by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007

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Child abuse is looked down on & people are ridiculed. But that same person opposing child abuse, supports circumcision which is another form of child abuse, that child is being denied their RIGHT to their body. This is your Natural Born Rights, Why deny?

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by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision: Untold Facts on America's Most Widely Performed-and Most Unnecessary Surgery by Frederick M. Hodges, Paul M., M.D. Fleiss

In the easy-to-read format the What Your Doctor May Not Tell You series is known for, this book explodes the many myths and misinformation about circumcision, which is the most widely performed surgery in the United States today. From information about penile anatomy to the various health risks related to the surgery to debunking all six of the most common arguments doctors use when recommending circumcision, WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT CIRCUMCISION lays out parents' options, and provides a helpful list of questions they should ask before making that very important decision for their baby.

About the Author
Paul M. Fleiss, M.D. has been a pediatrician for over 35 years. He maintains an active medical practice in Los Angeles, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
Infant Circumcision: "What I Wish I Had Known"
by Marilyn Fayre Milos R.N., Director of NOCIRC

I didn't know what circumcision was when I consented to have my three sons circumcised. My doctor had told me the surgery was a necessary health measure, that it didn't hurt, and that it only took a moment to perform... like cutting the umbilical cord, I thought. I certainly wasn't prepared when, in nursing school several years later, I saw the surgery for the first time.

We students filed into the newborn nursery to find a baby strapped spread-eagle to a plastic board on a counter top across the room. He was struggling against his restraints—tugging, whimpering, and then crying helplessly. . . . I stroked his little head and spoke softly to him. He began to relax and was momentarily quiet. The silence was soon broken by a piercing scream—the baby’s reaction to having his foreskin pinched and crushed as the doctor attached the clamp to his penis. The shriek intensified when the doctor inserted an instrument between the foreskin and the glans (head of the penis), tearing the two structures apart. (They are normally attached to each other during infancy so the foreskin can protect the sensitive glans from urine and feces.) The baby started shaking his head back and forth—the only part of his body free to move—as the doctor used another clamp to crush the foreskin lengthwise, which he then cut. This made the opening of the foreskin large enough to insert a circumcision instrument, the device used to protect the glans from being severed during the surgery. The baby began to gasp and choke, breathless from his shrill continuous screams. How could anyone say circumcision is painless when the suffering is so obvious? My bottom lip began to quiver, tears filled my eyes and spilled over. I found my own sobs difficult to contain. How much longer could this go on? During the next stage of the surgery, the doctor crushed the foreskin against the circumcision instrument and then, finally, amputated it. The baby was limp, exhausted, spent."
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- And after all that, WILL THE BABY remember what happened? Nope. It is the parent's that have a problem with seeing it done. It may hurt just a little, but after it is all said and done, they won't remember. The babies will be okay.
  
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by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
March 1, 1999: After a two year investigation, the American Academy of Pediatrics concluded that the "potential medical benefits" of infant circumcision aren't significant enough and therefore, they do not recommend it as a routine procedure.

Circumcision is a surgical procedure that involves forcefully separating the foreskin from the glans and then cutting it off. It is typically accomplished with a special clamp device. Over a dozen studies confirm the extreme pain of circumcision. It has been described as “among the most painful [procedures] performed in neonatal medicine.” In one study, researchers concluded that the pain was “severe and persistent.” Investigators reported, “This level of pain would not be tolerated by older patients."
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by bagless77 on March 15th, 2007
To equate circumcision with child abuse is absurd. I chose not to circumsize my son because it seemed an unnecessary pain. My best friend chose to circumsize her son and I understood why. She wanted him to look like his father. Looks are not that important to me and it is just a penis. A parent that would choose to beat their child because they spilled cat food on the floor is not considering what is best for their child. A parent that chooses to circumsize or not is making the choice that they legitimately feel is best. It is offensive and ignorant to label this as child abuse.
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- "Child abuse" can be defined as causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child's body; and, any communication or transaction of any kind which humiliates, shames, or frightens the child. Some child development experts go a bit further, and define child abuse as any act or omission, which fails to nurture or in the upbringing of the children.
  
