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Mandatory Circumcision?

cammamacammama
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To those of you who have baby boys, I'm just curious. dd is 5mos, and my sister just had a little boy 2 weeks ago. They elected not to get him circumcised. I've only known a few guys in my life who weren't circumcised, and they had nothing but problems. There must be cleanliness issues too, for babies/children. It seems unfair to the child - why not just get it over with when they are young and it's still mostly painless? If he wants to get circumcised as an adult, gah! the pain!

 

So my question is: do you think circumcision should be legally mandated, for the sake of little boys everywhere? It seems selfish not to. Looking forward to your thoughts!

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  • NaturalBlondNaturalBlond
    Joined today. First post. MUD.
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  • Moozilla11Moozilla11 member
    Has to be MUD! Dirty muckrakers..
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  • sagoonsagoon member
    Absolutely not.

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  • cammamacammama
    I'm not sure what "MUD" is. Is there a waiting period before someone should make a first post after joining? I didn't expect to find this type of behavior on a parenting forum. Maybe you'd be more at home on /b/. :)
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  • lageorgiapaperielageorgiapaperie member

    Well, if this isn't MUD (made up drama) then you should at least know that circumcision is a very controversial topic. Certain areas of the United States have very low rates of infant circ's, and some have very high rates.

    I live in an area with high rates and let my DH make the final decision on whether to circ our son or not, since he's got a penis, and I don't. 

    Did you know that San Francisco actually made it illegal a few years ago? The ruling has since been overturned, but I'm betting very few little boys are circ'd in hospitals there.

    Making it legally mandatory goes against everything this country stands for, FREEDOM! Sure, the little boys don't have the freedom of choice (which is where a lot of the controversy against it comes from), but the parents can chose to do it or not.

    Also, in the Jewish faith it is tradition to have a bris (I think that is what it's called) on the baby's 8th day of life where he is circ'd in a ceremony. Jewish boys are not (usually) circ'd in hospitals. 

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  • RicolaRicola member
    Nice try, OP. While we are at it, can we talk about piercing little girls' ears and bf vs. ff, too?
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  • NaturalBlondNaturalBlond

    imagecammama:
    I'm not sure what "MUD" is. Is there a waiting period before someone should make a first post after joining? I didn't expect to find this type of behavior on a parenting forum. Maybe you'd be more at home on /b/. :)

    "What's MUD?" A reference to /b/. Yup. Definitely MUD.

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  • NaturalBlondNaturalBlond
    imagelageorgiapaperie:

     

    Did you know that San Francisco actually made it illegal a few years ago? The ruling has since been overturned

    That's actually not true.

    Here's what happened.

     

     

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    imageNaturalBlond:
    Joined today. First post. MUD.

    Yes

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  • kthappy76kthappy76
    Yeah it's real selfish to leave your child intact because some guy you know doesn't know how to clean his penis. Maybe we should mandate frontal lobotomies too, life would be so much simpler. Oh wait...
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  • livinirie84livinirie84 member
    imageNaturalBlond:

    imagecammama:
    I'm not sure what "MUD" is. Is there a waiting period before someone should make a first post after joining? I didn't expect to find this type of behavior on a parenting forum. Maybe you'd be more at home on /b/. :)

    "What's MUD?" A reference to /b/. Yup. Definitely MUD.

     

    I agree. Sounds like a fire starter for sure. But what is /b/ referring to?  

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  • CranangCranang member
    I"m sad that anyone actually responded with more than a sentence telling the OP "nice try."
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  • PrincessPeach13PrincessPeach13 member

    If this isn't MUD, then you are incredibly ignorant, to say the least.  Please educate yourself.  

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  • Netty_3Netty_3 member

    No! The US is one of few countries that have this large of a population circumcised.  IT is essentially an aesthetic procedure that has little to do with health...we did have our LO circumcised because I lost that battle with DH. 

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