valid medical reason.

Male circumcision seems to be a growing discussion point. If I had a son I was not going to have him circumcised even though I am. Most boys are circumcised because their fathers are even though originally it was a Jewish thing, though my family is Jewish on my fathers side.
In Africa it is being pushed as a counter to the spread of diseases such as aids. And while it does help they promote it that it cuts in half the chances of getting aids but the real statistics is closer to cutting the chances of contracting aids from 6% to 3% so the actual number of people who benefit is rather small and it can not be proven that being circumcised is what helped.

It's an archaic religious practice that most likely had been started as a hygiene issue in a growing population that was attributed to god to help enforce. Does it help keep things clean? Probably. Does it hinder sexual pleasure, can't say myself but I can't say I've suffered or missed out on anything not having my foreskin.

Making the decision for an infant is the parental privilege but I say don't do it. Plenty of teenagers and grown men have it done so obviously there is no real benefit to having it done as an infant.

I will say that I kinda wish I had not been circumcised and know I would not have chosen to.

I say leave them intact. Better yet ask yourself this, would you have the appendix of a child removed for "just in case it helps"? My guess is no, so why remove a foreskin?

Like many issues, there are a lot of opinions on male circumcision and minimal solid facts.

The world health organization's medical department recommends male circumcision for much of the 3rd world, clearly medical professionals think there's SOME utility in male circumcision. If you demand a source here, I'll give it. If you're particularly antagonistic about it, please prepare to apologize for being an ass.

From personal anecdotal experience in Northern Africa, hygiene there isn't stressed nor is daily bathing even possible.

Obviously the USA is much different than 3rd world countries. I won't have children of my own, but if I adopted a boy, I wouldn't have him circumcised.

I am not circumcised and I have not had any infection or hygiene issue whatsoever. I come from a culture where almost every one is uncircumcised and no one one I know has had any health issue because of that, at least not that I know of. I have read that in gay men being circumcised reduces your chance of getting stds. Let your son make that choice when he is ready.

When my kids turned 100 days, I got them tattoos of Calvin pissing on the Grim Reaper. It marked a big day. I have the same tattoo and I just wanted then to look like Daddy.

Oh, before I forget - as a follow up question - have you gotten your baby girl's ears pierced? If so, why? If not, why?

My son is not circumcised. I do not see the point - cut skin off my kid? Why?

My husband would probably have won the argument if he really felt it was important. In our case, my kid had two surgeries after birth and was 40 days old before he left the hospital. They asked right before we were about to take him home if 'by the way' do we want to circumcise him. Um, no thanks. He's been through enough.

i do not have children.... I am male..... it started with the Egyptians, then the Hebrews as a way of marking their cattle, I mean people...... no i do not like to be marked. I was not asked if I wanted my foreskin removed. I would like to have it back, but I am 43 and that is impossible, I never forgave my mother!!

In reply I ask you to read the following blog written by a young American woman. Then answer the following questions -
• Do you want to deprive your son of knowing full sexual pleasure?
• Do you have the right to expose your son to the chance of death as a result of the unneccessary procedure (about 2 in 6000 die from complications).
• If your son survives the operation do you have the right to subject him to permanent deformity and the possibility of permanent unnatural curvature of the penis, loss of penis, loss of skin for the length of it, damage to the urethra, permanent psychological damage ...
• Do you have the right to permanently cripple your son without having his informed adult consent? He is at his most vulnerable and most in need of parental protection. Will you deny him the trust and protection?
• Do you have the right to deny your son the health benefits only obtained from having a foreskin? It is now believed that this includes protection from HIV/ AIDS.
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(My comments which follow below pertain to religious circumcision.)

Is the boy not a person in their own right?

Is their body theirs and not yours?

Circumcision should be the choice of the person who has it. No one else's. *

Circumcision imposed on someone is physical assault. *

And finally... Why are someone else's genitals your business? To force religious circumcision on a boy is to push your beliefs in an irreversible way.

• unless there is a medical reason.

Unless you have a religious conviction to do so it would probably be worth discussing with a health practioner, preferably GP. Not being Jewish I have no insight into the benefits but I believe it was part of the Mosaic Law and therefore over 3,000 years old. I would hope we have moved forward from the required practices of the Bronze Age.

I didn't want my sons circumcised, I didn't see the need; I considered it to be an outdated concept, one that would eventually break out of social norms; my wife's concern was that she didn't want them to be different from other kids, but the move away from circumcision was already happening, so that will likely become the norm.

I think circumcision is one of those things that future generations will read about and ask "WTF were they thinking!?"

I'm circumcised and while I don't have any particular problems against it myself I didn't have my son circumcised and I wouldn't recommend it for anything other than medical reasons because it isn't necessary!

A boy's foreskin can promote disease. I support the removal of everything humans have that promote disease. One eye, lung, and kidney should be removed, a girl's uterus, cervix, and ovaries, and a boy's prostate, foreskin, and testicles. Removing only the foreskin is not protecting the child enough.

Alternatively, let the person decide what gets removed after they understand the reasons, risks, and following their informed consent.

There are no sound medical reasons for circumcision, and as it is practiced on newborns, no consent can be given. It’s a barbaric practice, and should be outlawed.

I don't know why I wasn't circumsized, but I wasn't. My oldest brother was and I don't recall whether my other two brothers were or not. I feel I was very fortunate after reading how this procedure is now considered by many if not most medical professionals as barbaric, torturous, and completely non essential.

I can only tell you that I'm glad I was.

I had my children at home and didn't have my son circumcised, considering it child abuse. There is no good reason to do this to an innocent newborn baby.

As for women's reproductive rights, if men could get pregnant and would take care of a child for 18 years while trying to work and keep up the housework, then he could have a say. Otherwise, no.

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1- Circumcision is actually male genital mutilation if you reframe this. It was performed by Victorians to reduce urges to masterbate as the foreskin has a LOT of nerve endings, it can lead to ease of contraction of several STIs and the only benefit is a short-term one of cleaning diapers. I’d suggest not circumcising, it comes with risks of deformation and harms their ability to enjoy their bodies to the fullest, plus most women can’t tell.
2- Assumed cultural norms, white male christians with roots to Victorian era purity model have no religious requirement whereas jewish males (any racial background) have spiritual reasons and a specific ritual— that one has led to a few babies contracting genital herpes.
3- Disagree. I do not argue with men about penis augmentation because it’s THEIR bodies, why should they argue my right to my reproductive organs in equal footing? Sure we can intellectually discuss the topic- IF they are read up, like intellectually the corpus will not evenly engorge on an augmented penis which means their erection will lean or be incomplete which can make intercoarse potentially painful but hey, if you have a micropenis (2 inches and smaller) you probably shouldn’t worry about the arch differentials since you’re stopping well before the “g spot” in corresponding vaginal sex if you’re hetero and coming up short for the prostate— about 4 inches gets you there, so for mutual pleasure it might be worth it. Still wouldn’t tell aguy with a micropenis to GET or NOT GET the surgery if I was dating such a guy, but I’d converse if they asked for my insight.