Non Jews and Circumcision - Question

[Anonymous]

Two boys not circumcised. I find it barbaric.

[Anonymous]

We did not circumcise either of our 2 boys.

[Anonymous]

Dad who was circumcised here. UMC white. Son is intact.

[Anonymous]

We are an UMC family with an uncircumcised 8 year old boy. Non Jewish. No issues.

[Anonymous]

Circumcision greatly reduces the risk of acquiring an STD later in life. There are also other ways to greatly reduce the risk of acquiring an STD but his mother isn't going to be in the room when he is deciding whether or not to use a condom. For this reason, my boys are circumcised. (Believe it or not, circumcised men have had healthy and successful sexual relationships for thousands of years.

There is also a small risk that the child will need to be circumcised later in life for medical reasons but the risk is small so it's understandably not a compelling reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Circumcision greatly reduces the risk of acquiring an STD later in life. There are also other ways to greatly reduce the risk of acquiring an STD but his mother isn't going to be in the room when he is deciding whether or not to use a condom. For this reason, my boys are circumcised. (Believe it or not, circumcised men have had healthy and successful sexual relationships for thousands of years.

There is also a small risk that the child will need to be circumcised later in life for medical reasons but the risk is small so it's understandably not a compelling reason.

I disagee with the above but there are many other threads debating these points above so am not inclined to get into it again.

Anyway, for your informal poll, OP, I left it up to my DH, who is a non-jewish white guy from the midwest and was himself circumcised. He wanted our son intact.

[Anonymous]

I'd ask PP to define "greatly" but as another pp said there are 100 past threads on this.

[Anonymous]

Circumcised our 1st son and I regret it deeply. Didn't circumcise our 2nd son.

[Anonymous]

Circumcised all three boys. We are UMC white and all our peers we know circumcised their sons as well. DH wanted it done. You can read a million hysterical threads on here about it, but yes - it is still the norm. However, if your husband is strongly opposed to it, why not just let him decide? Medical research says it's fine either way, with slight health benefits to circumcising.

[Anonymous]

58% circumcision rate in the us in 2010.

So nearly a decade ago, it was barely the norm.

[Anonymous]

Man here born in the 70s in the US to an MC family, not circumcised.

There are many arguments for or against. One that I find funny is when people worry other boys will make fun of an uncircumcised boy in the shower after gym class. Well, boys will make fun of anything, so if it's not that, they'll just find something else to make fun of like his glasses or shoes, or whatever.

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised so many people are discussing this with their friends. I’m the PP with the intact 14 and 10 yo sons and I have no idea what my friends did.

[Anonymous]

My 7yo was. The doctors at VHC actually were not very supportive, but I let my dh decide and that's what he choose. We had it done in the hospital. The doctors will follow your wishes, either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Circumcised our 1st son and I regret it deeply. Didn't circumcise our 2nd son.

Sucks to be your first son in that situation.

[Anonymous]

As PP said, it's definitely a form of genital mutilation and I saw no need to slavishly follow Jewish traditions from many centuries ago.