My boyfriend doesn't want to circumcise our future son, I want to. What should we do?

[Anonymous]

[hellionthesagereborn]

Um, would you circumcise your future daughter? If its wrong to do it to a girl it should be wrong to do it to a boy, especially when your removing nerve dense tissue to desensitize his penis (which is the only function circumcision has) against his will. He could bleed to death from it, he could have his genitals damaged beyond repair because of it and it serves absolutely no purpose. Honestly I would side with your boyfriend, its a rather messed up thing to do, especially when you consider the fact that its dangerous, its only purpose is to ensure that sex is less pleasurable and we consider it a crime and mutilation when you do it to a girl.

[Asker]

The clitoris is highly innervate, removing the clitoral hood would be stupid. Yes the foreskin has some nerves but it isn't removing the head of his penis. And the risk toward doing it balance it from not doing it. There is advantages also to do it.

[hellionthesagereborn]

The foreskin has any where between 10,000 nerve endings to 20,000, the clitoris has about 8,000. Your skinning his penis, for what purpose? He has a chance to bleed to death: www.berghahnjournals.com/.../bhs040106.xml
A chance you refuse to take with your daughter, so I have to imagine it would be for a damn good reason, because why else would you intentionally hurt your new born baby by skinning his penis and potentially causing him to bleed to death or worse, emasculate him all of which he has no say in and you are debating ignoring your boyfriends say in it? What incredibly important reason is their for that? If you look, their are substantial nerve endings in it, so that would be a detriment losing it, statistically it does not help in preventing STDs, it does not help with hygiene and can potentially affect sex (as the rolling of the foreskin can act like a lubricant): www.psychologytoday.com/.../more-circumcision-myths-you-may-believe-hygiene-and-stds

[hellionthesagereborn]

So what reason do you have to want to hack a chunk of your new born baby boys penis off when doing that to a girl results in you trying to argue that its wrong? I mean if its wrong to do it to a girl it should be wrong to do it to a boy. If you have to sit their are argue that "its not as bad" then you are still confirming that its bad. So their should be an overwhelming need for this, so what is it?

[Asker]

the nerves you describe are peripheral nerves, they aren't all in the foreskin but mostly in the pelvis area. Sure there is nerves losses, but the benefit outweight the cons in my opinion.

[hellionthesagereborn]

No they are absolutely in the foreskin: http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847
Further more you are still arguing that you should hack off a piece of your sons genitals. So lets be fair here, most female circumcision removes the clitoral hood, it having signifincantly less skin and nerves then the foreskin, you are okay with that being removed from your daughter? The second most common removes the clitoral hood and a piece of the inner labia, again less tissue and fewer nerve endings so your going to do this to your daughter? You would be absolutely okay with that? How about removing your sons ear lobes, they do not provide a function, they have substantially less nerves in them, would you be fine with that? Even pretending that what your saying is true and the foreskin, a part of the male reproductive organ, your still talking about hacking a piece of your son off and acting as if its not just fine but absolutely necessary

[hellionthesagereborn]

when it is absolutely not, then trying to argue that doing the same thing to a infant girl is some how different which again its not. Your still using a scalpel to cut away a piece of them for absolutely no purpose. Of course your boyfriend would be against that, its insane. Who looks at their new born son, looks down on him who is entirely dependent on you and decides to take a knife to his penis? That's insane. That's why I asked what purpose does this serve, why are you willing to endanger your childs life, small as the percentage may be, to destroy his life with the potential of accidental emasculation, as small that percentage may be, for absolutely no reason? Its an insane thing to do, you think that it would be crazy to do to a baby girl (and I agree it would be) so why isn't it an insane thought when done to a baby boy?

[Asker]

The nerves ending you are talking about are nerves pathways, they aren't sexual nerves per say (some are, but the majority isn't). Just like the clitoral hood, but aren't as sexually sensitive as the head/clitoris. But, the clitoris is a lot more sensitive than the head of the penis, which is why it requires the hood to not be cut off. Again you are getting emotional, but the foreskin isn't much more than its vestigial past. It has little purpose today.

