Circumcision Yay or Nay? (pregnancy, girlfriend, rates, friends)
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The majority in Europe and Latin America do not. In the mid-east and central asia, nearly all males are circumcised, however it is for religious purposes and any reports that exclude religious reasons, would claim that that these demographics do not circumcise. And that would be accurate. Nearly all of asians and mid-easterners who *lack* religious reasons for doing so, do not do so. However, that percentage is very small.
In 2006 is was 56.1% for all regions. The West was the least and North Central has the most.
With the findings that I would be potentially protecting girls from possibly contracting HPV (and the development of Cancer), I am glad we had it done.
its a choice everyone makes that is best for THEM. no need to say one way is better than the other.
My hubby is japanese, and circumcisions are not the norm. we did not circumsize. its not a big deal. if he wants to do so later, he can. The choice, as it should be, will be his when he is an adult.
we all do what we feel is best, and i think far too often, people get judgmental, when all we ALL want, is whats best for our kids. And for each family, and each parent, and each child... that is different.
I understand that the numbers are only like 50% of babies getting circ'ed these days in the US, even though most adult men are. I only have girls, but if I had boys I wouldn't do it. When I was pregnant with my first and my husband and I discussed it, he was kinda on the fence about it, and then we didn't have to worry about it because we had a girl. Since then, two of his closest friends (both themselves circ'ed) have had boys and did not have them circ'ed. So now my husband sees that as more normal, and agrees with me that we would not have our (potential, future) son circ'ed either.
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Originally Posted by Zimbochick
There is actually a small, but growing, group within the Jewish community who do not circumcise.
Just last month or so I went to a briss for a close friends' son (one of those mentioned above). He was not circ'ed. The bris was a naming ceremony and introduced him to the Torah, just like when the ceremony is done for a girl. Granted, it was a reform Jewish congregation. But I asked the Rabbi about it afterward, who said that this kind is the best kind of briss because the baby doesn't scream! She also said that it is becoming more and more common these days for her to do a briss without the circ. She said that while she would have her own son circ'ed, she did not see a religious compulsion for it for others and is totally fine with it when parents don't want to circ these days. She did not make it out to be a fringe group or anything, just a growing trend, at least among reform Jews. I'm sure that conservative or orthodox Jews would circ. I was particularly interested because I am Jewish myself by inheritance/culture, though not by religious belief.
My husband has said that our sons will have circumcisions. He didn't have one as a baby, but his sisters decided he needed to get it done. So, he had one when he was about eight. He says it did hurt a lot, but he is glad he had it done.
I just found it interesting that with the release of the study that it helps prevent girls from catching hpv from their partners, and the fact that you have a daughter yourself, that you would still be against circumcision for your son.
Even though you just read a study that found it would help prevent him from spreading a disease that causes cervical cancer to his girlfriend/wife. And that by you having a daughter, if her partner is circumcized it would lessen her potential to catch hpv and possibly develop cervical cancer.
For those who say they don't know anyone who's intact, how do you know? (Just wondering, because I don't know any men willing to discuss their penises so openly. )
Because I "got around", nothing beats firsthand knowledge. Only ran across 1 who was uncut and was grossed out enough to not go there again. It is something I asked about before we "went there" after that.
Study schumdy, is what I say. Wonder how people ever made decisions in life without all of these studies (which coincidently the study just happens to also be on the same opinion of the person conducting the study)
Because I "got around", nothing beats firsthand knowledge. Only ran across 1 who was uncut and was grossed out enough to not go there again. It is something I asked about before we "went there" after that.
I didn't want to be the one to say it and I really didn't want to offend anyone, but a whole lotta this right here.
You know we're all adults here, I've got to say the who eeww thing is quite silly. If that's the reason some of you elected to circ your kids then......
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