Comments on: Circumcision - To Cut or Not to Cut

By: Circumcision Sunshine Coast

Circumcision Sunshine Coast — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:00:49 +0000

Circumcision is a family choice. Many people choose to circumcise to either because of tradition, religion or to try to avoid hygienic problems. Due to a long line of problems with uncircumcised men in our family, I am choosing to circumcise my son when he is born. I just couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t circumcise him and he started to experience the same problems.

By: LetsBePractical

LetsBePractical — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:55:09 +0000

Roman soldiers had short hair and shaved faces to prevent lice. During this time where there outsiders who reviled this “perversion” of the human head? Perhaps.

Men do not need the added burden of cleansing their penises. This is especially true in emergency wartime situations if a man is needed to defend. If cleansing an uncircumcised penis is truly what people describe, this is exactly why men never want to serve with a woman in dirty, uncomfortable combat situations. Keep things easy, practical, and simple — circumcise! Do it when they’re young and they won’t remember a thing

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:57:11 +0000

The decision of circumcision should be left for parents to do what they think is best for their son. I had the surgery in my mid thirties after trading yeast infections back and forth with my wife for 6 years. After the surgery, the infections stopped and the sensation did not change. Everything continued to work fine. There is way too much emotion and over the top words such as mutilation, slicing, ripping, etc. The foreskin is not the most erogenous part. It seems that there are way too many experts on circumcision. Most men are fine either way. It really isn’t any of my business or yours what other people do regarding circumcision. People need to get off their opinion pedestal and move on.

By: L

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:27:16 +0000

Nick, essentially what you are saying is that you are at cross roads and contemplating whether or not you should have your 13 month old child be placed under anethesia and have his little penis operated on for no other reason other than you may be uncomfortable with the conversation of why your penises look different? I hope you truly know the answer to the cross road direction you should take.

What is wrong with the truth pertaining to circumsion? Perhaps the difficulty that you may have answering questions could be an issue within you and it is likely that your son will not have too many questions that the simple truth could not clear right up. Circumsized men seem to make a much bigger deal about this than it needs to be! Relax, you seem like a pretty smart guy, so let nature handle itself. You will know what to say when the time is appropriate, just like you probably will know what to say about drugs, sex, and other uncomfortable topics. And lastly, give your son more credit…. he does not know that people make a big deal about the differences, so don’t teach him that it is a big deal..chances are all will be well!

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:24 +0000

Our son was circumcised at one day, based entirely on societal concerns. I read stacks of literature on the topic beforehand. There is a scientifically significant difference in the rate of infections/STDs between circumcised and uncircumcised men, but teaching your son to (a) maintain his personal hygiene and (b) not sleep around should take care of that (I’m a bit old fashioned with point b). Now at 13 months, our pediatrician told us that the circumcision was minor, at best. In other words, very little tissue was removed. We consulted with a pediatric urologist to determine what would be involved with re-doing it, and the procedure is significant (involving general anesthesia, stitches, and splinting).
We have heard no compelling reasons to have him “re”-circumcised. The “It looks gross” argument is ridiculous. I hope my son’s self confidence is sufficient to overcome that, though I understand there may be occasional struggles (but all young men deal with penis issues). The health argument is relatively unsubstantiated. Taking care of oneself should solve that problem.
My only stumbling block is that I, as well as every man in my family (that I know of), am circumcized. I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever seen an uncircumcized man in my life. Those of you who are cut and decided not to cut your sons, have you dealt with any “Why am I different?” conversations with your sons, and how did you handle it? Thanks for your guidance.

By: Skaal

Skaal — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:16:25 +0000

“We had our son circumcised. Our decision was based entirely on how it looked. There are pros and cons to both, but neither outweighed the other in our opinions. I am cut (I bet you wanted to know that!) and my wife thinks they look gross uncut…so our son got cut. Simple as that. ;)”
Lets forget for one moment that you actually get your son mutilated - Theres plenty of so called Reasons why someone “decides” to get his son cut ( medical, religion etc..)
But you both are realy dumb fucks - you decide just because your wife think they look gross???!! Holy god! THATS GROSS!! YOUR ARE GROSS!! Dont get me wrong: get the one Chield circumcised is always wrong! But if you had say you think its more healthy - we just could think you are badly informed. But so - i have to say your just plain dumb!
Even the spelling “our decision” “my decision” That proofs that the Human needs ethic and moral leadership. Let him have to much power over someone else and he spoils it all!!
If USA say : you are free to let remove the little finger on one hand of your Sons - there would be a few or more stupid DarwinismErrors who let ths do.
And for your Wife. She thinks 75% of all men worldwide have gross Dicks, okay - stay your complete unnassesery Life in USA, dont do a single Step out of it!!
The wild Tribes in Africa doing it, the goddame Muslims doing it - YOU ARE DOING IT!!
You are a third wolrd country with a lots of neaon lights in its Citys!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:29:01 +0000

Perhaps the person above recently saw a very unclean penis!