[hellionthesagereborn]

I'm not getting emotional, your trolling. As I said even if what you said was true (again, I provided the links to show its not) your still doing something to a male you would never do to a female. I even asked you what would the purpose be. Seeing as how you keep repeating the same thing I can only presume you are a troll because otherwise you would have actually presented some kind of rational for your opinion rather then waiting for some one else to respond then try to get under their skin.

[Anonymous]

Genital mutilation is wrong.

You shouldn't be speaking about this as though its a choice you get to make, you are an immoral and unethical person and no, i dont care what the law says.

Your arguments from authority, tradition and popularity are invalid.

You cannot justify your position.

[Asker]

the benefits outweight the cons.

[Opinion Owner]

Its not your choice to make, or at least it shouldn't be your choice, there is no way to justify you choosing to cut bits off of someone else. There is no reason why he cannot choose to have this done as an adult. If you want to cut up someones gentials then cut up your own genitals. Frankly the fact you are so disgustingly ignorant that you can't grasp this extremely simply premise I dont think you should be having children at all.

[Asker]

I mean you make a really big deal about a useless part of the body so.

[Opinion Owner]

Its not your body, its not your place to decide what is useless or not. You are totally ignorant of the facts about this.

[goaded]

Asker: Will you be getting your child's tonsils and appendix taken out at the same time? The default position should be "do no harm".

[Opinion Owner]

@goaded No I won't. But its apples and oranges and you know that it is. You are intellectually dishonest.

[Opinion Owner]

Sorry I misunderstood the point of your comment. Its an old thread.

[goaded]

No, I'm not. The default should be to do nothing, unless there's a problem. How could you think otherwise? It is a fact that both the parts I mentioned are essential to a good immune system, but that wasn't appreciated a couple of decades ago.

[goaded]

Sorry for the confusion!

[Tammy94]

Please don't do this. My boyfriend was circumcised as a baby and really resents and hates it. You're cutting off a healthy piece of skin that has half of the penis's nerve endings and that can never grow back, all because you think it's a little bit easier to clean? Plus the head of the penis will desensitize without that covering? Go watch a vid of a circumcision before you do that.

[Asker]

Hygiene is really important to me. Also I feel like most males get circumcised in my area which I want him to feel similar, I will watch vids tho, thanks for the suggestion :)

[Anonymous]

It is usually not necessary unless for medical reasons, so do not do it.

Leave it for your son to decide for himself when he is older. Get rid of this dogmatic idea that it has to be done. He may not thank you, later in life, if you force it on him now.

Been quite a few questions on GAG from guys that are pissed off for not having a free choice!

[Opinion Owner]

I think the asker is totally misguided, and is only looking for validation from us. She has already made up her mind! "Easier to clean..." Don't be so lazy! It is not difficult to clean!

[Asker]

I do have my mind made up. It is easier to clean and has little cons to it.

[Opinion Owner]

Then why ask the question? You ARE seeking validation! Why are you so determined to have YOUR way?

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for MHG!

[Zefram]

You don't have a penis, you'll never know how it feels.

Would you like your clit cut?

[Asker]

Cutting the clit isn't the same thing at all, trying to compare comparable things.

[LisaLisa89]

Unless there's a pressing medical need then no child should be subjected to this procedure.

[Paris13]

Ask him if the penis gets infected by some Sort of Dirt around That, Would he like to pay the Doctor for the Appointment and not only That... Hear the Baby Blat? xx

[PondyPand]

Unless for medical reasons, leave him.

[Izumiblu]

Well you should probably do what the father wants tbh.

[Asker]

why?

[Izumiblu]

Well they don’t save the foreskin to reattach later for one so you can’t very well change your mind once it’s done. If the kid wants it done he can always do it if he chooses when he’s old enough to decide on his own. His father... presumably has a dick and is likely to be better informed about what it means for a guy to be circumcised or not. Your husband is more important than your family. So what they want shouldn’t matter at all cuz the child is not theirs. Then you just need to ask yourself why it’s important to you and if you alone should have more say than both your husband and your son.

[Asker]

Thank you, yeah his opinion is definitely important in that decision, we discussed about it a lot.

