Arlington stats on circumcision

[Anonymous]

There are always more con than pro posters when it comes to circumcision, and I have a group of fairly hippie/hipster friends in DC and I only know of one couple who chose to forgo circumcision.

[Anonymous]

Only roughly 55% of newborns are circumcised in the US today. It varies widely by region and in metro vs rural areas. I can't find the data anymore, but some government website estimated that only about half of DC newborns were circumcised as of a few years ago. With the large international population here, most boys who move here also won't have been circumcised.

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Anonymous wrote:Upper class people tend to do it more as they are more educated on the science

Ahahahah sure… the upper class barbarians

The hilarious thing about the "science" is it's all been terribly done studies on poor African people. We're talking about a continent where AIDS is so rampant and health practices are so poor as to be literally incomparable to the united states. There have been no randomized studies on the effects of circumcision. When people say it prevents against STDs, it is highly likely that families or individuals choosing circumcision have higher religiosity and therefore more sexual hangups. I don't know how much sex they expect a 30 year old dude in Nairobi to be having in the three months after having the tip of his dick cut off. "He didn't get AIDS!" Congratulations, shocking

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Upper class people tend to do it more as they are more educated on the science

Ahahahah sure… the upper class barbarians

The hilarious thing about the "science" is it's all been terribly done studies on poor African people. We're talking about a continent where AIDS is so rampant and health practices are so poor as to be literally incomparable to the united states. There have been no randomized studies on the effects of circumcision. When people say it prevents against STDs, it is highly likely that families or individuals choosing circumcision have higher religiosity and therefore more sexual hangups. I don't know how much sex they expect a 30 year old dude in Nairobi to be having in the three months after having the tip of his dick cut off. "He didn't get AIDS!" Congratulations, shocking

I’m not sure you understand how circumcision works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upper class people tend to do it more as they are more educated on the science

Ahahahah sure… the upper class barbarians

The hilarious thing about the "science" is it's all been terribly done studies on poor African people. We're talking about a continent where AIDS is so rampant and health practices are so poor as to be literally incomparable to the united states. There have been no randomized studies on the effects of circumcision. When people say it prevents against STDs, it is highly likely that families or individuals choosing circumcision have higher religiosity and therefore more sexual hangups. I don't know how much sex they expect a 30 year old dude in Nairobi to be having in the three months after having the tip of his dick cut off. "He didn't get AIDS!" Congratulations, shocking

I’m not sure you understand how circumcision works.

You are specifically directed not to have intercourse for six weeks, genius

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Anonymous wrote:Upper class people tend to do it more as they are more educated on the science

Ahahahah sure… the upper class barbarians

The hilarious thing about the "science" is it's all been terribly done studies on poor African people. We're talking about a continent where AIDS is so rampant and health practices are so poor as to be literally incomparable to the united states. There have been no randomized studies on the effects of circumcision. When people say it prevents against STDs, it is highly likely that families or individuals choosing circumcision have higher religiosity and therefore more sexual hangups. I don't know how much sex they expect a 30 year old dude in Nairobi to be having in the three months after having the tip of his dick cut off. "He didn't get AIDS!" Congratulations, shocking

I’m not sure you understand how circumcision works.

You are specifically directed not to have intercourse for six weeks, genius

I’m talking about the mechanics, not the time.

[Anonymous]

Male genital mutilation rates are decreasing throughout the world, not just the DC area where it is now <50%

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I’m not sure you understand how circumcision works.

You are specifically directed not to have intercourse for six weeks, genius

You don't really think the tip of the penis is cut off do you lol?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are always more con than pro posters when it comes to circumcision, and I have a group of fairly hippie/hipster friends in DC and I only know of one couple who chose to forgo circumcision.

Among your mostly white friends?

[Anonymous]

Low class people are uncut

[Anonymous]

My kid's foreskin is intact. He's in middle school in Arlington and it sounds like the topic has come up at some point with his friends. He said most, but not all, of his friends are circumcised. We told him he could get circumcised if he wants, but he hasn't decided yet.

Anyway, lots of advantages to being intact. And the kid can always do it later.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh FFS. Why are people with uncircumcised boys so obsessed with this topic?

Agreed! There are two threads on this! Someone has issues right now.

Yes, the parents that cut their newborn babies’ penis for cosmetic reasons… and keep saying that it’s the upper class standard

Agreed. A LOT of guilt being treated with that "upper class" nonsense. No. it isn't "classy" - you let someone cut your baby boy for tradition/because your MiL made the same mistake/because you followed like a sheep rather than thinking for yourself. You can't undo that mistake - focus the rest of your days on doing better

This!!! +1, well said.

[Anonymous]

As a circumcised guy with three sons, I did not want any of them circumcised. Although I'm perfectly happy with my circumcision, it just doesn't make sense to do it. My older sons are in AAP with a bunch of indian and asian kids so I'm sure almost none of the intelligent kids are circumcised

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody should chop it

Science, the CDC and aap disagree

You do you, but the rest of the world disagrees with you. We are European and I think only practicing Jews circumcise there. No one I know, including families who are Jewish by descent but not especially religious, do that in the three European nations I have lived in. Nazis used that difference as a means to identify Jews, BTW. I think that's left a bitter memory in a lot of families.