Circumcision

[DrCrippen]

Circumcision is in the news again, following the reports of the American divorced couple going to court to argue about whether their son should be cirumcised.

British doctors are against routine circumcision

(see : nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2006/06/circumcision.html
)

What do modern mothers feel?

And one woman on NHS BLOG DOCTOR has said in the comments that women prefer men who are circumcised as they are "better in the bedroom."!

Heavens. I did not think of asking that?

Any views on either aspect of circumcision?

John

I wouldnt let ds have it done unless it was a medical necessary which it could be as his bits go a fair bit read very often.

opens pop corn, pours a beer, gets comfy and waits for Suzywong to pop in and say
'has this kicked off yet?'

(Dr Crippen there have been some vigerous discussions of this in the past....not saying you shouldn't have one now, but just get the hard hats ready!)

I wouldn't entertain the idea of circumcision for my DS. I can't see any benefit for him just shed loads of pain As for the second part - not really qualified to comment except to say DH is not and I have no complaints

are you the real Dr Crippen??

I don't like it for kids (unless your religion requires it) or on adults.

AFAIK the attraction of circumcised men is that their penis looks more like an erect penis even when it's flaccid, but who ever found a flaccid penis a turn-on? Correct me if I'm wrong, obv...

I don't think that routine circumsicion is necessary and as for the hygiene argument, well it should be cleaned under regularly anyway so that's not an issue.
As someone who has slept with both circumsised and uncircumsised peni(is that the plural?)There is no difference, or not one that you would notice anyhow.

Sorry, did not know it had been "vigorously" discussed in the past. I am against it (unless for religious or medical reasons) but it has suddenly become big news in the USA and NHS BLOG DOCTOR has a lot of readers there.

I have not been asked by a patient to arrange a "cosmetic" circumcision for over 10 years. I was wondering what parents really think about it these days.

John

I'm in the camp of 'if you are born with it then why get rid of it' unless for medical reasons. Don't buy the religious thing at all

(ducks for cover)

Nope,not in this house,Dh or Ds1,2 and3.Don't agree unless necessary for religious or medical reasons.If it ain't broke and all that.
As for it making a man a better lover,I think that has a lot more to do with the man than his foreskin,(or lack of).

I'm with Pagan

If archives come up you should be able to find an extremely heated thread on this.

gosh, not a topic I expected to see in childbirth ..!!! Bizarre..!

Medical reasons only. If it's a part of you and it's not causing a problem why remove it and maybe make a problem? If it's not broke, don't try to fix it as they say.

is it routine in america then?

not..... posting........ help....... been away for a while...... too soon....... for an arguement..... SOME ONE STOP ME POSTING??????!!!!

H E L P!

I hate the idea of circumcising a child who has no choice in the matter. I've never heard a good argument for circumcision aside from medical grounds when the child is older.
As for circumcised adults, I've also never heard any convinving evidence that one way is better or worse.

OMG..... I'm getting MN Tourettes again....... HELP?????!?!!!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

sea, apparently circumcision rates have gone way down in the States, I think I read 50% (as opposed to up in the high nineties not so long ago) but that is probably wrong.

Cant see the point unless there is an infection. The most outrageous form of legally mutilating a child i ever witnessed was a afro-carribean lady had married a non practicing Jewish man. God knows why but she decided to have ds circumcised on religious reasons. Eh hem, both parents had been actually been attending a christian church and to my knowledge still are

Dh was circumcised as it was routine in his day. I didn't even think about it until ds was born & dh said "aren't they going to circumcise him?" Paed was against it, unless for religious or medical reasons, so that was that. Personally, the idea of the pain ds would have felt (maybe not during the op but definitely after) put me totally off.

its not something i would do to a son of mine, unless it was for a medical reason.