[144tzer]

Livescience has an article describing how the benefits outweigh the risks. Such benefits include reduced risk of HIV by about 40-60 percent, reduced risk of HPV and herpes, reduced overall risk of STD transmission due to the hood being a trap for secretions as well as being made of a skin cell type that eases HIV entry, and a 3x to 10x reduction of a urinary tract infection.
From a maintenance standpoint, it's harder to clean an uncircumcised penis as a parent, and when the child is older, you won't be able to enforce its cleanliness.

[ladsin]

Without a link I can't assess the particular claims, but if it's the research that I'm thinking of people have already pointed out multiple times, on this thread no less the problem with that research. Namely, the research (Auvert 05-06) was conducted in a third world country with poor hygiene standards and those citing it are importing that to a first world country with good hygiene standards. Furthermore the research was ended prematurely. Not sure if that helps clarify at all. I'd add that cleaning an uncircumcised penis supposedly isn't harder than cleaning a circumcised one. In fact the reason that we had problems in the US was because parents were being told to retract the foreskin to clean the penis which is not supposed to be done. It ended up causing cuts on the babies genitals leading to an increase in infections. Thompson's study also showed no relationship between UTI's and circumcision.

[144tzer]

That's probably why it is considered a choice best left to parents' preference. Like tonsils - you don't always have to remove them, but sometimes it's a good idea. Personally, I'm glad my cock is clipped. I've heard women say they prefer it clipped, and the thought of smegma disgusts me, particularly when I think of those times in my life when, perhaps during a long camping trip, I wouldn't be able to shower after masturbating.

[ladsin]

Boys regardless of circumcision produce smegma. Women also produce it. "Smegma is produced by the genitals of both women and men during the reproductive years. Smegma is made of sebum and skin cells and lubricates the foreskin and glans in men, and the clitoral hood and inner labia in women. It is rinsed off during normal bathing and does not cause cancer or any other health problems." I don't think the choice should belong to parents. To give an analogy. Women have over a 10% (men only a 2% chance of contracting HIV without protection) chance of getting breast cancer at some point in there life. This could easily be averted by removing the breast buds at birth, but we don't do that despite the lives it could save.

[144tzer]

That's an awful analogy, comparing breast buds to foreskin. It's like comparing wisdom teeth and eyebrows. One of them is effectively obsolete, and the other is something we all want to stay. What I meant regarding the smegma comment is that the hood is a trap for its collection, much like a horse's sheath.

[ladsin]

I'm not sure what you're referencing with "It's like comparing wisdom teeth and eyebrows. One of them is effectively obsolete, and the other is something we all want to stay." which is which are eyebrows the things we want to stay or wisdom teeth? Additionally, with foreskin and breast buds? Which are we wanting to stay? Why? If not for health (as we demonstrated before is unnecessary) then are we just cutting up our children because we think it aesthetically pleasing?

[144tzer]

The eyebrows are the thing we want. I thought that would have been obvious. Sorry. Furthermore, womens' breast buds, like the eyebrows, are something everyone wants to remain. Similarly, eyebrows and tits have a practical function, and removing them has virtually no benefit. Again, I thought that was obvious. Sorry. Furthermore, tonsils are obsolete; we gain nothing by keeping them, and lose nothing in removing them. I thought that was obvious. Sorry. Additionally, the hood of the dick has, as far as I can tell, no benefit. There's no methodical way to test the sensitivity difference.

[144tzer]

Anecdotally, I heard one guy, who was circumcised as an adult, say that sensitivity lessened after the operation, but barely, and certainly not enough for it to affect his enjoyment of sex, and still seemed happier not to have the foreskin. Of course, that's one story, and the adult procedure may very well have a different result from the child one that has yet to grow. I hope that clears up my comparisons.

[144tzer]

*I said tonsils, I meant to say tonsils and wisdom teeth

[ladsin]

Ah, no stress. You'd be surprised. A lot of gals shave their eyebrows in preference of drawn on ones. Also, I think we disagree on a particular point. I do not think it justifiable to surgically alter our children for aesthetic purposes. Why do you think that's ok?

[144tzer]

It's not the only reason, it's one reason of many. Perhaps you should reread the part where I discuss why I'm glad not to have a hood.

