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  1. 1. Should boys be circumcised as standard practice?

    • Yes - just because that's what we expect
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    • yes - for health reasons
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    • yes for religious reasons
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    • yes for both health & religious reasons
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    • No
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    • Depends (explain)
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perfect   39

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Our family had a discussion, instigated by my husband the other night, which led us to realize that there are huge diferences even between British culture and the US. Boys are not circumcised as babies as standard practice in the UK whereas my husband says they are here in the US and you have to opt out in order to not have it done.

I hope this poll doesn't offend anyone, but my son was wondering when he gets a girlfriend, assuming she is in the US, whether she would think it strange that he is still "au-natural". It got my son (17) considering whether or not to have it done.

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Kez/JWolf Mentor

Kez/JWolf   6

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There is no benefit to cutting off a boys foreskin..... this should only be done for medical reason and not when a boy is only 3 days old.... People think it is disgusting to to mutilate girls.... but it amounts to the same for boys...

My husband is Jewish and its there practise... but if we were to have a baby boy it will not be done....

Kezzie

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Kajikit   65

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Is your son NUTS? Unless you're Jewish there's no reason to remove that little piece of skin. I figure God put it there for a reason and if He didn't want us to have it it would drop off by itself :P

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I don't have a son so thankfully I did not have to make that decision but I have heard it said some people decide based on the father's having had it done or not.... so father/son 'look alike' which makes it easier during the formative years....

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pj1959us   0

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Tell your son it will be of great benefit being "different", and not just because of his accent :whistle:

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Jenn!   918

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I hope this poll doesn't offend anyone, but my son was wondering when he gets a girlfriend, assuming she is in the US, whether she would think it strange that he is still "au-natural". It got my son (17) considering whether or not to have it done.

To tell the truth, I think some American girls do find it "strange". I will refrain from commenting on whether that should affect his decision.....

I found it interesting that my husband for some reason thought that most American men were NOT circumcised.

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Karen_L   1

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I found it interesting that my husband for some reason thought that most American men were NOT circumcised.

My fiance' thought the same thing! I think it's because in his country, Albania, circumcision is something that really only the Muslim population does and the Christians don't. Since the majority of Americans are from some kind of Christian background, I guess he figured we didn't normally do it here.

As for me, I think my fiance' and I probably WILL circumsize any sons we will have (well, not US ourselves, of course, but a doctor ;)), but I think it's a decision that parents need to make together and that it's not a "should/shouldn't" issue. :thumbs:

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Laveau   67

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Opt out in order NOT to have it done? Hmmmm...my son was born in 1995 (in Dallas) and I had to request it. Now, I regret that I did that because I only did it because his father insisted and only for "cosmetic" reasons. If I have any more sons I will NOT have them circumcised.

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Opt out in order NOT to have it done? Hmmmm...my son was born in 1995 (in Dallas) and I had to request it. Now, I regret that I did that because I only did it because his father insisted and only for "cosmetic" reasons. If I have any more sons I will NOT have them circumcised.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO CIRCUMSIZE A BOY???

WHY WOULD YOU REMOVE A WOMANS #######, SAME DIFFERENCE!!!

TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT CIRCUMSIZED...

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both religious and health reasons :)

Health? In this day and age?

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Kez/JWolf   6

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There are no health reason to circumcised a healthy baby boy.... it is only nessisary if there is a problem with the skin being too tight and this is normaly only done on older children....

So please tell me what other health issues there are???

Kezzie

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I'm Gone   60

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I really don't have an opinion, but it reminds me of a joke.

Doctor would save the skins from the operations in a big jar. Once the jar was full he hated to just toss them out so he took them to a leather worker and ask the guy to make something out of them.

A week later the doctor returns to the leather shop to see what the guy had made him.

He asks the leather worker if he had finished and the leather work said "yes and I think you will like what I made."

The leather worker goes into the backroom and comes out and hands the doctor a wallet.

The doctor says to the leather worker "out of that big jar of skins you only made me a wallet."

The leather worker says "yes, but when you rub real hard it it turns into a suitcase."

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Jenn!   918

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I really don't have an opinion, but it reminds me of a joke.

Doctor would save the skins from the operations in a big jar. Once the jar was full he hated to just toss them out so he took them to a leather worker and ask the guy to make something out of them.

A week later the doctor returns to the leather shop to see what the guy had made him.

He asks the leather worker if he had finished and the leather work said "yes and I think you will like what I made."

The leather worker goes into the backroom and comes out and hands the doctor a wallet.

The doctor says to the leather worker "out of that big jar of skins you only made me a wallet."

The leather worker says "yes, but when you rub real hard it it turns into a suitcase."

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