Weighing In

[leftbase]

The American Academy of Pediatrics says the benefits of infant male circumcision outweigh the risks. While I'm of course no medical professional, it still seems to me that the reasons they give can be offset in a major way by teaching about personal hygiene and safe sex.

They even say the benefits are not great enough to recommend it be done routinely. See?

As one who was thankfully spared the knife, my recommendation to parents of newborns is Don't Do It. Let the person whose penis it is decide. It's always an option if it ever becomes medically necessary.

That's my thought for the day!

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Comments

[themistressmoon.livejournal.com]

My fiance and I have had so many discussions about this, and I agree with you 100%, for the same reasons. I just don't know why it's medically necessary--and in most cases, it's not. It's an aesthetic thing. Which, in my opinion, is not a good enough reason to take a knife to an infant's genitals.

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

As one who was thankfully spared the knife, my recommendation to parents of newborns is Don't Do It. Let the person whose penis it is decide. It's always an option if it ever becomes medically necessary.
That's exactly how I feel too

I didn't really have an opinion on it before I began dating my SO. However, after dating him, he got me to be against infant circumcision because if anyone should decide whether to have a circumcision or not...it should be the guy since it's his penis. So, when we have a son together, he will not be circumcised either like his daddy (though most Europeans tend not to be circumcized) unless he makes the choice he wants to when he's older.

[lady-fox.livejournal.com]

I agree with you.

[msstacy13.livejournal.com]

Years ago, one of my sisters-in-law
was talking about the importance of having circucision,
and I couldn't resist saying,
""Is that why no males survived to adulthood until doctors started circumcising baby boys?"

Circumcision is one of the strongest arguments atheists have against Christianity;
there is still a deep-seated feeling that it's necessary to salvation;
regardless of the arguments anyone might give for it,
that's the feeling behind the arguments.

[hydrogen-atom.livejournal.com]

I hate this bullshit. The so-called "benefits" of male circumcision are a cheap way of dealing with the problem of sexually transmitted diseases. Oh, men who are circumcised are less likely to get diseases? Guess what, SO ARE MEN WHO WEAR CONDOMS AND GET TESTED. omfg WHAT A CONCEPT.

I see no reason to justify cutting off a part of ANYONE'S genitalia for a few nebulous "heath benefits" that can be just as easily achieved through education, good hygiene and safe sexual practices.

tl;dr I agree 100%, I hate circumcision.

[leftbase.livejournal.com]

You said it way better than I did!