[ladsin]

Hmm. I'm quite certain I read it all. You stated that: 1.) It reduces risks of certain diseases. In response I showed research that contradicts this claim and pointed out the errors with generalizing one study from a particular country to another. 2.) You stated that you heard some women preferred circumcised penises to uncircumcised ones. (thus my mention of aesthetics, plus we know that this is a phenomena that typically only occurs within populations that primarily circumcise already.) 3.) The thought of smegma. I would have classified this as aesthetics, but you apparently think otherwise? Anyway, the point I made to this was that both men and women produce smegma. Thus surgically removing chunks of our boys' skins for doing so seems quite barbaric to me. Did I miss something?

[144tzer]

Your choice to misinterpreted my statements isn't lost on me. It's ok. Other people will have seen your attempts to counter-argue, and I've given you plenty of chances. I've even pretended that your dispute of the AAP concensus was valid. But you remain steadfast in your position, much like a celebrity ignoring the doctors that say their child should be vaccinated. For the record, I'll say this: Something I've heard multiple doctors say is that, if you're circumcised, you'll be less likely to get various STD's. Something I haven't heard any doctors say is that you'll be less likely to get various STD's if you're uncircumcised. There is no function for the hood, it is, like wisom teeth, a evolutionary relic. Its removal doesn't negatively impact the person, medically, aesthetically, or otherwise, but does have benefits. I won't respond again.

[ladsin]

Don't think I misinterpreted you, but alas all is well. Have a good day.

[matchrestore]

Don't circumcise him. It's a permanent change to his most personal parts. He can always get circumcised later if he chooses it for himself.

[fauchelevent]

Not circumcise him. If he wants to do that as an adult, he has the option to do so. If you do circumcise him and he doesn't like it, he faces a pretty difficult task as an adult to 'restore' his foreskin at all.

[Asker]

I guess it depends where you from, but here circumcision is prevalent and I heard stories of bullying for uncircumcised guys and girls rejecting guys based on that. I don't want that to happen to my son

[fauchelevent]

No, but you also don't want him to grow up and become an adult who resents a major surgical decision regarding his most intimate areas being made for him as a baby, I'd guess?

[Asker]

that's also true, both decision imply pros and cons, but honestly, do guys ever complain about being circumcised? Most seem okay with it somewhat. But I get your point, I definitely don't want for him to regret either

[fauchelevent]

From what I've seen, a lot do, particularly @matchrestore who wrote this take a short while ago: Why I Restored My Foreskin ↗ I am on the anti-circumcision side though so naturally, I will see more men talking out against circumcision than men talking for it. I suppose discuss why your partner wouldn't want to circumcise him and read up on both sides of the debate. Ultimately, as a mother, you're going to do what you think is best for him, that's what you're responsible for, but it's important to consider it properly :)

[Asker]

Thanks for the take, I will read it. I've difficult time making my mind and probably biased since in my background, circumcision was important. I hope to make the good decision and will keep reading people opinion :)

[JZ909]

I'm not a fan of unnecessarily removing parts of a child. If there is a medical condition that necessitates it, sure, but general cleanliness and a 1% difference chance in developing a UTI, not even close to justification in my mind.

[ladsin]

Don't unnecessarily mutilate your children's bodies whether they're boys or girls.

[ladsin]

I'd also suggest you look into the research on the subject as it doesn't show what you think it does. I'd add that cleaning an uncircumcised penis supposedly isn't harder than cleaning a circumcised one. In fact the reason that we had problems in the US was because parents were being told to retract the foreskin to clean the penis which is not supposed to be done. It ended up causing cuts on the babies genitals leading to an increase in infections. Thompson's study also showed no relationship between UTI's and circumcision.

[markscott]

You are the mother, and the person who has the right to make the decision. If you circumcise your son, he will receive better protection from urinary tract infections, kidney infections, and some STD's. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization recommend circumcision for infants, because it helps protect them.

[Asker]

Thanks for your reply, yeah I do believe it has lot of pros as well. But many dont believe them

[Repa33]

Wait till your son is old enough to consent.

[Kurαȷ]

You should seek therapy to find out the root of your pent up misandry that makes you want to mutilate your offspring.

Perhaps Freud was right about women and penis envy.

[markscott]

Kur" Perhaps you should seek therapy, to see why you would want to dissuade mothers from protecting their male children from diseases. Circumcisions helps protect from several types of diseases, and is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, for that reason.

