Quote Originally Posted by xReLiNqUiShLoVe
It wasn't about that. It's different because YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN REMEMBER unless you had it done when you were older by choice.
Pain, trauma, and memory

According to a comprehensive recent study, infant responses to pain are ??similar to but greater than those observed in adult subjects.?


Infant circumcision causes severe, persistent pain.


Some infants do not cry because they go into shock from the overwhelming pain of the surgery.
Infants rarely receive anaesthesia or post-operative pain management.


No anesthetic has been found to be safe and totally effective in preventing circumcision pain in infants. [A man circumcised in adulthood will be given the benefit of general anaesthetic, post-operative pain management, choice and informed consent over the fate of his own genital integrity.]


The persistence of specific behavioural changes after circumcision in neonates implies the presence of memory for the incident.
??Taddio A, Katz J, Ilersich AL, et al. Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination. Lancet 1997;349(9052):599-603. [Full text]