11-09-2007, 02:27 PM | #1 |
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Circumcision -a civil rights violation!
http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...679981,00.html
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11-09-2007, 03:39 PM | #2 |
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Circumcision is pointless. It is done for purely aesthetic reasons. We kept the hat on our son's head.
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11-09-2007, 03:48 PM | #3 |
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great article. now with a device to put the foreskin back, I don't have to feel guilty about circumcising my offspring.
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OK. But in the West where soap, clean water and condoms are readily available, it is pointless. Most parents do it because they want their son's penis to look like their father's. There's no real medical need. Some site UTIs, but from what I read long ago when I had a reason to investigate this, the rate of complications due to circumcision was higher than the rate of UTIs for those left intact.
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I think this is the only reason why the practice continues. If I have a boy I might even consider having him snipped for this reason, despite my opinion that the practice is pointless and barbaric. Any other justifications seem weak and likely post hoc.
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Move to California with Steel then.
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