Sexual Relationships 
Sexual Health If you had a son would you have him circumsized as a baby or allow that to be his choice when he's older?
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Also why do you think circumcision is more popular and do you think it has more to do with cosmetic reasons?
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I think I'm going to have a really hard time picking an MHO... all the opinions from what I'm getting all seem really good and do have valid points
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21 66It's 2022 not 1900. No need for that nonsense now. Complete unjustifiable
I would never do that to my son. I have no justifiable right to violate his bodily integrity by giving consent to that procedure. He obviously would be incapable of giving consent himself until he was much older. I believe the routine, non-medically necessary cutting of baby boys' genitals is unethical. The foreskin is functional tissue that has lots of sensory nerve endings and serves a purpose. That's why it's there in the first place.
Don't like circumcision, so wouldn't get him circumcised as a baby. If he wants to go through that mess when he's older, then he can go for it.
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Circumcision, as an adult is not a 'choice", at that point, it is not like getting a haircut! Circumcision as an adult is a painful, traumatic thing to have done, and to delay circumcision and make it the 'Babies choice" is a gruesome error to make on behalf of any child. I am circumcised, and I can tell you emphatically, that to do otherwise is a TERRIBLE disservice to your child.
If you listen to these men here from Europe where they rarely circumcise, you will get some sadly misguided information, about 'cleanliness, sensitivity etc.
Too many women try to get information here on this site, and you should dig it out on your own, or talk to women who have experience with both types.
The question is 'worn out' on this site.
Both of my sons were circumcised at birth. At the time, it was the recommended thing to do.
Circumsized as a baby.
why?
@rebeliouse Christian.
Christianity doesn't require circumcision. Only Judaism and Islam do.
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Circumcision is to prevent penile cancer, I know a guy who died from penile cancer all cause he wasn't circumcised but this happens to 1% in million men so it's low but it happens
My son was circumcised as a baby. My OH is from South America where it's culturally the norm. I had had a circumcision as an adult for medical reasons, wasn't pleasant,
I woul have him clipped as a baby. If you wait until he was older it would hurt like hell.
Children feel pain too.
@DevinAM Yes, but when they are newborn their brain does not fully process it. My boys did not even cry when they were snipped.
That is a myth that newborns don't feel pain. Babies don't cry cause they go into shock when they experience that much pain. I remember when my oldest was born and they gave him his first vaccine I about lost it watching that. He cried for about 2 seconds then got completely red and basically stopped breathing. It was so bad that I didn't let them continue with the newborn exams. Didn't allow my other kids to get the vaccines after birth. It's traumatizing especially for newborns since they have such sensitive little bodies. Whoever thought that they don't feel pain were just ridiculous
@Apple1996 damn, I wish you never told me that. now I feel guilty.
Definitely don't feel guilty. Back then doctors would talk parents into circumcision. It was just popular like that. Now a days it's a lot different since doctors know more about how it actually effects the babies so it's not recommended like it use to be in the 80s-90s
I won’t be getting my son circumsized. i think it’s strictly a cosmetic procedure (unless it’s for religious or health purposes) the idea that circumcised penises is cleaner is a myth.
I think worrying about what a child’s penis looks like, is weird. If they want to get the procedure when they’re older than I believe it should be their choice.
we don’t give infant baby girls labiaplasty because it “looks better” and people would have a FIT if we did.
Thanks, I have way more questions then answers after reading this. I don't know which one I pick.
I think circumcision is popular for religious and hygienic reasons.
@awkward_author there is actually now no hygenie related reason for it to be done.
I believe there is. It’s easier to clean. If I had a male child, I’d have him circumcised.
actually there was a study done on it. no correlation. not that hard to keep it clean. but okay..,
I’d still have my male child circumcised. If you don’t want to, that’s fine. I have my reasons, and you have yours.
just leave the dick as it is.
Glad my parents weren't dumb enough to cut my foreskin.
It's there for a gawdam REASON.
Stop mutilating your kid.
No genital mutilation is wrong
His choice when older.
No, circumcision is not popular in my country. Nobody is circumcised here.
I personally don't really see anything wrong with circumcision, even though a lot of people seem to have an issue with it. But I'm circumcised and I like my dick.
The Bible says that circumcision isn't necessary for one to have a good relationship with God; so, if I had a son, I'd leave it up to him, when he became an adult, to decide whether he wanted to be circumcised or not.
I likely will, just because it's more or less the standard where I live. Not to say that not circumcising would be wrong here, just that I think most women here would prefer that. I do believe nowadays it is primarily for cosmetic reasons, but there are others pros (and cons) to it as well.
While in an ideal world he can make that decision for himself, I can't imagine many men would want to circumcise as an adult and then live with it for however long it takes to heal, as well as be old enough to remember the (likely unpleasant) process.
But I'll keep my mind open to other options.