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Permalink Reply by Will on August 3, 2011 at 11:44pm

I have two sons. They are not circumcised. My thought was: it's elective surgery. If they want that surgery, they can have it done when they're old enough to decide for themselves. But if I ordered it done now, they could never undo it. Maybe the foreskin is good; maybe it's bad; it will be their decision, not mine.

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Permalink Reply by scott walker on August 4, 2011 at 1:17am

Hi ben, i can give you a couple of reasons For getting your son circumsised. I am personally not circumsised and through my younger life i always thought it was strange that my
Member was not the same as my fathers, i used to ask them alot and worry about it alot. Then more towards my teen years when i had large groth spurts and hit puberty my little fella grew really quickly and i actually tore my foreskin on the inside due to
It being stretched to much when i got an erection. This at the time for me was a big deal it didnt heal for over 3 months+ and I was far to self concious to tell anyone or get It checked out. 

A few reasons to not get it are other than that i have had no problems, and i think im a rare case i have talked to friends and they have never had my problem i think its a size thing.

Due to my experience i will be opting in to getting my sons cut, just to save him my hassle 

Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Luke on August 4, 2011 at 7:06am

Will wrote a very good answer, it's elective surgery, and it's your son's penis. If he wants to cut the foreskin off when he's older, that's his choice.

 

Otherwise, as for the being the weird kid who is/isn't circumcised, this article mentions falling rates of circumcision, so it may be best to leave it on as he won't stand out in South America, and if this article is correct, he'll be fine in the US as well.

 

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/u-s-circumcision-rates-on-...

 

 

Also, on a more personal note, a good friend of mine had an adult circumcision at the age of 20 owing to a too-tight foreskin. He said that there was more pleasure with the foreskin still attached.

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Permalink Reply by Rockozt on August 4, 2011 at 8:02am

It's much easier on a boy to have the procedure done as an infant than later on...not to mention less risk of any health issues if not...

 

I have a cousin who never was...and it led him to needing 2 separate surgeries that were caused, according to the Dr's, almost exclusively from lack of being circumcised...

 

It's much cleaner, and easier to maintain cleanliness there also if it is done. Trust me, do not put it off 'til later...

 

 

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Permalink Reply by David F. on August 4, 2011 at 9:17am

Hard to keep clean?  It is really hard to pull back the foreskin to clean the areas?  The boy needed to masturbate more to stretch out the skin to make cleaning easier.  

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Permalink Reply by Rockozt on August 4, 2011 at 2:16pm

Just like a large breasted woman, or a really fat person, who can get scabies, etc., from the excess sweat, dirt, etc., under the skin...sometimes if an uncircumsized person isn't careful, they can have problems as well...

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Permalink Reply by Matt on August 4, 2011 at 9:00am

I've never understood the concern about fitting in or not. Am I the only guy who was actively trying not to see penises growing up?

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Permalink Reply by Ben on August 4, 2011 at 9:17am

No, you are not. It is definitely a point of lesser concern.

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Permalink Reply by David F. on August 4, 2011 at 9:12am

My father was, I am not and we chose to not have my son circumcised.  On the father son thing growing up it was really was not anything I thought of.  I grew up in the USA where “everyone” was and it was not an issue ever.    I don’t buy the argument that you need to do this to fit in.  It will not cause social harm. 

 

Health wise if you properly wash yourself, you don’t get yeast infections.  As part of the "talk" you may need to include that masturbation helps keeps the skin stretched out better enjoy sex.  I don’t know of any real health benefits to circumcision that holds for first world countries.   

I could argue that it enhances making love because your nerves are shielded most of the time, but I can’t really say that with certainty because I have not been circumcised so I really don’t know.

If it is not for religious reasons I would not do it.  I have a hard time thinking god / nature did not intend for us to have a foreskin.   

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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on August 4, 2011 at 9:21am

Here is an anticircumcision organization. I've not read too much on this site, but it may offer you some valuable information: http://intactamerica.org/

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Permalink Reply by John Winburn on August 4, 2011 at 9:47am

Don't do it. I'm uncut and couldn't be happier. I've never had anyone bother me about it. I've never had any sexual problems because of it. It's mutilation and reduces the sensitivity of the area. We survived for millions of years with it. I think it's okay to leave it in place.

Think of it this way: it isn't your body, so it shouldn't be your choice. If he wants to do it when he grows up, by all means. But, I think that the number of grown men who are like me (i.e. all natural man), who would WANT to get cut is very small indeed.

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Permalink Reply by Liam S. on August 4, 2011 at 10:04am

We decided not. In the absence of compelling medical evidence for low risk populations with access to modern sanitation and western medicine - we decided there is no need for unnecessary medical procedures.

 

There is data to suggest moderate health benefits in certain high risk populations, and especially those without easy access to healthcare (e.g. as a preventive measure in sub saharan africa). But doctors and scientists are otherwise torn and do not have a conclusive stand one way or the other. 

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