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i am a british female and my partner is an american male, he believes if we have a son that it makes sense to circumcise the baby. he says that it is common practise in america and that the health benefits out-weigh the cons of Circumcision. he is circumcised and says that when he was growing up in america he knew a few guys who werent circumcised and they always got bullied in the school showers. what i am trying to ask is what do you think? my opinion has always been that little boys should be left alone unless there is a medical requirement, however my partner feels otherwise. i would want to do the best thing for My son was i to ever have one.
Places like the UK and the rest of Europe are the reasons why circumcision is becoming less common. My mother was born and raised in the UK, So i have many family members of there that don't have the cut. None of them are having problems.
Obviously I am intact, and Couldn't be happier about it.
Circumcision got its first rise in the US when they used it to stop Masturbation, which didn't work. Once that was in place there was a bunch of BS that got laid down to continue the practice. At this point, there is not a single medical association that endorses circumcision. This is greatly because of Europe is mostly uncut and does not have the problems circumcision is suppose to save you from.
Circumcision is becoming less common in the US, and attitudes toward it have changed. Here is a link to an MSNBC Poll on circumcision:
43% For Circumcision
57% Against Circumcision
I am having a son in 6 weeks. Once I found out I was having a boy I started researching circumcision. I went in to it with the attitude of not circumcision, just because it has never done me wrong. But the more I looked into circumcision, the more I feel it is wrong. I just don't think it should be done to anyone with out a clear need to have it done.
Here is a link to the CDC's US circ stats:
Here is a link to help back it up with a bigger breakdown:
My attitude is, I would rather be the parent of a boy that is unhappy being intact, than the parent of a boy that is unhappy being circumcised. With the drop of circumcision rates in the US there is a greater chance a boy will be unhappy to be circumcised, as most men are OK with it because most guys they know are.
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