[Kurαȷ]

@markscott I

[Kurαȷ]

It is recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics because Americans are religious morons. There is no medical research supporting claims that circumcision has any protective effects on people in first world countries. There is however research that suggests that infant circumcision causes permanent neurological and psychological damage to children and it is thus not recommended by every other civilized country in the world.

[markscott]

Kur: it has nothing to do with religion. It's about disease protection, to benefit the child.

[Juxtapose]

@markscott I'm uncircumcised, 29 years old and have never had an issues because I'm not retarded and can clean my penis properly.

[markscott]

@Juxtapose : Are you serious? Do you really think, your experience is the only possible experience in the world? The issue, is about the average child being protected from diseases by circumcision. Yes, not every child will have a medical problem if not circumcises, just as not every child will get whooping cough, if not vaccinated. But on average, a child has a better chance of being healthy, if they are circumcised.

[Juxtapose]

@markscott If the practice is so swell, then why do you sick fucks have to do it to fucking babies who have no say in the manner? You're making irreversible changes to their bodies.. wait until they're consenting adults before you cut them up.. Jesus. We'd all also be safer and more secure if we were locked in self sufficient bunkers and never allowed to go outside. You have to draw a line somewhere when measuring safety vs freedom. The practice of circumcision is far less common in Europe and they're doing just fine as well.

[Kurαȷ]

@markscott Circumcision has everything to do with religion. The disease protection argument is based on one small study conducted on underdeveloped communities in Africa that the deeply religiously conservative Americans keep repeating ad infinitum to justify the mutilation of their children. All modern research shows that circumcision has no measurable impact on disease prevention in developed countries, not only that, there is a good amount of evidence that it actually causes harm instead. (and it also makes your penis smaller, which should be something you should consider) Which is why a number of European countries are moving towards banning circumcision but they are facing backlash from Jews, Muslims and other religious morons.

[Kurαȷ]

If you still want to cling onto your "disease prevention".
This is the prevalence of circumcision in the world:
upload.wikimedia.org/.../...e_at_Country_Level.png

And this is the STD prevalence comparison between Europe and the US:
onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/.../...europe-vs-us.png

Doesn't really add up, eh?

[Juxtapose]

#rekt

[ladsin]

Mmm I just read the AAP site and was shocked how many times "the final decision should still be left to parents to make in the context of their religious, ethical and cultural beliefs" was stated. The fuck? How often do we accept that? When Makayla Sault's parents took her off Chemo because of their religious beliefs did we think that was all bueno? If we have some religious groups here in the states that want to cut their daughters labias are we all good with it?

[144tzer]

Is your tone the result of womens' reactions to your gross, unclipped, smegma-filled cock? Perhaps you should seek therapy.

[ReachingNirvana]

I personally feel that's a decision your son should make.

[passinby]

Just do 1/2.

Get a piece of paper: left column pros, right col cons, and you both fill it in. Take a tallywacker tally of each and the most wins.

[Asker]

good idea!

[LawShark]

When the baby is born, they can't give him anesthesia to numb the pain of having the skin cut off his dick. Let him make the decision for himself when he's older when they can give him meds for it.

[TripleAce]

But why... the poor kid will lose some sensitivity... let him enjoy the best sex he can

[Asker]

there is pros as well to get him cut outside of that sensitive loss

[TripleAce]

I think he would disagree if you ask him lol...

[Dargil]

No ring? He has no say.

[LifeEqualsLove]

Tell him why it matters to you so much.

Ask for a doctor's opinion together

[Asker]

It is easier to clean when he is baby and also look better. The doctor recommend to circumcised him.

[markscott]

Life: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends circumcision for male infants, as it helps protect them from diseases, both as an infant, and also later, even into adult hood.

[goaded]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSWbTv3hng

[Desconhecida]

Your son is not coming out from his ass but from your future hurt pussy.
You call the shots.

[LeaLee]

Don't do it. He can decide that on his own when he is old enough

[Wiedzmin]

isn't it about health? Why the hell he care about if his son going to have circumcised or not.

[Asker]

Well he has the right to have opinions on our baby health I believe.

