http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13337203/
(Link to the source above) In Chicago, the divorced mother and father of an uncircumcised child have brought the case to court as to whether the boy should be circumcised. The mother, with whom the boy lives, argues that the 8-year-old boy should be circumcised after he complained about painful inflammation of his penis. The father argues that it is an unnecessary medical procedure and doesn't want his child to go through the physical and psychological damage of "mutilating his genitals."
Although it is a medically unnecessary procedure, it has been show to slightly reduce the risk of urinary infections. Also, those without foreskin don't have to worry about smegma.
I'm circumcised and I don't think I have any physical or psychological issues from it. Plus, I think most girls expect boys to be circumcised. I remember my friend commenting how one of her friends wasn't circumcised and proceded to go on about five minutes of how weird and gross that is.
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Some studies have shown that circumcision prevents HIV infection, because the foreskin contains cells that are HIV targets.
The studies that show HIV occurs less in circumcised men than uncircumcised men are way overhyped. The news sources that report it mostly fail to mention that circumcised men are still at a huge risk of catching HIV with unprotected sex, just less of a huge risk than uncircumcised men. It's like saying "People who played Russian roulette with 2 bullets instead of 5 bullets are 70% less likely to be shot in the head by a bullet!!!" Having repeated unprotected sex with HIV+ partners as a circumcised man will over time get you infected, it just may take a few more tries than a natural man.
Really, abstinence or condoms are far better protections against HIV than circumcision.
And if you look at the American Academy of Pediatrics' policy statement on circumcision, it basically says that while the risks are low, so are the benefits, so you shouldn't do it for medical reasons, leaving it in the hands of parents to do it for their own personal reasons.
"Abstinence or condoms are far better protections against HIV from circumcision." That may be true.
However, scientific and public health studies - which are published in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Lancet - do correlate circumcision with HIV prevention. Joycen Catibog did a similar blog; I put one of the sources in my comment there.
Here's a story to back up my previous post. http://allafrica.com/stories/200607121032.html Apparently the circumcision researcher has been trying to publish since the 80's unsuccessfully. Also Uganda has one of the lowest HIV rates in Africa, and they've been pushing sex education and condom use for a long time. The article also brings up the point that infected circumcised men can spread HIV, and hyping up circumcision gives people the false belief that it won't
In this particular case, there does seem to be a medical necessity for the procedure. At his age, the boy may be psycholigically affected by the procedure IF he weren't suffereing from so many infections. However, since he is having recurring infections and if the circumcision would resolve that problem, then he will probably see it as a relief. I suspect that the fact this has turned into a 3-ring circus is probably the most horrifying thing to him at this point.
could i still have sex
i think it is up to teh fmaily
I am a father of 2 boys living here in the uk.. Both of my sons were circumcised we are not jewish and we dont practise any religion where circumcision is called for. Our decision to circumcise our two was just that our decision i had to be circumcised at the age of 15 because sex was painful, my partners younger brother was circumcised when he was 6 so talking about it we decided it was best , all though circumcision in the uk isnt as popular as in the Usa there is a number of parents paying for their son to be circumcised privately, a friend of ours had her 6month old circumcised privately and quoted that was the best 100 pounds spent, It`s alright saying boys will come to you if they have a penis problem most boys get embarrassed i did and going to my parents was the last thing i wanted to do, so circumcision will save any future embarrassment.
Idiot. Your son could have other decision.
NOTHING gives you the right to mutilate a child's genitalia for your own non-medical reasons whatever they may be. It is a sickening and dispicable act for which the child may one day justifyably despise you. The sooner this is outlawed the better..
One word: smegma.
--Mike
I'm intact and I personally never get smegma. I take showers and I masturbate.
when it comes down to it, a man with a circumsised penis can still preform as well as a "natural" one, and as far as infection goes weather or not you are circumsied, you get an infection if you dont clean yourself properly...also as far as the 8 year old boy goes, his mother may be just a little too jumpy if you goolge the subject, and read a few articles about the development of the uncircumsised penis you will notice that the discomforth the boy is feeling could be things like normal separation or from him trying to force his foreskin back. among other things I say take the boy to a doc that is knowledgeable on the subject, and if it aint broke dont fix it
I don't think I'll circumsize any future children I might have. It just isn't necessary. Personally, I wouldn't care whether or not a guy was circumsized. Living in the states, I'd actually be pretty happy if I was with a guy who wasn't, because it would definately be a new experience.