Weighing In
Aug. 27th, 2012 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leftbaseThe 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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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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Date: 2012-08-28 10:28 am (UTC)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.