  Abuse as you see in the above definition causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child's body. I dont know about you but Circumcision sure does fall into that catagory. That was spelled out in the U.S. Child Abuse Prevention Center.
  bagless77: It is horrible to put a child through that proceedure just because she wanted her son to look like his father. It was not medically necessary and therefore it is Child Abuse. Plain and simple look it up on the web. Even more reputable agencys that support the rights of children.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- Oh my gosh, so when you let your child make mistakes, that is permitting them to get hurt. So I guess that is called child abuse. You can't go off of that alone. You make the decisions that are best for your child, and whether or not you let them make mistakes and hope that they learn from them, is just like getting your child circumcised, you think it is for their best. THEY WILL NOT FEEL IT later in life, and they will not remember the pain, BUT if you let a child make a mistake and hope they learn from it, THEY MAY remember it for the rest of their lives (which means that you caused them pain.) This is all to help the child grow. A lot of people believe that it will help prevent diseases, and in a lot of cases it is true. So in that sense you are keeping your child from getting hurt, etc. Calm down. It is a parent's choice. Since the child won't remember it as opposed to letting them make a mistake, it obviously is better to do it when they are a baby, then have them... If you even want to go further than that, CHILD BIRTH IS traumatizing to the baby. I mean just think of it, a baby is pushed out of the womb, and sometimes just by the pushing the clavicle breaks. Is that not the same thing. I mean come on. The babies won't remember it for the rest of their lives.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- prominsky: you poor little creature. As far as you know but oh well no use fighting the uneducated. Go on and be happy with your circumcised penis's. I feel so bad that the children are the ones suffering. Read on and you can see what circumcision is really about. And immunizations are there to protect an infant. You are not cutting off anything from the body. You are relating again two totally different things together. Its like stubbing your toe compared to ripping off your arm while you are still conscious.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- You can't compare ripping off your arm to cutting of extra skin. It is not the same thing. If your arm got ripped off, OBVIOUSLY you would remember it, and it would effect you. Circumcision you won't ever remember, UNLESS you decide to get circumcised when you are older. Wouldn't you think to circumcise your child when they are babies (WHEN THEY WON'T REMEMBER) as opposed to them deciding to have it done, and it will hurt like a mo-pho, and then they will remember it forever.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- JadeEzekial84: You need to be more informed about the procedure. If you really knew what it was about you would not speak of it so lightly. Child birth is a natural part of new life. Circumcision is not. If Men were not meant to have their foreskin dont you think that you would be born without it????? come on now. Use your brain and not what corporate america tells you.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- Foreskin is NOT extra skin. God you all are IDIOTS!!!!!!! what ever no hope here. The future of Penis Butchering.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- I GAVE BIRTH to my children, do not speak to me as if I am an idiot. It hurts to give birth. I am completely informed of the procedure. My Mother was and is a nurse so I got more information than a lot of you get about this procedure. Plus I was their when my baby was circumcised and they only took the EXTRA skin off and that is all. My son barely cried. He is now a Happy-go-lucky child. So don't call me ignorant or any other name. If you have a problem with it then don't get your children circumcised and leave the rest of us alone, because obviously we don't believe so strongly about keeping your child uncircumcised.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- If you actually read the Bible and what it says, you are to circumcise your child as a choice the parent makes to show God that this child is a gift and is God's, we are merely the people who are chosen to look after this child for God.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Those who circumcize females have good intentions, as well. Intention doesn't justify many things, and it is a poor argument in favor of permanently removing part of a child's body.
  
