So I was circumcised as a baby and I personally don't mind that my parents did that. BUT isn't it similar to giving children hormone blockers (obviously not as extreme, but the principle). To my understanding the surgery is purely cosmetic and causes the nerve endings to be destroyed making sex less pleasurable. Do you guys support parents circumcising their children? Is it ethically wrong to make that decision for a child?
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This is something I'm also debating as my firstborn due date approaches.
My reasons against are; I don't want one of the first things the kid knows after it's born to be intentional pain, and it's a Jewish tradition that I don't have much regard for.
Any reasons FOR doing it?
Hygiene is a hyped up reason to make ppl feel better. Our son is not and we have no issues. Respect his body as his. Spare him the pain.