[Wiedzmin]

But he seems to be against it.

[Wiedzmin]

This is like a stupid horoscope stereotyped bias "my son has to be leo, not others because I know the best for him"

[Asker]

Well honestly, its hard to know who should really decide, you believe it should be a mother or father decision?

[Wiedzmin]

Doctor's.

[ValeriusDover]

Would you remove someone's eyelids? This is pretty much what you're advocating here. Mutilation is just plain wrong. He can make that choice later in life if he wants if you just leave him be now. I was born overseas, so I thankfully wasn't subject to this treatment, and I am grateful for it. But if for some reason I wanted to get rid of it, I still could.

[shredor]

You have to try and convince him of the benefits. You can search the internet or youtube as well as asking a professional doctor to be more convincing.

[DiegoO]

The benefits of circumcision are not real. First they don't decrease the risk of getting a STD, the head lose sensibility and circumcision it self doesn't help the penis be cleaner.

[Anon-ymous1]

The real question is why you aren't married if you're going to have a future son.

[Juxtapose]

Speaking as an uncircumcised guy, there is literally NO good reason to mutilate a person genitals. Cleaning my penis is very, very easy.. I was taught how to do it as a small child and doctors have confirmed that I am perfectly healthy.

You'll be killing his sensitivity and enforcing a barbaric, sexist practice that will permanently mutilate your son's genitals.

[144tzer]

Speaking as a circumcised guy, I can say that I don't think the supposed sensitivity loss is enough to be an argument.

[ausmaster]

Yeah same as I am circumcised.

[Juxtapose]

That's cus you two don't know what you're missing. Foreskin has more nerve endings than a clitoris does. The clit has 8,000 while foreskin has 20,000. Yeah, you read that correctly.. 20,000, more than twice the sensitivity of a clitoris.

[Juxtapose]

deviwardtantra.com/whats-sensitive-clitoris/

[Asker]

the nerves you describe are auxillatory nerves. Yes some are present on the foreskin, but most are inner in the pelvis area and the testicles. The same is for girls, most are in the pelvis area. For comparaison, the head of the penis has 4000 nerves and the clitoris 8000, but in a concentrate area, which make both extremely sensitive compare to other areas.

[Deathraider]

Don't circumcise him. Shouldn't it be his choice when he's an adult?

[Asker]

Honestly, gettng in circumcised or not is a choice to make. Maybe he could regret not being circumcised as well

[Deathraider]

He can circumcise when he grows up. However, if you do it now, there's no backs for him.

[Asker]

its a really painful process tho. I don't want him to have to go through this when I could've done it earlier.

[Deathraider]

Well leave it up to him. If he wants to circumcise later on, he's fine with the pain. But I think most guys wouldn't want a piece of their penis chopped of.

[Asker]

Well most circumcised guys seem comfortable with it and not regret it at all.

[Deathraider]

Yeah, well by default he's uncircumcised. You don't just use that reasoning to circumcise him. Sure, most people circumcise may enjoy it, but does that mean you should circumcise your son? Most uncircumcised people would not like a bit of their penis chopped off, and that's why it should be his choice.

[Asker]

I understand your point of view, I value hygiene and aesthetic so I would want him circumcised and I don't see real negative impacts doing it so that's why I am up to get him circumcised, but I can understand other people point of view. Personally most guys I've known were as well circumcised.

[Deathraider]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9bFAePvxg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5OESt3TCg
This talks about mainly the arguments of hygiene and other pro circumcision arguments.
As for aesthetics, can you imagine your parents altering your genitalia because they think it looks nice because altered?

[Asker]

Thanks I will watch the video. Maybe it seems stupid to do it for the look, but I've heard so many friends of mine making fun of uncut penis than I wouldn't want my child to go through that.

[Deathraider]

Everyone make dick jokes, about size, looks, etc. But it honestly doesn't really matter.

[oldperv]

where do you live? if in the UK then dont do it.. if its the US then try to talk him into it..

kids want to be the same. so when they are changing in the locker room it will be easier for him to not be the one with the weird dick

[Asker]

US and exactly what I'm scared of, I heard story of uncut guys getting bullied in lockers. I want him to be similar to others.

