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Actually doctors from many other places recommend it as well..
And that's not coming from American ignorance, as I know I won't be forcing my kid to be circumcized. I'll be leaving that up to my wife. Heard it really fucks up the pleasure factor.
And Reefer, your post is the ignorant post. You know damn well America and Canada would recommend anything health positive. It's not like the doctors are telling us to eat our McDonalds.
well if your kids american i would seriously reccomend him being circumsized because if hes not he'l be an outcast trust me i know i lived in the states for like 2 years and it was awkward as fuck. and what im saying about the health issue is that its not neccesary to be circumsized and if it were that much of a health risk then why doesnt every other country except america and canada start circumsizing their boys? thats all im trying to say i dont think im being ignorant but ofcourse i would say that. but if you still feel im being ignorant after my explanation then please explain how. thanks peaceQuote:
Originally Posted by Encatuse
In some cultures they do it to discourage masturbation - I thought :confused:
Oh, which do I prefer ~ hmmmmmmmmmm not bothered actually wouldn't bother me either way is cool.
Yeah, your explanation cleared things up. Sorry bout the mis-understanding. As for circumcizing my kid, well, if things go my way, I won't be having a kid, and thereby not have to worry about the whole issue. lol
yea i know jewish people did it to recognize their religion or something to do with religion but i want to know where the americans got their research about how its healthier any1 have any statistics or anything like that.
The merits of circumcision are currently under debate. There is NOT a compelling medical rationale for the procedure in healthy boys. However, some boys have medical conditions where circumcision may be needed.
http://www.cirp.org/library/history/
Many theories have been advanced to explain the origin of genital mutilation. One theory postulates that circumcision began as a way of "purifying" individuals and society by reducing sexuality and sexual pleasure. Human sexuality was seen as dirty or impure in some societies; hence cutting off the pleasure-producing parts was the obvious way to "purify" someone.
It is now known that the male foreskin, or prepuce, is the principal location of erogenous sensation in the human male. Removal of the prepuce substantially reduces erogenous sensation.Therefore (in the appropriate cultural context), circumcision is revealed as a sacrifice of "sinful" human enjoyment (in this earthly life), for the sake of holiness in the afterlife.
http://www.cirp.org/library/general/preston/
A Consideration of Routine Neonatal Circumcision
CAPT E. Noel Preston, MC, USAF
Routine neonatal circumcision has been advocated as a means of preventing genitourinary diseases and genital cancers. However, the procedure has been found to have been of questionable benefit and to be associated with both immediate and delayed risks and complications. These in turn may produce undesirable psychologic, sexual, and medico-legal difficulties. Circumcision is considered with respect to carcinoma of the cervix, penis, and prostate; there is little evidence that circumcision of the newborn affords protection against subsequent development of these cancers in individuals who practice good personal hygiene.
[CIRP Note: This article is historic in nature. Preston's article along with that of Leitch, which was also published in 1970, disproved the false claim by Abraham Wolbarst that male circumcision could prevent penile cancer. Its publication influenced the American Academy of Pediatrics which issued a statement the following year that said "there are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period."]
My son was not circumcised until he was almost a year old only because he was getting bladder infections and he's never had another since in 8 years. He had other medical reasons for this, and had it not been for those, he would not have been circumcised and we are 100% American. I just believe it's unnecessary unless it becomes a health risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Encatuse
Either circumcised or un is just fine...they're both waaay better than battery operated. :rolleyes: :D
Sometimes................... ~lol~Quote:
Originally Posted by maryjanemama
:D
Im with you MJM, especially about the battery operated part.