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What annoys me is that parents consent to this surgery for their babies without having the first idea what it is they're cutting off. A father doesn't want to know, because then he'd realise what *he* was missing.
What annoys me is that I didn't know enough about circumcision before having it done to my son. Had I been as knowledgeable then as I am now on the subject, I would never have had it done.
It pains me to remember that day. And now, my little 20 month old son will be undergoing another procedure on his penis (along with a hernia operation) to cut away the adhesions that have formed subsequent to the circumcision. Why does he have adhesions? Because no one bothered telling brand new parents that they needed to make sure and pull the skin back from time to time to keep adhesions from forming. All we heard was "you don't have to do anything - leave it alone." Uh huh... and here we are.
It will take time, but it's already started. Circumcision is on it's way out in the U.S. And although I can attest to the many joys of a circumcised penis
, I think it's the right path to take.
If an adult man decides to go through the procedure (I personally know of two that have), that's his choice, but I agree, I do feel it's not in the child's best interest to perform such a procedure.
[This message has been edited by roxrkool, 08-06-2003]
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