[oldperv]

yep your son will never remember getting circumcised.. but will remember the torment and teasing he will get in the locker room. kids can be pretty brutal. There was one kid in JR high that was not circumcised and he was teased so much that they changed schools. is your boyfriend circumcised?

[Asker]

He is circumcised and I agree with you, there is bad social repercussions.

[matchrestore]

Circumcision rates have fallen quite a bit in the US. He definitely wouldn't be the only uncircumcised boy in the locker room. I wouldn't let fear of being made fun of influence this decision.

[Asker]

that's true, that's something I feared a lot, but never been in guys'lockers, only heard stories

[matchrestore]

I have a foreskin, I'm American (upper midwest, where circumcision rates were traditionally the highest), and I can assure you its not really an issue. I can only remember a handful of comments at most. Kids will tease each other about literally anything, I was teased for my off-brand tennis shoes, not for my penis.

[Asker]

glad to hear that, in my family circumcision is really important so everyone got cut, glad to hear it isn't so important in general for most people, that's what I feared

[SuccessfulHornDog]

Would you cut the hood off your daughters clitoris. Are you a feminist who is into genital mutilation?

[Asker]

I'm not, and its not really comparable, the clitoris is more sensitive, cutting the hood would be uncomfortable while most guys seem ok with the foreskin removed.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

How do you know. Maybe a cicumsized girls clit would also become desensitized. Why mutilate your son. It seems hateful

[Asker]

it is illegal in most countries, for the reasons it makes the clitoris highly uncomfortable. So no I wouldn't do that to my daughter. But a guy doesn't need a foreskin, many guys live happily without it.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

I hope that you never have a son

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

There is no need to get him circumcised unless it's for medical reasons.

[markscott]

Three: There are medical reasons to circumcise an infant, as it protects them from some diseases.

[Trollfather]

@markscott Oh yeah cutting off half a dick is a good idea. Not. Just use a condom.

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

@markscott Very few men will need to be circumcised. It's not even common practice here yet it's not a problem for most men. It might have been necessary in times before soap and running water, but not today.

[markscott]

Three: Circumcision isn't a common practice in many places. That doesn't mean it doesn't help prevent disease in children. It has nothing to do with how common, or uncommon, it is. It;s about disease prevention.

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

@markscott The majority of guys will not experience any issues from being uncircumcised.

[Nandor]

I dont know

[CoffeeWC]

circumcise him

[Revolver_]

Lol.

[sayitaintso85]

F**k I hate that this shit is still around.
Take his to a f**king Synagogue some old f**k cut's his dick then suck's it to stop the bleeding.
If this was a little girl people would be outraged.
leave his dick alone.

[gowtham12]

It's up-to future child

[Anonymous]

Womans choice. Especially if the woman is Jewish. Jewish men are ALWAYS circumcised. Besides, sex is better that way. I should know

[Asker]

that's really true.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you will win that argument. Just give him something like naming the kid.

[Anonymous]

Get him circumcised, honestly foreskin on a penis doesn't look good at all and there is nothing wrong with it being removed, so go ahead in my opinion.

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

Mutilating genitals for aesthetic reasons is pretty fucked up.

[Asker]

It isn't. Always glad the parents of my sexual partners circumcised their son, make the penis look attractive to me. Plus would you then say that the majority of US females are fucked up to prefer circumcised penises?

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

Fucked up no, brainwashed yes.

[Opinion Owner]

I assume you are uncircumcised and then complain about circumcision?

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

I would rephrase that as I am against unnecessary mutilation on the grounds of aesthetics or some erroneous idea that it's more hygienic.

[Asker]

Are you against piercing girls ears?

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

How young are we talking?

[Asker]

@ThreeSheetsToTheWind baby girl

[ThreeSheetsToTheWind]

I don't agree with piercing infants.

[Anonymous]

Don't do that. Don't that to your boyfriend and son. They don't deserve that. Why should he have to get a piece of him removed is it because of the way it looks? We don't hack women's vaginas, so why should we do it to men?

[markscott]

Anonymous" Why do you assume people have their male infants circumcised for looks? Circumcision helps protect infants, and also later in life, from several types of diseases.

[Asker]

its traditional, I mean most guys get it removed.

[Anonymous]

Don't circumcise him.