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In reply to the discussion: CDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks [View all]Bettie
(16,199 posts)116. And yet, it is still a choice which should be made from an informed position
DH and I did research and decided to leave our three boys intact. Had he wanted them cut, I'd have gone along with it, not being the owner of a penis myself.
My best friend chose to have her three circumcised.
Both sets of boys are just fine. Mine simply needed to learn a little more about penis maintenance than hers did.
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So cutting off a very sensitive part of a child's body without his consent
FunkyLeprechaun
Dec 2014
#300
Again, any comparison between circumcision and female genital mutilation is offensive.
Orrex
Dec 2014
#367
As if a small group of disgruntled circumcised men is dispositive of anything.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#277
I find it sad that for a site that values a woman's right over her own body
FunkyLeprechaun
Dec 2014
#295
The world has a 100% death rate - nothing changes that. You are absolutely correct.
LawDeeDah
Dec 2014
#65
How many of them gave some unsuspecting female the human papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer?
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#46
Well, since the United States has won the lion's share of Nobel Prizes in science and medicine...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#255
It has as much to do with your argument because the procedure isn't prevalent in Europe ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#258
Your disagreement is not with DemocratSinceBirth but with the National Institute Of Health
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#304
Good News! Here is something that is 100% (or close to it) Effective for Prevention of HPV!
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2014
#164
The rest of the world's major health organizations disagree with the AAP/WHO/etc
FunkyLeprechaun
Dec 2014
#259
You can find scientists who deny global warming is a real phenomenon...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#261
Maybe it's because there's better sexual education in the EU compared to the US
FunkyLeprechaun
Dec 2014
#271
I don't believe the CDC dismissed the pain associated with the procedure
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#109
Actually it's the same kind of argument nutters use to deny global warming...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#108
They do feel pain and they often show signs of PTSD 4-6 months after the procedure
FunkyLeprechaun
Dec 2014
#249
Well, your contentions are specious. I can cite the peer reviewed research if you want
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#289
LOL, Oswald was circumcised. So were the 9/11 hijackers! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! nt
Logical
Dec 2014
#120
If you persist in using that insulting term, then I have no reason to listen to you
Orrex
Dec 2014
#252
Since you're the one making positive assertions, it's up to you to support them.
Orrex
Dec 2014
#260
Perhaps the person suffering from this malady can get a governmental grant to further research it.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#290
The claim that circumcision reduces sexual pleasure for the circumcised and his partner is specious
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#275
In my best Jack Nicholson voice, you want peer reviewed research...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#344
i dont see many penises but that's not a good analogy maybe if the whole thing was cut off
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#22
Are there any scientific reasons for FGM. The only reason I have heard is to
madinmaryland
Dec 2014
#111
Huh? I'm not exactly sure where you are going. Are you comparing abortions to circumcisions??
madinmaryland
Dec 2014
#125
having had it done when i was a baby i dont remember any pain or anything else about it
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#78
Since this is the silly season and folks are arguing circumcision turns men into eunuchs...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#395
Do you advocate showing women what an abortion looks like before they receive one...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#380
Thank you-I was forced for medical reasons to have the operation in my early 50's...
Rowdyboy
Dec 2014
#79
always a pleasure to see it return for another round! Has any mind been changed?
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#31
I'm not here to proselytize. I respect any decision a parent makes.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#410
pity all those mutilated men suffering the disfiguring horror of circumcision
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#38
If the appendix was a culprit in the spread of HIV and the HPV virus that causes...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#59
For African countries with high HIV Prevalence, not for developed countries.
Crunchy Frog
Dec 2014
#184
The studies can be extrapolated because they accounted for differences in hygiene
pnwmom
Dec 2014
#218
I don't think you will see much change in rates done for religious reasons, but
cbayer
Dec 2014
#205
because it's simple, easy to understand. people post stuff of great importance it gets
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#85
The WHO revisited it so they could conduct definitive studies because it is so important
pnwmom
Dec 2014
#87
Haven't seen this much interest in the penis since the great Liam Neeson v. Huey Lewis debate.
Efilroft Sul
Dec 2014
#113
Ergo you approve of making a permanent change to the child's body without the child's consent
Orrex
Dec 2014
#321
That's an ad hominem and tu quoque attack and a rather nasty one at that.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#379
It was fixed QUICK! No other deaths and no massive spread. We handled it GREAT! nt
Logical
Dec 2014
#140
Brian Morris has done sixty four papers on the efficacy of circumcision...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#359
My final word is I respect your opinion and I am no more or less passionate about mine ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2014
#406
like so many men of his generation, my husband was circumcised at birth and in his mid 20s he
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#188
I'd like to see the studies they relied on. It seems it was only the Africa studies.
morningfog
Dec 2014
#182
Oh Lord, why do people get so excited about Foreskin and if a parent opts to have it removed from
dilby
Dec 2014
#198
Oh, now you've done it! Sigh...I have gone down that road as I have Jewish grandkids and
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#212
What are the benefits of Snip vs benefits of teaching good hygiene? They are comparing what are
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#273
What does religious freedom have to do with the state officially promoting child genital cutting?
Crunchy Frog
Dec 2014
#390