Did you circumcise?

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Anonymous wrote:This is obviously a loaded topic and people who are anti it seem to feel a LOT more strongly about it than people who do it…as evidenced by this thread. FWIW I’m 36, grew up here, went to UVA; in my group of 15ish girlfriends - we’re moderately UMC successful professionals - everyone circumcised. This is anecdotal but my friend works at a preschool - her consensus is that most white families do it, many Hispanic families don’t

Yep

That’s slowly changing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/9circumcision/2007circ9_regionracetrend.pdf

That data is making the opposite point of what "intactivsts" love to bring it up to make.

Yes, the rate of circumcision nationwide is decreasing, but if you look at any individual demographic on its own, the rate isn't going up or down by any significant degree. Latina moms are by far the least likely demographic to circumcise in the US. That's also the demographic that's grown the most in the past decade. Of course that'll result in the nationwide circumcision rate decreasing.

But if you live in an area that's mostly white, that circumcision rate hasn't actually changed. For example, I don't think there are any more uncircumcised boys at Langley now than there were 20 years ago.

What are you basing that on?

The data showing that white wealthy moms aren't any less likely to circumcise now than they were 20 years ago. Also, my best friend is literally a pediatrician in Nova and she said it's still very rare for her to have a patient with a foreskin.

That seems flat-out unbelievable to me, unless she is in very rural, poorer VA.

The number she gave was around 85% of her male patients are, and she's in a wealthy suburb.

That doesn’t seem believable. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

If there were absolutely no medical reason to ever circumcise, then absolutely no males would opt to get it when older--8 year old boy with frequent caths or 30 year old man with infections. It wouldn't happen. The truth is that sometimes there are complications. So all of those crying mutilation, please know that some of us chose to do it for health reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:This is obviously a loaded topic and people who are anti it seem to feel a LOT more strongly about it than people who do it…as evidenced by this thread. FWIW I’m 36, grew up here, went to UVA; in my group of 15ish girlfriends - we’re moderately UMC successful professionals - everyone circumcised. This is anecdotal but my friend works at a preschool - her consensus is that most white families do it, many Hispanic families don’t

Yep

That’s slowly changing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/9circumcision/2007circ9_regionracetrend.pdf

That data is making the opposite point of what "intactivsts" love to bring it up to make.

Yes, the rate of circumcision nationwide is decreasing, but if you look at any individual demographic on its own, the rate isn't going up or down by any significant degree. Latina moms are by far the least likely demographic to circumcise in the US. That's also the demographic that's grown the most in the past decade. Of course that'll result in the nationwide circumcision rate decreasing.

But if you live in an area that's mostly white, that circumcision rate hasn't actually changed. For example, I don't think there are any more uncircumcised boys at Langley now than there were 20 years ago.

This is accurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there were absolutely no medical reason to ever circumcise, then absolutely no males would opt to get it when older--8 year old boy with frequent caths or 30 year old man with infections. It wouldn't happen. The truth is that sometimes there are complications. So all of those crying mutilation, please know that some of us chose to do it for health reasons.

You expect your kid to be frequently catheterized?

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Anonymous wrote:This is obviously a loaded topic and people who are anti it seem to feel a LOT more strongly about it than people who do it…as evidenced by this thread. FWIW I’m 36, grew up here, went to UVA; in my group of 15ish girlfriends - we’re moderately UMC successful professionals - everyone circumcised. This is anecdotal but my friend works at a preschool - her consensus is that most white families do it, many Hispanic families don’t

Yep

That’s slowly changing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/9circumcision/2007circ9_regionracetrend.pdf

That data is making the opposite point of what "intactivsts" love to bring it up to make.

Yes, the rate of circumcision nationwide is decreasing, but if you look at any individual demographic on its own, the rate isn't going up or down by any significant degree. Latina moms are by far the least likely demographic to circumcise in the US. That's also the demographic that's grown the most in the past decade. Of course that'll result in the nationwide circumcision rate decreasing.

But if you live in an area that's mostly white, that circumcision rate hasn't actually changed. For example, I don't think there are any more uncircumcised boys at Langley now than there were 20 years ago.

What are you basing that on?

The data showing that white wealthy moms aren't any less likely to circumcise now than they were 20 years ago. Also, my best friend is literally a pediatrician in Nova and she said it's still very rare for her to have a patient with a foreskin.

I dont know what the threshold is for wealthy but all of my friends have HHI over 150k and none of us circumcised our sons. We are all white women. College educated, professionals, etc. Mostly married to minorities except one who is married to a foreigner (UK).

It is interesting to me that you bring wealth into it. Why?

+1

Almost 7 figures. Ivy grad & undergrad.

