Did you circumcise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way. My husband is circumcised but none of us wanted to do a medically unnecessary procedure on a little baby. No way.

+1. It's the 21st century. No reason for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Same here. My husband had frequent UTIs growing up and ended up being circumcised at 14, which he thought was miserable and traumatic. So we did it for our son even though not common in his culture and I was agnostic leaning no.

Wouldn't it be just as miserable for a baby, except they can't complain?

No, I don't think so. No memory of it for one. Much thinner skin than on a (nearly adult) penis, erections less of a concern, someone is in charge of cleaning you and you're expected to pee in a diaper which is discouraged as an adult.

[Anonymous]

No, totally unnecessary in the modern world and contributes to ED due to decreased sensitivity over time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The main argument to do it is “I think uncirc’d penises are gross” which is…Freudian at best.

It's less "I think uncirc'd penises are gross" and more "most women (and teenage girls) think uncirc'd penises are gross, and I don't want my son to ever have to worry about getting rejected or laughed at because of a decision I made." The fact that I personally think uncircumcised penises are gross is completely irrelevant.

Yes, I know in Europe, or American neighborhoods with large Latino populations, most women don't think foreskin is gross, but considering my son is going to Langley, that's absolutely something I considered.

You have a cynical view of women if you think they're all so shallow. What if your son was born with big ear or a big nose? Would you send him to a plastic surgeon?

[Anonymous]

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

Not true. Do a thread search. People who circumcise regularly shout from the roof that uncut is "gross." There are many threads in this topic with people sitting on the thread and bearing down on that assertion. Obviously they must have strong feelings behind that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Same here. My husband had frequent UTIs growing up and ended up being circumcised at 14, which he thought was miserable and traumatic. So we did it for our son even though not common in his culture and I was agnostic leaning no.

Wouldn't it be just as miserable for a baby, except they can't complain?

A baby has no memory of the pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Same here. My husband had frequent UTIs growing up and ended up being circumcised at 14, which he thought was miserable and traumatic. So we did it for our son even though not common in his culture and I was agnostic leaning no.

Wouldn't it be just as miserable for a baby, except they can't complain?

A baby has no memory of the pain.

So it's OK to hurt babies because they have no memories of the pain?

[Anonymous]

Yes his girlfriends will thank me later

[Anonymous]

We circumcised our 3 boys. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main argument to do it is “I think uncirc’d penises are gross” which is…Freudian at best.

It's less "I think uncirc'd penises are gross" and more "most women (and teenage girls) think uncirc'd penises are gross, and I don't want my son to ever have to worry about getting rejected or laughed at because of a decision I made." The fact that I personally think uncircumcised penises are gross is completely irrelevant.

Yes, I know in Europe, or American neighborhoods with large Latino populations, most women don't think foreskin is gross, but considering my son is going to Langley, that's absolutely something I considered.

You have a cynical view of women if you think they're all so shallow. What if your son was born with big ear or a big nose? Would you send him to a plastic surgeon?

My mom had my brother's ears pinned back when he was a teen. Heck, even Brad Pitt had his ears pinned back (check out the pics on line from his teen years. before he had them done and before he dyed his hair blonde and whitened his teeth.) Several Jewish girls in my high school had their noses done in the summer between 11th and 12th grade.

Our bodies, our freedoms. Have you noticed all the high school kids with tattoo these days? I hate them but I will not clutch my pearls.

Our 2 boys are circumcised. Looks better and normal. I had one boyfriend early on who was not and it was gross.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main argument to do it is “I think uncirc’d penises are gross” which is…Freudian at best.

It's less "I think uncirc'd penises are gross" and more "most women (and teenage girls) think uncirc'd penises are gross, and I don't want my son to ever have to worry about getting rejected or laughed at because of a decision I made." The fact that I personally think uncircumcised penises are gross is completely irrelevant.

Yes, I know in Europe, or American neighborhoods with large Latino populations, most women don't think foreskin is gross, but considering my son is going to Langley, that's absolutely something I considered.

You have a cynical view of women if you think they're all so shallow. What if your son was born with big ear or a big nose? Would you send him to a plastic surgeon?

My mom had my brother's ears pinned back when he was a teen. Heck, even Brad Pitt had his ears pinned back (check out the pics on line from his teen years. before he had them done and before he dyed his hair blonde and whitened his teeth.) Several Jewish girls in my high school had their noses done in the summer between 11th and 12th grade.

Our bodies, our freedoms. Have you noticed all the high school kids with tattoo these days? I hate them but I will not clutch my pearls.

Our 2 boys are circumcised. Looks better and normal. I had one boyfriend early on who was not and it was gross.

You should think about this sentence….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main argument to do it is “I think uncirc’d penises are gross” which is…Freudian at best.

It's less "I think uncirc'd penises are gross" and more "most women (and teenage girls) think uncirc'd penises are gross, and I don't want my son to ever have to worry about getting rejected or laughed at because of a decision I made." The fact that I personally think uncircumcised penises are gross is completely irrelevant.

Yes, I know in Europe, or American neighborhoods with large Latino populations, most women don't think foreskin is gross, but considering my son is going to Langley, that's absolutely something I considered.

You have a cynical view of women if you think they're all so shallow. What if your son was born with big ear or a big nose? Would you send him to a plastic surgeon?

My mom had my brother's ears pinned back when he was a teen. Heck, even Brad Pitt had his ears pinned back (check out the pics on line from his teen years. before he had them done and before he dyed his hair blonde and whitened his teeth.) Several Jewish girls in my high school had their noses done in the summer between 11th and 12th grade.

Our bodies, our freedoms. Have you noticed all the high school kids with tattoo these days? I hate them but I will not clutch my pearls.

Our 2 boys are circumcised. Looks better and normal. I had one boyfriend early on who was not and it was gross.

Nice, another mom who wants to make sure her son has the kind of penis she’s attracted to.

Circumcise if you want, but why do you have to make it as weird as possible?

[Anonymous]

We did not. We researched, debated, went back and forth, and ultimately did not have it done. That was six years ago. The impression I get is many in my age group 40+ are used to circumcised men but with more information out there have made choices not to circumcise their sons and it won't be perceived as "gross" when they are older.

[Anonymous]

Onec circumcised one not. We will see who gets more ladies