Mad props to Hasbinbad for posting the anti-circ info and to Stormlord for seconding the opinion.
I was pro-circ until I read a bunch of info about it about 10 years ago and it opened my eyes SIGNIFICANTLY. Only about 40% of boys born in America are circ'd today. I didn't butcher my son and i'm glad! How could someone look at their perfect baby and decide to chop off part of him/her in mutilation...that's totally beyond me.
Also....circumcision HURTS the baby....why would you want to cause that pain in someone so teeny?! Just my two cents :P
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Originally posted by Stormlord
This is interesting. Perhaps ancient cultures performed circumcision to help prevent diseases and/or cancers of the penis because they did not properly clean it? Makes sense since primitive cultures do not clean themselves very well. Seems like a great way to do it would be to go for a swim in the creek?
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I'm not sure about the ancient reasons for starting the process. But in America in 2010 the only real argument FOR male genital mutilation is that uncircumcised males have a higher chance of catching HPV and HIV from unprotected sexual contact. If you wrap it - you shouldn't have a problem.
ALSO Men can now get the Gardisil shot which will protect them from HPV (And therefore could prevent penile cancer...as HPV is the leading cause of penile cancer.......Also according to the last pediatrician my kids had....it's becoming one of the leading causes of throat cancer in men...... I had asked him if Gardisil had been approved for male injection yet because it would help prevent men from getting it etc and he was telling me about the journal article he had read :P Interesting side note there!)