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  by AntigoneRising on March 16th, 2007
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by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on March 14th, 2007
Many people choose to do things that cause the child pain - blood tests, vaccinations, even just a doctor's exam can upset a child and cause pain. The motivation is one of the things that distinguishes child abuse - if you are doing something for accepted medical reasons (and until recently circumcision fell into this category) it is not considered abuse.
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- Very good answer. +5
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- Responding to the above answers.... You say circumcision is medically accepted BUT circumcsion is not medically necessary for 98% of all procedures!! The procedure causes more damage than any good. It has harmful subconcsious effects that will last that child his whole entire LIFE!!
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- jinx: Looks like you're the only one who's affected.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- No psycho, research the web on mothers who regretted doing the procedure after it was done. Or how they felt after it was done. I am the voice of millions of little boys who are denied their natural born right to their body.
  
  If you have a child in the future, I hope you sit in that that room while your child is strapped spread eagle on a board while the doctor cuts the skin on their penis...and he is screaming for someone to save him. Lets talk then after you experience the helplessness of your own child when you hold him after he is done and his eyes are glassed over. Your son returns to you a totally different child, you look into their eyes and all you see is shear terror... Lets talk then. Because then we will have common ground to talk upon. You will understand and experience the helplessness... you will hear their screams of terror... you will experience deep down pain that will be with you forever. If you still feel the same way now... then oh well... you are those few
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- psycho, it's unfair of you to demonize parents who circumcise their baby boys. They do so because they genuinely believe that they are doing what is best for their child, and who are you to tell them that they are wrong? If they make a mistake, they will deal with it and live with it, themselves. No fit parent intentionally hurts or traumatizes their child, and I think it's somewhat ignorant of you to continue assuming that parents who agree to circumcision have not done their research. That just isn't so. It's not something that most parents would take lightly, or have a care-free attitude towards. Try and keep OTHER perspectives in mind, as well. Thanks.
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- Wow, dude...you seriously need to go speak at a college, or talk at a therapy group, or join an anti-circumcision group because you're really passionate about this topic. But this is answerbag, not try-to-change-everybody's-mind-about-circumcision -bag. I STILL don't agree with you. I love my penis the way it is.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- Pirate: I think you mean to say Jinx...cause I'm definitely not demonizing anyone.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- I saw the doctor perform the procedure on my older son and yes he cried, but then he cried being born too; would you perform a caesarean for every birth to spare the child being squeezed through the birth canal? He was asleep in my arms within 2 minutes of being circumcised, so I don't think he felt terror or severe pain.
  
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  by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on March 14th, 2007
- Sorry Psycho, you are correct, that comment was for jinx808.
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- Well at least you love it Psycho and thats all that matters.
  
  Pretty Pirate- I understand and see the other side. I know many mothers who have done it. Maybe I am generalizing too much but the matter of fact is that it is true. Also the doctor wouldnt tell you because they make SO much money performing these procedures.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- Great point yohoho05.
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- yohoho05: its a different cry. One cry was to start the cycle of bringing oxegen into their body after depending on his mother and the other cry was because of Pain caused by your decision.
  And children cry after being born c-section its not because of pain.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- not all newborns cry when taking their first breath; they get their oxygen just fine. So there could be another reason for newborns to cry.
  
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  by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on March 14th, 2007
- jinx808: I really appreciate that you are passionate about this, but you are being way too general with your comments, and that is becoming frustrating. For example: "Children cry after being born c-section it's not because of pain". How do you know what it's caused by? Have you done research on the birth of each and every child that was ever born by C-Section, and asked them why they cried? No, of course not, that's absurd. Your feelings and viewpoint are true to YOU, yes. And I highly doubt that a doctor would cause a newborn baby pain, simply to make money. Doctors take an oath when they become practitioners to have the patient's best interests and needs at heart. To perform medicine in any other way would be unprofessional, unethical, and illegal. Please try not to generalize so much. Thanks.
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- jinx808, would you consider it child abuse for parents to have their baby girl's ears pierced to be child abuse, too?
  
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  by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on March 14th, 2007
- There you go yohoho05 ears pierced and circumcision is two totally different things. I personally would wait till she told me she wanted them pierced. You are not removing her ear.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- I dont regret having my son circumcised he was not in terror he cried for a minute then was back sleeping shortly after. As for the Doctors making SO much money... Since my insurance did not cover it I paid cash.. $100 that is not a ton of money and I would gladly pay it over again. If you are so against circumcision... dont do it...The end! You dont get any say in what choices I make for my child.
  
