> I am happy to have had a bris on the 8th day; would think it much more likely to be painful later.
Likewise, and it is alot easier to keep sanitary.
I think the pain thing is probably the whole idea behind banning it until age 15: fewer circumcisions are likely to occur if it jolly hurts.
Here in New Zealand circumcision is an exception rather than the rule, and for some reason doctors try to talk parents out of having their infant boys circumcised.
For some reason is right. On the whole, it’s healthier to be circumcized than not. I would say that the positives outweigh the negatives.