Circumcision has never been something I understood. Why is it the “norm”? The internet claims that infant circumcision is recommended due to medical benefits, but the only “benefit” I can find is that circumcision lessens the chance of infant urinary tract infections. As a woman, I can tell you UTI’s are not bad enough to justify what is realistically a cosmetic surgery, on an infant.
I was reading one of those forums where new mother’s discuss hot topics, and I came across some women talking about circumcision and whether or not they would choose to circumcise their sons. I have an issue with that. Even typing that sentence made me cringe. No one should be able to choose that for their children. If someone really wants to get circumcised as an adult, they can. There is nothing stopping them.
Sure, maybe circumcision began as a marker for the Jewish people to separate themselves from the rest of the world. However, infant circumcision is now as common as getting your nails done. It’s not even something that people give a second thought to. But my question is why? We’ve gotten in this vicious cycle where men who were circumcised want their sons to be circumcised because they were; it’s a cycle that never ends.
I don’t know if there is truly a clear answer to whether or not circumcision should happen to infants, or why it happens at all. I do believe that it is a choice that individuals should be able to make for themselves. Yeah, yeah, infants can’t make their own decisions. So don’t make them for them! I, personally, do not see how that could be ethical, but a lot of people don’t see anything wrong with it. I guess society will keep normalizing making choices for other people, and I will keep pushing back against it.
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I completely agree! I somehow fell down a bog rabbit hole that led me to a website about pros and cons of circumcision. There were a myriad of personal accounts of adult males discussing why they did or did not choose to have this done as an adult. Many actually regretted getting it done. I think it is wrong to take away someone’s choice, but I also think that most men would not want to experience the pain of healing from this procedure as an adult and so having it done to babies allows the individual to reap the medical benefits (however insignificant they may seem) without remembering the pain of the procedure.
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You’re so right saying how we treat circumcision of our infants like getting “our nails done” it is so common and normalized nowadays we wouldn’t even think twice about it. As you said unfortunately everyone is going to have their own opinion, but it is really cool to see someone defy social norms and keep there belief. Even if it is becoming so normal for mothers to choose nowadays. I feel the problem must be mothers and fathers are misinformed about the process and don’t see the harm it can cause there kid. It is almost like when young girls get there ears pierced, let your boys decide if they want to have a circumcision done and let your girls decide to get there ears pierced. Don’t choose for them, even if they can’t choose for themselves yet.
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