I thought about getting myself circumcised but then reseached about this issue on google and then came to know it is best kept as it is. As getting circumcision decreases feeling during sex, something I would not (or any other male) want at all.

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

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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Really the only reason for circumcision is cosmetic. My son is not. I just had to teach him how to make sure it is clean. The doctor advised me to make sure the head pops out when he was younger. Nature put the foreskin there to protect the head of the penis why muck with.

Here is what I would recommend. Since this is a health issue, yourself how it is handled in Western Europe? They live longer, happier lives and spend half of what we do on health care costs. (Answer: they don't promote it).

I think having an elective surgery to mutilate the genitals of baby boy's is wrong. There is no medical benefit to the surgery, only risks. I would also say that having an opinion on this topic is different than having an opinion on the reproductive rights of women because at this point the baby is already here and as a care giver, all opinions of the people who will be caring for this baby matter.

One way of approaching your question is to go with established medical science. Pubmed.org is the single recognized data base for all juried medical research.
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I vote no. Unless there's a medical reason for doing so, circumcision is pointless.

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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.

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• every medical procedure is risky (infection) so advisable only if medically required
• Men have lived with a prepuce (foreskin) for hundreds of thousands of years without ill effect otherwise we would have evolve away from having one.
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My son wasn't circumcised and unfortunately falls into the category of those who should have been. He has the dreaded tight foreskin so at age six he was at the urologist and we tried the steroid creams and as an adult he has had a tear to the frenulum, minor surgery for that and still sometimes experiences discomfort on the job so to speak. He would have been far better off without the bloody thing (foreskin not anything else).

Since my son is far more open on these matters than most men, it does make me wonder whether there is actually a vast underreporting of problems relating to the retention of the foreskin. Men are very protective of their genitalia and the last thing most of them are going to do is admit there is a problem in that department.

Just food for thought.

Unless there is a medical necessity - there is no good reason to do this - if the male will have access to soap and water and learns general good hygiene. (Retracting the foreskin to wash).

This is done to male infants without any anesthesia.
Having part of the body removed for non-medical reasons doesn't make sense to me.

My sisters and I discussed this when my first nephew was born.
With the knowledge we had over 36 years ago - we could see it had been mostly a choice to "look like Dad". Or to follow a religious practice.

That has changed markedly - and we're swinging towards men not being circumcised now. (In the US). So even that old chestnut is no longer true.

Also if you wait for the child to make his own choice - he will get anesthesia. (as an adult).

I'm not a parent yet but I'd not recommend cutting of my little boys penis. That is a decision I'll leave to him.

I'm from Africa (Kenya) and most circumcision there is done as a rite of passage to adulthood. Most cultures have ceremonies were they perform the act on boys.

I personally see it as a form of genital mutilation. It's a common practice but that doesn't mean it's not male mutilation. We label female mutilation as inhumane and forget the boy child also gets maimed.

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.

I am 100% against infant/child circumcision, unless there's a specific medical reason that child needs it. The American Academy of since 1975 has started that "there is no absolute medical indication for routine circumcision of the newborn."

Once someone is an adult, they are welcome to do whatever they want to themselves, including circumcision for religious or cosmetic reasons. But, absent a specific medical reason, parents should not have part of their child cut off.

If you have any doubt, remember that it's irreversible. If you don't circumcise, your son can always choose circumcision as an adult. But if you do circumcise, your son can't get his foreskin back.

Consider this.

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 would say if your are going to do that, do it when the child is born. I am, and basically thats all i know, i don't know the other side, and ive always been fine with it, and i don't beileve at all the procedure hurts anything, ive never had any problems down there. ,hope this was helpful

Mine was done on religious grounds when i was about 4 or 5. I had a paracetamol then went under the knife. It was the worst experience of my life and as such my boys have been protected from it. Now they're adults they can do what they like but i suspect circumcision is not on their list of things to have done.

I feel quit strongly about this one,.... for numerous reasons, but firstly I want to say that rather like evolution & whether or not the earth is flat,.... science has spoken firmly on this one. The research has been done, the evidence is in and it is unambiguously nonsense. It is nonsense that has known & quantifiable risks and side affects attributed to it. So for that reason alone, don’t do it.

But for me, this is the biggie. It’s not your body, so the rights that you have over your son’s body are not infinite. You’re probably unlikely to tattoo your baby, or pierce it’s belly button, because you know that in doing so you infringe your child’s right to choose when it’s old enough. Same with circumcision,..... only far more so, because many ‘growdups’ DO actually choose to get a tattoo,.... whereas I’m prepared to bet that the number of 25 year olds feeling the urge to pay someone to scalpel off their foreskin is,..... small!!

Male genital mutilation (let’s call it what it is), is nothing more than a religious, tribal throwback, and I dissagree with several of the other well informed commentors, in that this is not in fact ‘your choice’. It is your son’s choice when he is old enough to do so.

It doesn't matter if you're male or female. Opinions are a good thing. But educate yourself. Many posters mistakenly compare female genital mutilation with circumcision. In the US, your son's foreskin would be removed under sterile conditions. It does not diminish sensations during intercourse, it does not alter the function of the male sex organs or even the urinary system, as that is also the same region. Its a practice that likely developed for hygienic purposes because folds in skin are breeding grounds for bacteria and other skin breakdown and now many older/ancient cultures continue the practice. We're seeing circumcision put into practice routinely now in Africa for prevention. Performed properly it is a safe, medical procedure (totally unlike the conditions/reasons connected to female genital mutilation which is abuse that can lead to loss of sensation, loss of function, loss of life and is demoralizing). If you adopt an older child, there's no reason to have the procedure done unless he's prone to infection or you belong to a culture in which it is routinely performed. It is, after all surgery. If you adopt an infant and you are living in the US, chances of infection are probably greatly reduced. You would want to teach him to clean himself properly either way and I would consult your medical provider so they can weigh in on its efficacy.
I admire your decision to adopt.

This is not something I would inflict on an infant. It is mutilation plain and simple. Like religion it should be undertaken voluntarily when one is an adult. Parents do not have the right to disfigure their children male or female any more than indoctrinate them with religion.

Well, I have daughters.. didn't have to worry about that at all ?