Circumcision Of Baby

[tamborine]

Ive seen a youtube vid of the op & find it unnecessary & barbaric! Would you allow this for your babe?

[spathiphyllum]

And surely if the person doesn't circumcise themselves, it can't show a faith in god, one because they are young and clueless, two because they were forced by someone else.

Now if circumcision showed a faith on god by doing it yourself, that would make sense.

;-P

[tamborine]

according to vid comments its to avoid smegma smells but a wash would sort that imo.

[tamborine]

the only way to stop this abuse of babies is to explore your partners view on circumcision.

[naomi24]

Spath, if one is baffled, making efforts to become ‘unbaffled’ is not a bad idea.

Circumcision for Jewish boys is a symbol of the covenant between God and Abraham. It was God’s idea.

For Muslims the reason given is ‘purification’ – cleanliness – but since Islam has emulated Judaism since its inception, in my opinion that explanation is debatable.

[Rockrose]

Neither of my parents are religious and all the boys are done - infact none of my grandparents were religious and all of their boys are done too!

[tamborine]

any reason rrose.

[andres]

Yes definitely for medical reasons! If you've ever seen a baby screaming in agony because their foreskin was so tight that it balloons up when they want to urinate and splits then you wouldn't hesitate.

[Rockrose]

//Any reason//
The parents choice

[tamborine]

Had 2 sons intact buy agree andrez, if doc advised op.

[tamborine]

But

[spathiphyllum]

"The parents choice"

Is that like.. good enough though?

That could be said for many things.. such as smoking around the child, smoking whilst pregnant etc.. etc.. even female genitalia mutilation. (Illegal, yes i know).

[spathiphyllum]

Medical reasons of course are justified, unquestionably. Medical reasons have no place for discussion on this thread because there is no need, in my opinion. I'm sure literally everyone agrees.

[Rockrose]

Spath yes that's good enough

[spathiphyllum]

OK. I guess i'll use that one in the future when it comes to child abuse.

[spathiphyllum]

it was the parents choice to abuse their child, so it's fine.

[Rockrose]

Spath if that's what you think that is your choice - abuse is illegal, circumcision is not!

[spathiphyllum]

I mean.. we're in an age where people can apparently decide what gender they are at the age of 7 and go through process to change that. However, we're not in an age where a male can't decide for himself if he has foreskin or not.

[spathiphyllum]

I think the mutilation of foreskin is borderline abuse. I know i would prefer to be a man with foreskin rather than circumcised. Should every male not have this choice?

[spathiphyllum]

Lets not mince words. Circumcision is a form of mutilation. Genitalia mutilation where the person being mutilated has no say, or even idea about what's going on. Of course it isn't as horrific as female genitalia mutilation but that isn't a precedent for what is and isn't acceptable.

[EDDIE51]

I belive it is now illegal in the UK unless there is a medical reason for it !