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Penis Fight!
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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!
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What you don't say here is whether or not your boyfriend is circumcised. He seems to be taking your comments personally, so I wonder if he interpreted your remarks as a criticism of his own anatomy.

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.
slackjaw is circumcised
just because your bf is mutilated is no reason for him to pass the insanity on to someone else.removing a foreskin is a completely useless procedure.any doctor willing to remove healthy body parts should be removed from the profession.
@: JanIAm
Actually she does say her boyfriend is circumcised.
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??
@: nearly
You're right -- she did mention this. I have the worst habit of skimming over the details in these posts.

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...
@: JanIAm
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@: JanIAm
Be it that she thinks he is mutilated or not, the fact remains that indeed he is. I haven't re read the original staory but I think the problem arose because she said if she had a son she would not have him done. At this point, if memory serves, he stated there would be no children in that case. A very sad take it or leave it option which spured her to seeking oppinions on the subject. Personally, If my wife had wanted my boys done, I feel so strongly AGAINST it that it would have gone to court. No way was anyone going to mutilate my children and I would have even divorced her and claimed custody of my boys for "their physical safety" Bet I'd have won in this country to!
I think circumcised men should demand to have their foreskins back.

But seriously. I am uncircumcised. My father WAS circumcised. I never had any problems with that.

Foreskin is awesome.
"knuck" ur soooooooooooooooo stupid
If you don't keep your dick clean enough to have a foreskin, you don't keep your dick clean enough to have a dick. Just cut the whole thing off if you can't keep it clean enough you lazy bastards.
That is so stupid!! You can have your own opinion about it if you want to! What an ass.
Thats just stupid.
That started with the Jews, if hes not Jewish then his parents were not properly informed. It's totally not necessary to give a non Jew male child a BRIS.
He is arrogant and ignorant. You absolutely have a say if you ever have a boy. I'm an Intact male (have a foreskin) and tell you what, I wouldn't give it up for nothing. I can't explain how bored I'd be without it, and inflating it water or air is priceless and feels great.... anyways I'm getting off topic. Please, educate yourself more on the topic so you can back your words up to the fullest. This is a good website with supporting reasons not to circumcise, http://www.circumstitions.com/
Show it to him.