My boyfriend and I got in a HUGE fight tonight over the most absurd topic- circumcision. I recently read about female genital mutilation in Africa and saw a parallel between this popular African tradition and the common American practice of circumcision. I brought this up to my boyfriend (who is circumcised) and told him if I had a baby boy I would think twice before putting him under the knife, and oh my god he got REALLY offended. Completely invalidated my opinion just because I'm female and I "don't know what it's like to have a dick". He told me he will never have kids with me and now won't even talk to me!
Am I completely wrong here, or is circumcising a baby boy because it's more "aesthetically attractive" completely nuts!
I think that female circumcision is a much more disfiguring and painful process with serious after effects, but I'm inclined to agree with you that male circumcision is not necessary. My own son was circumcised primarily because there was some concern about how he would feel if his penis looked different from his father's. Because my son isn't always the cleanest person in the world, I feel somewhat vindicated that we made this decision. But again, in most cases, doctors seem to be telling new parents that circumcision should not be viewed as a necessity.
Hope you resolve this issue with the boyfriend -- good luck.
It is a thing from the past is circumcision. In the UK it is no longer done unless there are medical grounds for it where as it used to be done as a matter of course.
If you boyfriend feels so strongly about it, I would sugest you tell him to go read medical oppinions by typing "circumcision" into his search engine. There is absolutely NO MEDICAL REASON for this opp and it is something that is dieing out except where required for religious reasons. Personally, I'd say any religion that requires it's men to be mutilated in this fashion is an affront to mankind.
I am uncircumcised. I would NEVER consider being any other way and my 3 boys are the same.
You are born with a foreskin for a reason. You wouldn't cut an ear off or a finger, or a hand? So why the foreskin??
I do agree that circumcision has been proven to be unnecessary. It's an interesting topic that really seems to polarize people sometimes. But since the young woman's boyfriend is already circumcised, I'm not sure there's much point in belaboring the fact that he's missing something that a lot of other men find valuable. Nothing can be done about it as this point, and perhaps he finds her abhorrence of the practice as an indication that she thinks that his penis has been "mutilated." Something to consider...
But seriously. I am uncircumcised. My father WAS circumcised. I never had any problems with that.
Foreskin is awesome.
Thats just stupid.
Show it to him.