Re: Parenting Debate: To Snip or no?
I don't know about the benefits outweighing the problems. Studies aside, if that were actually true, disease and infection would be far more common in Europe and would be increasing in Canada and Australia (where circumcision is falling out of practice). This is not true. It doesn't make a lick of difference. It's about as necessary as getting your ears pierced.
I can understand wanting to do it when it's so normal out of fear that future women in his life might be grossed out...but, if no one does it, women don't care. Women over here know what they look like, but no one ever talks about how they wish guys here had it done. Ever.
I guess the reason that it's such a hot topic here is that there are more and more of us from other countries. I can't speak for everyone, but it kind of almost feels a bit offensive. Like, I know it's not intentional, but it sort of feels like people who argue that it's cleaner are basically saying that we're (or our boyfriends) are dirtier. Maybe it feels like that the other way around too, because I'm sure we get pretty judgemental about it (I know I do). Anyway, doing it and -not- doing it are so engrained in our cultures that people seem to have really strong feelings about it and take it personally when the other side argues about it.
I don't know about the benefits outweighing the problems. Studies aside, if that were actually true, disease and infection would be far more common in Europe and would be increasing in Canada and Australia (where circumcision is falling out of practice). This is not true. It doesn't make a lick of difference. It's about as necessary as getting your ears pierced.
I can understand wanting to do it when it's so normal out of fear that future women in his life might be grossed out...but, if no one does it, women don't care. Women over here know what they look like, but no one ever talks about how they wish guys here had it done. Ever.
I guess the reason that it's such a hot topic here is that there are more and more of us from other countries. I can't speak for everyone, but it kind of almost feels a bit offensive. Like, I know it's not intentional, but it sort of feels like people who argue that it's cleaner are basically saying that we're (or our boyfriends) are dirtier. Maybe it feels like that the other way around too, because I'm sure we get pretty judgemental about it (I know I do). Anyway, doing it and -not- doing it are so engrained in our cultures that people seem to have really strong feelings about it and take it personally when the other side argues about it.
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