Should I circumcize my son?

[Pekka]

BOris, No. Do you want to get it wrong? At certain age there are lots of pressures about how you look and act etc. Children tease each other, and it can be very cruel.
If a person, lets say at the age of 12 starts to tease other one calling him gay.. well that's cruel.. as he could be teasing him/her calling fat, smelly.. whatever. It's stupid. You know? It is also stupid when it comes to penises. Do you disagree?
I made a joke about it. Don't take it so hard

And YES, gays and penises are touchy subjects at certain age.

[Imran Siddiqui]

it's amusing that such an independent thinker as yourself would subscribe to the idea that a child must "fit in"

Well you have to 'fit in' for some things. Hey, if you don't want your kid (if you live in most of the US) to get a lot of girls then consider keeping it .

[Asher]

If the girl is staring at his penis, I'm pretty sure he already got the girl. I also don't think she's going to turn down sex just because the guy's got more natural lubrication.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Asher:

I don't know if you've ever been to a highschool, but there are these things called 'RUMORS' that kinda get spread around .

[drake]

Yes, C'mon immy, a guys penis has no bearing whether he gets girls or not, that's just silly

What if a kid is born ugly? Suggest he get plastic surgery?

Besides, most girls of sexual age should be mature enough to get past such a minor issue. It's like a guy who dumps a girl for having a bit of fat on her. Most people aren't that shallow.

[Sten Sture]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Well you have to 'fit in' for some things. Hey, if you don't want your kid (if you live in most of the US) to get a lot of girls then consider keeping it .

You are assuming that the preference in 15 years time will be a cut penis. That would be difficult to project, but given recent trends out west here, seems rather unlikely.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Pekka
BOris, No. Do you want to get it wrong? At certain age there are lots of pressures about how you look and act etc. Children tease each other, and it can be very cruel.
If a person, lets say at the age of 12 starts to tease other one calling him gay.. well that's cruel.. as he could be teasing him/her calling fat, smelly.. whatever. It's stupid. You know? It is also stupid when it comes to penises. Do you disagree?
I made a joke about it. Don't take it so hard

And YES, gays and penises are touchy subjects at certain age.

You missed the humor in my last post entirely. We need a "sailing over the head" smiley...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Asher:

I don't know if you've ever been to a highschool, but there are these things called 'RUMORS' that kinda get spread around .

Don't go being stupid, Imran, you're too smart for that.

You're resorting to a pathetic attempt of fearmongering that a child won't be accepted by the opposite sex if he's not mutilated at birth beyond all logic.

You really think girls will spread rumors about how a guy is uncut, when the rate of cut and uncut is now ~60/40 overall, and 35/75 in the West...and that suddenly this guy becomes sexually undesirable because he's got foreskin?

Do you realize what happens to foreskin when it's erect, Imran?

Foreskin is getting more popular with the ladies. Why wouldn't they like someone with more natural lubrication and who doesn't have a scar on their d*ck?

[Pekka]

Boris, Aaagh, so I'm the one getting it wrong. Damn it.

[Boris Godunov]

I wonder what Imran feels about the female genital mutilation occuring in Africa...

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Asher
If the girl is staring at his penis, I'm pretty sure he already got the girl. I also don't think she's going to turn down sex just because the guy's got more natural lubrication.

You'd be surprised at the number of girls who will decide not to have sex with guys if they don't like their penis. It happens for a number of reasons. Too small, too big, unclean, uncircumsized.

[Asher]

Circumcised as well. Although this is far more common in the gay scene.

Women have preferences, some prefer cut, some prefer uncut.

The situation is almost reversed in Canada. Circumcised boys are the odd ones, and the reactions tend to be something like "Oh...you're cut..that's different..."

It's time to buck the trend in the US and stop circumcisions. They're useless, and modern studies have shown increase the risk of infection and doesn't affect cancer in the slightest. Not to mention the horrible pain it causes the babies, and the potential complications...

[Boris Godunov]

I think Asher prefers his men uncut, and is just trying to drum up more potential dates...

Apoc--with all the things kids will get made of for, is it worth slicing up a kid's penis to shield him from one more bit of potential ridicule? If someone doesn't mock him for that (and I find it odd for that to be a subject, considering how sensitive a subject the male reproductive organs are at that age), they will find something else...

It just doesn't wash as an excuse for circumcision.

[tandeetaylor]

Originally posted by Thucydides Which brings up an interesting point, if you had a little girl, would your husband ask that she be circumcised as well (the practice is about as common in middle eastern countries)?

Oh heck no. I don't think it is as common as you think. Of course, I don't know, but I did bring up the fact that we would never do that to our little girl and he didn't disagree. I don't what middle eastern countries you are talking about, but I don't think it happens in Lebanon, where he is from.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Apoc--with all the things kids will get made of for, is it worth slicing up a kid's penis to shield him from one more bit of potential ridicule? If someone doesn't mock him for that (and I find it odd for that to be a subject, considering how sensitive a subject the male reproductive organs are at that age), they will find something else...

It just doesn't wash as an excuse for circumcision.

I'm not arguing ridicule. I'm arguing that just because a girl wants you to wip it out doesn't mean she'll go all the way.

And the lube argument is stupid. She would be more than wet enough if you do it right.