My son was born three months ago and my husband and I did not have him cicumsized because we did not believe that it was necessary. We both believe that should he be judged by a woman for having his foreskin, she is probably not the woman for him. I hope that my son will fall in love with someone who is more open minded than to say that it is the grossest thing ever.

My husband is not cut and he is the first sexual relationship with someone uncircumsized that I have had. I fell in love with him for who he is and subsequently have never let his uncut penis bother me.

We will teach our son to clean his penis as we would teach him to clean any other part of his body–and the same way that one would teach a daughter to thouroughly clean her vagina. I then hope to teach him that ignorant comments are just that… ignorant, and that circumsion is a personal decision and should he choose to, then he can. My bet will be that he wil never choose to have skin cut off of his penis because he more than likely will not experience any problems by being uncut. I firmly believe that this is a surgery for vanity reasons, like a nose job and an uncircumsized penis posses less medical risk than the risk one takes of having a “botched” job on their sons most valuable possesion!

Americans seem to always want to fix something that isnt broken!

Stand for something or fall for everything.

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:33:42 +0000

Wendy, def. cut your sons penis!! I saw the first uncut penis and it was the grossest ever!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:20:55 +0000

I have a 11 yr old boy he was premature and weight 2lbs, I wanted to have him cut but doctors didn’t even ask…Now I hear all my friends talking about the ugly dick, and the good looking dick etc and it makes me wonder should I have my son’s thing cut now? my husband is cut and it looks great, I heard too that if its cut its much bigger and better, if not cut it looks small and nasty any hard decision since my son is now 11 I asked him and he said yes…so I dont’t know now since reading all this.

By: NewDaddyToo

NewDaddyToo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:32:02 +0000

Interesting thread on an interesting site. I just had a son 3 months ago. I always thought that if I had a son the no brainer decision would be to not have him circumcised simply because it is unnecessary. However, after we found out via ultrasound that my wife was carrying a son the decision did not seem as clear cut (sic). I was circumcised as an infant, and my wife prefers the look and there was some vanity on my part in that I wanted my son to look like me. After much thought and deliberation the only valid reasons we could come up with to have the surgery done were 1) he would look a little different than me and 2) there is the possibility it could mean less oral sex for him. We decided to leave him intact and we are very happy with the decision. Poor thing cries enough from gas and it just slays us!

With regards to reason 1, I will someday have to explain to him what circumcision is and that it happened to me when I was a baby but we decided not to do it to him. In fact, I wrote him a note explaining the reasons for that day when he wants to know why. I also plan to use it as a segway to start talking to him about sex, because we believe that talking about it early and often will equip him to make better decisions regarding his sexuality.

As for reason 2, we figured that someday he will fall in love with a woman (or man) who loves him for who he is and that possibly foregoing some promiscuity in his earlier days may not be such a bad thing, besides, having the foreskin intact will likely preclude some sexual challenges that cut men face.

Having said all that, I would not publicly judge other parents if they chose to have their son circumcised for non-religious reasons, but would engage them in respectful conversation regarding the reasons surrounding their decision. My bet is that most reasons are as shallow as my reasons above.

By: mommyto3

mommyto3 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:06:34 +0000

We had both our sons circumcised, mainly because it was something my husband felt much more strongly about than I did. It is such an individualized decision and I believe the numbers are getting closer to 50/50 now of men who are circumcised and those who are not. It is interesting how both sides tend to say varying things in regard to the potential health benefits of circumcision. I found a really great debate about whether to circumcise or not at www.opposingviews.com/questions/should-boys-be-circumcised. Experts from both sides debate the issue and provide counterarguments to the other side. A really valuable read!

By: linda massie

linda massie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:07:04 +0000

It is totally beyond comprehension in the 21st century that anyone would cirumcicise their child and dprive him of the most sexually erogenous part of his penis. Those who say the practice is a parental choice one have lost the plot. Do they not realise that in Europe neonatal circumcision was stopped over 50 years ago due to the damge being done to these babies. Circumcision is harmful to the developing child and any doctor who would suggest it as a “health” measure could and should be charged with ignorance and malpractice. Wake up most men are not circumcised and many European women feel nothing but pity for those who are.

