I'm a girl and, fortunately, not one who lives in countries where females have such mutilations performed upon them. But my thinking where men are concerned is that it's a completely unnecessary modification--and possibly one that does harm in the long run. My husband is circumcized, which was pretty much routine when he was an infant in the late 50s. After reading about the procedure and talking to our pediatrician friends, we elected not to circumcize our son when he was a baby. I've never regretted that decision. Fewer and fewer parents are choosing circumcision these days. When I finish medical school and if I become a pediatrician, as I'm leaning toward, I plan not to recommend the procedure to potential parents.