Can’t tell everyone how scared for life I have felt both physically and mentally, by having a circumcision that happened years before my earliest memory.
There’s an agenda here. I have no idea what it is other than that some people seem to be very upset that we seem to have adopted a Jewish norm.
In the days of the Israelites and their wandering through the desert, I believe this was a health issue. Today it could be argued that it no longer is. Perhaps it isn’t. Perhaps it is and we don’t realize it.
I don’t see any harm in the practice whatsoever. I’m sure I’ll hear from some who are convinced that there is and think I need to be.
It provides increased protection against HIV, HPV and penile cancer. I think it still is a health issue, although I respect the right of parents to make whatever decision they'd like.
at least you haven’t been called a castrating b***h on previous threads, lol.
I think parents should be more aware of the possible problems with the healing of circumcisions so that they can make an informed decision. There are some common problems with circs that most people don’t know about until it happens to their child. I know because it happened to one of mine.
I never heard about it curbing masturbation, but then again you couldn’t have a lot of young Israelites wandering around in the desert wasting time masturbating. A Rabbi told me once that circumcision was a sign of the optimism of the Jews - “before we even know how big it’s gonna be, we cut an inch off”.