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  by Gracin the Strange on March 15th, 2007
- You are not removing their penis either.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- Sorry I just found out that you are a woman.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- Latest scientific update on this topic:
  
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070627144210.htm
  
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by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
OKAY. I was circumcized a week ago today. My parents let me have my choice. It's not child abuse; getting circumcized can have health benefits. Foreskin can harbour viruses that can become a catalyst for HIV and other infections.

www.wikipedia.org/circumcision

Before you try and tell everyone that circumcision is wrong and abuse, I suggest you weigh the pros and cons.
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- Yes but the point is that you got to choose!! DownOnMyLuck. And foreskin does not harbour viruses and does not become a catalyst for HIV. Look in the American Cancer Association. Circumcision has nothing to do with HIV or AIDS. You all are misinformed and misguided by corporate America.
  
  Have you seen the amount of newborns who die each year from circumcision?? more than penile cancer itself claims. There are more incidences where circumcisions go wrong and they clamp off the childs penis and then make a sexual reassignment because of a doctor "who was doing what is best" yeah RIGHT! There are soooo many doctors who make decisions based upon how much they get into their pockets.
  
  And DownOnMyLuck: wikipedia is not a reputable source. Anyone can write anything in there. Get your facts else where.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- Do you know the people who write that crap is people who are against circumcision. DOWNONMYLUCK, how was the procedure, what did they do? Would you have wanted it to get done when you were a baby as opposed to now?
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- Okay. First come first serve. Jinx, I understand you are a female. Therefore, you do not know. Infants dying from circumcision rarely ever happens. I read there was less than 10 reported cases. The foreskin can harbour bacteria that could lead to infections if not cleaned properly. They took all that info from medical websites. And I will have you know: my doctor is the best doctor in the world, and so was my urologist. Sorry to burst your fat bubble. I've been seeing him my whole life and have had nothing go wrong. You have no idea what it's like. Also, I had phimosis, so it had to be done for health reasons.
  
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  by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
- Jade, they put me out, like a normal surgery. So they did the whole thing, cut cut, snip snip, and when I woke up they wound 6 feet of gauze around it for protection. As for getting it done as a child, yeah it would have been better cause that way I wouldn't have remembered it.
  
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  by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
- Most of us have weighed the pros and cons. I, also, believe it is abuse and unnecessary. As for viruses, are you saying that it is impossible to teach a male to properly clean his penis? Men in many countries manage to do this every day. (BTW, the same argument - cleanliness - is used to justify female circumcision.)
  
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  by AntigoneRising on March 16th, 2007
- Latest scientific update on this topic:
  
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070627144210.htm
  
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by Mini_kilt on March 15th, 2007
If your true question is Why deny your natual born rights the answer is quite simple, "natual born rights" differ GREATLY among people and there aren't any strict guidelines for parents.

Many people are wildly misinformed about circumcision (both male and female), although the information is readily avail.

While you and I and see certain things as basic human rights, people will still continue to pierce thier babies ears, remove body parts and organs and force all sorts of chemical "greatness" into people who are not able to communicate the choice for themselves.

If you really want to make a difference, talk about it with people you know, people who are having children and anybody who will listen...Answerbag is really a poor way to stand up for the rights of anybody.
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by Valparaiso on March 14th, 2007
First of all a child can't choose jack squat for themselves.

Secondly circumcision is only child abuse in your eyes.