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:03:42 +0000

I am happy to have my foreskin! As an American born in 1974 when most of my peers were circumcised I am happy that my parents decided not to have me cut. My father was born in the 1950’s and was circumcised, but at the urging of my maternal grandmother my parents decided not to have my penis circumcised. While I did feel a little different than those other boys around me growing up, it was not an unbearable social stigma, nor did it affect my ability to interact in gym class at school or keep me from showering as part of the football team. I was sexually active beginning in High School and I was actually quite happy to be the “odd man out” that had something a little extra that the girls (and boys) talked about. I’ve never decided to get cut, and have never had an infection or any problems with my foreskin. I am actually very “attached” to it. I think that it should be a very personal decision to either have or not to have a circumcision. It shouldn’t be a parents decision to have it done to a child simply to “look like his father”. I mean honestly, how often does one see one’s father’s penis? When I did see my dad naked and the question arose “Why does his look different” it really was quite easy for my parents to tell me when the question arose “You have foreskin. Daddies penis doesn’t. Some boys have it and some boys don’t.” End of subject. They taught me how to clean my penis the same way that they taught me how to brush my teeth or wipe my butt. Easy as that. So when I have a son I will do the same thing. I’m happy to have been given the choice about my foreskin and thank God my parents gave that to me!

By: pete

pete — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:05:41 +0000

“When I was three or four and taking a bath with another boy, he pulled his foreskin back and his mom showed me how to do it”

I believe thats called child abuse in most countries.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:40:47 +0000

If I think my daughter’s labia should I have them shipped?
No. thats crazy. Circumcision is the only non necessary sergry that can be justfied if the parents think their son’s penis is gross. So forcing cosmetics on him will “ease” their minds. If the child were to ask why he was what would his parents say if they did it because they think its gross to have a whole penis.

I’m glade I gave my sons the right to chose. Though in the beginning I also thought it was gross, and they should look like me. But then I though. And I was like why the hell am I comparing my child’s penis to my own. Thats sick. And I don’t want him to have a bad body image because think it “gross” to have a foreskin.

By: Jackal

Jackal — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:54:46 +0000

There are pros and cons to both sides. Some say its medically necessary, some say its not. Some men who are cut experience problems, and some men who are intact experience problems. I myself am cut and have never had any problems. I don’t resent my parents for doing it and am quite frankly glad it was done.
I chose to get my son circumcised based soley on the fact that I was. Yes, both my wife and I thought it looked better, but this was not the deciding factor. Our main concern was that we wanted to avoid him possibly having to have it done in the future. At least now having it done as an infant, he won’t remember the experience. People close to us have had to have their sons circumcised at an older age, and the children are now scarred from the traumatic experience.
Parenting is hard enough that we don’t need to be judged for our choices when it comes to our kids. I’ve noticed in the short time I’ve been a parent (5 1/2 months) that parents are judged for EVERYTHING they do.

By: D-I

D-I — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:16:23 +0000

If there is no pressing medical reason for amputation of part of your son’s body, I suggest you do not do so. It might have become socially ‘acceptable’ but taking away choice from a human being because your wife thinks “it looks gross” is incredibly irresponsible; some might think a vulva without labia is more attractive, but you’d never dream of amputating those from your daughter. The argument of hygiene and disease is a red herring, compared to the difference a decent hygiene and sex education can make; likewise the argument of sexual pleasure is completely subjective. Sure, most guys who have been circumcised don’t “miss it”; they wouldn’t miss their little toes either, but that doesn’t mean it’s ok to amputate them. I still find it incredible that a country cuts their babies for no particular reason.

By: Wawaron

Wawaron — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:08:31 +0000

Cut only if it is a medical urgence !

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:55:59 +0000

Both of my sons are not “cut”. I was “cut”. My father isn’t. It’s a choice you have to make but I’ll be honest, there is no medical facts that state circumcision is necessary for the health of the baby. Care of a non-cut penis especially when in diapers is just like caring for a cut penis. Keep it clean, simple as that.

By: Xbox4NappyRash

Xbox4NappyRash — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:57:37 +0000

Interesting arguments.

Being European, there was never a 2nd thought given to the notion of circumcision when I was born. 30 years later I’m still fully armed thanks to the simple ability to clean myself.

For me, a complete non-issue.