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Anonymous wrote:This is obviously a loaded topic and people who are anti it seem to feel a LOT more strongly about it than people who do it…as evidenced by this thread. FWIW I’m 36, grew up here, went to UVA; in my group of 15ish girlfriends - we’re moderately UMC successful professionals - everyone circumcised. This is anecdotal but my friend works at a preschool - her consensus is that most white families do it, many Hispanic families don’t

Yep

That’s slowly changing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/9circumcision/2007circ9_regionracetrend.pdf

That data is making the opposite point of what "intactivsts" love to bring it up to make.

Yes, the rate of circumcision nationwide is decreasing, but if you look at any individual demographic on its own, the rate isn't going up or down by any significant degree. Latina moms are by far the least likely demographic to circumcise in the US. That's also the demographic that's grown the most in the past decade. Of course that'll result in the nationwide circumcision rate decreasing.

But if you live in an area that's mostly white, that circumcision rate hasn't actually changed. For example, I don't think there are any more uncircumcised boys at Langley now than there were 20 years ago.

What are you basing that on?

The data showing that white wealthy moms aren't any less likely to circumcise now than they were 20 years ago. Also, my best friend is literally a pediatrician in Nova and she said it's still very rare for her to have a patient with a foreskin.

Citation?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If there were absolutely no medical reason to ever circumcise, then absolutely no males would opt to get it when older--8 year old boy with frequent caths or 30 year old man with infections. It wouldn't happen. The truth is that sometimes there are complications. So all of those crying mutilation, please know that some of us chose to do it for health reasons.

You expect your kid to be frequently catheterized?

NP. This is a reference to an earlier comment.

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Anonymous wrote:This is obviously a loaded topic and people who are anti it seem to feel a LOT more strongly about it than people who do it…as evidenced by this thread. FWIW I’m 36, grew up here, went to UVA; in my group of 15ish girlfriends - we’re moderately UMC successful professionals - everyone circumcised. This is anecdotal but my friend works at a preschool - her consensus is that most white families do it, many Hispanic families don’t

Yep

That’s slowly changing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/9circumcision/2007circ9_regionracetrend.pdf

That data is making the opposite point of what "intactivsts" love to bring it up to make.

Yes, the rate of circumcision nationwide is decreasing, but if you look at any individual demographic on its own, the rate isn't going up or down by any significant degree. Latina moms are by far the least likely demographic to circumcise in the US. That's also the demographic that's grown the most in the past decade. Of course that'll result in the nationwide circumcision rate decreasing.

But if you live in an area that's mostly white, that circumcision rate hasn't actually changed. For example, I don't think there are any more uncircumcised boys at Langley now than there were 20 years ago.

What are you basing that on?

The data showing that white wealthy moms aren't any less likely to circumcise now than they were 20 years ago. Also, my best friend is literally a pediatrician in Nova and she said it's still very rare for her to have a patient with a foreskin.

That seems flat-out unbelievable to me, unless she is in very rural, poorer VA.

The number she gave was around 85% of her male patients are, and she's in a wealthy suburb.

That doesn’t seem believable. Sorry.

+1

Not believable.

This poster sounds a lot like the “nurse practitioner” on another thread who was very ignorant about circumcision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If there were absolutely no medical reason to ever circumcise, then absolutely no males would opt to get it when older--8 year old boy with frequent caths or 30 year old man with infections. It wouldn't happen. The truth is that sometimes there are complications. So all of those crying mutilation, please know that some of us chose to do it for health reasons.

You expect your kid to be frequently catheterized?

NP. This is a reference to an earlier comment.

It’s one thing if it’s medically necessary. It’s another to do it because of antiquated customs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If there were absolutely no medical reason to ever circumcise, then absolutely no males would opt to get it when older--8 year old boy with frequent caths or 30 year old man with infections. It wouldn't happen. The truth is that sometimes there are complications. So all of those crying mutilation, please know that some of us chose to do it for health reasons.

You expect your kid to be frequently catheterized?

NP. This is a reference to an earlier comment.

It’s one thing if it’s medically necessary. It’s another to do it because of antiquated customs.

Ok?

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No. Absolutely not. DH is circumcised but I have been with men who aren’t and based on conversations with all of them and based on the science, hell no would I do that to my child.

[Anonymous]

White, wealthy, no we didn’t do it.

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Uncircumcised is yuck. I ended up not sleeping with a guy in college because it turned me off.

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Anonymous wrote:Uncircumcised is yuck. I ended up not sleeping with a guy in college because it turned me off.

It’s unfortunate that these conversations so easily steer into an infant’s figure sex life. 😬

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Anonymous wrote:Uncircumcised is yuck. I ended up not sleeping with a guy in college because it turned me off.

I’m secretly glad my son will avoid women like you in the future!