Stop pushing your beliefs on other people. I'm circumsized and I was spanked with a wooden board when I was a kid and I don't feel abused because I wasn't.
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- No I am not pushing my belief onto anyone. Why is it okay to strap a newborn baby onto a table and cutoff HALF of their penis?? If it were a full grown man it would be different huh?
  You feel that way because it was done to you so you feel it is okay for it to be dont to others. Ive studied that in psych class. Nothing out of the ordinary. Circumcising and spanking are TWO TOTALLY different things. The spanking was probably because of your behavior, circumcision was because your parents were uninformed of all the risks or they fest pressured to do it because of their religion.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- My parents are agnostics. They circumsized me because they belived that doing so helps keep things cleaner. I don't know how true it is and I don't care I just don't view circumsision as being abusive. I'm not sure if I will do it with my children or not, I am a Christian so its not a requirment as it is only a sign of the old covenant and not the new covenant.
  
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  by Valparaiso on March 14th, 2007
- You have no idea if his parents were uninformed or if they even did it because of their religion. If you're just gonna be pissed off and make unsubstantiated accusations, this is not the place for you.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- Yes I dont know how informed his parents were. But now you know or may have that thought in your mind about how informed you are. I have done my job. Planting the seeds. I cant controll what you do but all I hope to do is to give some insight. A seed of hope that these unborn children will not have to suffer shortly after the miracle of birth. And I am a more emotional woman when it comes to this topic because I speak from experience. So please excuse me if I do seem pushy. I am not pissed off and I do not make unsubstantiated accusations. From the studies in psych courses the statistics we know a very close estimate of mothers and fathers who do not know about the side effects.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- OH YOU'RE A WOMAN...interesting how you can say that you know these things from experience...since you've never been circumcised. In fact I don't think you even know what it feels like to have a penis - cut or uncut.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- I dont know how it feels to have penis but I have a clitoris and circumcising females were made illegal sometime ago so why is it okay for males? its practically the same thing just a difference in size.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- Sorry but a clitorus is NOT the same thing as a penis just a different size...betta get your facts straight.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- A clitorus is soley for sexual pleasure. The penis is the male reproductive organ, which helps us make babies, and lets us excrete urine from our bodies. (and it's good for sexual pleasure, too :P )
  
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  by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
- Half your penis? Really?
  
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  by Mrs.mezzo is a Wagnerian soprano on March 15th, 2007
- Yeah I think you are mis-informed as to what they take off and how much.
  
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  by Valparaiso on March 15th, 2007
- Foreskin. Hardly anything.
  
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  by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
- Well I must be talking to a bunch of idiots. Yes almost 50 percent of the penis skin is removed. Look it up you ignorant man. You all are just stuck in the man made laws of America. No one really thinking on their own. You back up circumcision because I bet the majority of you have been circumcised or grew up in a family that believes in it.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- Do you know what 50% of the penis is, that means that you are cutting the guys penis in half making it shorter. That is not the case, because the males penis doesn't become shorter, if anything I think it would make it look longer.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- JINX, MY GOD. 50%? Are you mentally incapable? A little diddle at the end is removed, around the knob. Just had it done, I think I know! Maybe 5% of the skin. Women should not venture into the aspects of male circumcision. Ladies, sorry but Jinx made me say that. Sorry once again.
  
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  by DownOnMyLuck on March 15th, 2007
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by AntigoneRising on March 16th, 2007
People in certain (not all) cultures have been socialized to accept this practice, and they believe that it is in the best interests of the child spiritually, emotionally, and/or physically. We rarely stop to examine why such a practice began, and whether or not it is valid, ethical, or still applicable.

For example, male circumcision wasn't widely practiced in the United States until the late 1800's, and it was touted primarily as a way to prevent masturbation.
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by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
"Child abuse" can be defined as causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child's body; and, any communication or transaction of any kind which humiliates, shames, or frightens the child. Some child development experts go a bit further, and define child abuse as any act or omission, which fails to nurture or in the upbringing of the children.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect as: “at a minimum, any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”
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by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
Parents have to make choices for their son that he can't make at that moment. Why do you get to choose your child's haircut?
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- Circumcision is not child abuse.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- Yes you cut your childs hair but it will grow back. Once you circumcise your son, it will NEVER grow back. It has a very important function. It is not there for decoration. It has its place and purpose. Before you respond again. LOOK IT UP. Become a little more educated in what circumcision is all about. Both sides of the debate.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- Calm down, jinx808. I understand that you are passionate about this topic, but the answers so far HAVE given "both sides of the debate". Perhaps just not the side YOU support. You don't know how much psycho knows or doesn't know about circumcision. You just assume that he hasn't researched it because his answer does not correlate with your beliefs. Anyway, welcome to AB!
  
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  by PrettyPirate on March 14th, 2007
- My penis works phenomenally and I don't have any foreskin! What is this very important function you speak of?
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- Like I said the hair will grow back. Circumcsion can never be undone. Stop relating something very crucial to something that is not.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- I didn't say it was "like getting his hair cut" my point was that parents need to choose things that children can't.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- It looks nice anyway. :)
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- Exactly, it is done for cosmetic reasons. You are probably in an area where it is more common and that is what you are use to. Not your fault.
  
  Yes parents need to make decision for their child but should be an EDUCATED decision. Learning all the facts before it is done. Did you know that over 200 newborns die from circumcision??? That is more lifes' than Penile cancer itself claims. Do you know the side effects of having circumcisions? (crooked penis, painful erections, delayed ejaculation, painful ejaculation, desensitization during intercourse, takes part in more rigorous sex practice because the sensation in their penis has dulled because the head of the penise has been covered with a thicker skin to protect it from shafting and rubbing up on their clothes, I could go on and on about what a man has lost without their knowledge. Becase it was already done they have nothing else to do but accept or resent the fact.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- Yes I do feel very strongly against circumcision because the hospital nurses pressured me into trying to do it to my own son. They did not know I researched both sides. Yes in the first year they have less UTI's but that can be prevented by changing then more often.
  You feel like your penis works just fine but that is because you dont know the difference. You grew up like that. Try asking the men who have regrown the skin on their penis to act as their forskin. It is called Foreskin restoration. Many men who learn about this and try it find it that their sexual lifes' gradually become better and they feel more. Also I guess I am speaking from personal experience from trying both circumcised and uncircumcised.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- You still haven't told me what valid purpose forskin serves other than increased sensation during intercourse...which is debateable.
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- psycho thats why you have a brain and functioning fingers. Google it. Its not my job to tell you about the function of your foreskin on your penis. Look it up and become a little more informed. And you are speaking from a circumcised view of sexual gratification. YOU DONT KNOW. Your Cut
  
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  by jinx808 on March 14th, 2007
- Well you seem to think it's your job to tell me everything else about circumcision, why can't you tell me foreskin's function? You say I'm "speaking from a circumcised view of sexual gratification" but you're here telling me you know more about what this feels like even though you're a woman and have felt NEITHER side - cut or uncut. All of this is ALSO coming from someone who told me that a penis and a clitorus were the same thing. Somehow you seem less credible to me...
  
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  by Psycho the kid on March 14th, 2007
- The clitoris and the penis are homologous actually... they're not the same, no, but have a similarity that stems from common ancestory.
  
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  by hijklmno on March 15th, 2007
- What I am trying to say deemikay is that it would really hurt a female if the skin was cut off that protectect her clitoris. The skin is there for a purpose. If you do not clean yourself you are bound to get infections. Its how you take care of yourself.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- Excuse me, but I have had sex with both circumcised and uncircumcised, and I think the uncircumcised feels really funny, and kind of disgusting. I had to stop, because I couldn't get any pleasure from it. It was like pulling the extra skin on a puppy up, where all this extra skin comes to play, it was not a great moment. Never happened again.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- OH MY GOD, you can't compare foreskin to a woman's clitoris. You can't, there is no comparison. Women have to have that, MEN DO NOT NEED THEIR FORESKIN.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- I was making a factual, biological statement people. That's all. I didn't offer an opinion.
  
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  by hijklmno on March 16th, 2007
- Hair grows back. This has got to be one of the most illogical analogies on the subject I have yet read.
  
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by wobalome on March 16th, 2007
I wish I had been done as a child, now I am too scared to have it done.
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- You are free to make a choice about circumcision any time you want to. Only children/infants that have it forced upon them suffer from a lack of choice.
  
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by Someguy on March 15th, 2007
Why cut their hair? Don't they have a right to their body?

They are KIDS. I harbour no ill will towards my parents for clipping me. i have yet to protest to get my foreskin back.

Circumcision at birth is far less painful than get circumcised when you are older. New studies are proving that circumcised penises are less likely to get STDs or AIDS and they stay "cleaner".

Realy, what's the harm?
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- Someguy: That is not true you just listen to what they say on the tv radio etc. If you really research it, circumcision does NOT preven std's Aids or HIV. An uncircumcised man is no more than likely to get UTI than a female. Its how you teach them to clean yourself.
  You would be saying different if you were in the percent of boys and men who had circumcsion go WAY WRONG. Then they are left with painful erections, or even sexual reassignment. Hey some people are happy with the cut penis. You are the lucky one I guess that doesnt suffer from psychological side effects that has also been proven through EEG's and other brain scans.
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- I only know what I read: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_45757.html
  Only 1 percent of circumcisions have ANY complications. i have heard of the horrific stories where the process has gone wrong, but that is the most extreme and rare occasion and the risk is run with any procedure. This is one of those "the medical industry is selling us lies" issues. Agree to disagree.
  
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  by Someguy on March 15th, 2007
- No its the opposite. People are feeding everyone lies about circumcision. You only know from one source. Search deeper. really look and you will be surprised at what you find. And it is not Only 1 percent that have complications. Did you take statistics??? That figure is way off. At least you are reading. :o)
  
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  by jinx808 on March 15th, 2007
- There is far more guys who have had something go wrong from being uncircumcised as opposed to circumcised, and if I was a guy, I would want to get circumcised and prevent anything from happening that way. It is a two way street, just because something goes wrong, even on one person, it obviously has worked for generations, and obviously there are a lot of people out in the world today, who came from descendants of circumcised males. Is the babies screwed up because you are circumcised, nope, it has nothing to do with it. I agree with Someguy, agree to disagree.
  
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  by JadeEzekiel84 on March 15th, 2007
- I will look. I promise, but the problem will be the source. If I bring you an article supporting circumcisions written by a doctor, you will tell me the article is tainted by the source. Same if you brought me one.
  
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  by Someguy on March 15th, 2007
- Hair grows back. This is a highly ineffectual analogy.
  
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  by AntigoneRising on March 16th, 2007
- Latest scientific update on this topic:
  
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070627144210.htm
  
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  by science_geek on June 28th, 2007
- Fine AR. Poor analogy, but my argument is true. This is an issue that is very personal and very controversial on both sides. I say read up on the subject and make the decision based on what you know and what your cultural mores and religious attitudes tell you.
  
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  by Someguy on June 28th, 2007
- I say that cultural tradition is insufficient to justify the elective permanent removal of part of the body. Religion is used to justify a lot of atrocities, but it cannot be used as a reason to deny individual human rights.
  
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  by AntigoneRising on June 28th, 2007
- Sure it can. Lots of people use lots of reasons to deny human rights. AR, just what is your central problem with religion? You dance all around it, but let's have that discussion.
  
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by Lemonyellow Di Vintage on March 15th, 2007
It's the Jewish influence. Yes, they control everything and I'm very proud of it.
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- Screw Religion. Its just another method of controlling the people. You are like everyone else following the crowed. Following a man written book. You are like the many being controlled. You are the majority.
  
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- I'm not religious.
  
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- You don't seem like the kind of person to use 2
  
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by A on March 29th, 2011
Perhaps they haven't been given a convincing enough reason that that is child abuse.
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Child abuse is looked down on & people are ridiculed. But that same person opposing child abuse, supports circumcision which is another form of child abuse, that child is being denied their RIGHT to their body. This is your Natural Born Rights, Why deny?

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