Genuinely curious about circumcision- are you planning/have you circumcised any of your boys & if not, why?
No judgement here whatsoever, please!
I have never even thought about it until the last few days when I saw a video online of two men talking about how they wished they were circumcised 😅 I'm a single mum who obviously doesn't have a penis of her own and don't have any men around me so I just never ever thought about it 😆😆😭
I've kind of already come to a conclusion that I wouldn't get it done unless it's a medical necessity but I was just wondering if anyone had any insight for or against it, any stories of your family or people you know, or your personal opinion on the whole thing?
I wish there was more support regarding this decision and education on the matter in general 😅
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No, it’s genital mutilation.
No. In the UK it's only really done for religious reasons. In America it's commonly performed for cultural reasons (not religion, people saying their husband is so they want their son to be etc). I don't see the point. The skin is supposed to be there. That's why they're born with it. Just like our labia are supposed to be there, that's why we're born with them.
Yeah I was always under the same impression, only after some reading up did I learn about some of the complications and issues that some boys can get 😅😅 I don't personally see any need for it unless medically recognised as something that could help
From a european point of view this is so weird. It really is mainly a thing in the US.
I’ve never heard of anyone having complications because they didn‘t get circumcised. Sure it might happen to some, but if this really was a problem there would be way more circumcised boys outside of the USA.
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Genuinely curious about circumcision- are you planning/have you circumcised any of your boys & if not, why?
No judgement here whatsoever, please!
I have never even thought about it until the last few days when I saw a video online of two men talking about how they wished they were circumcised 😅 I'm a single mum who obviously doesn't have a penis of her own and don't have any men around me so I just never ever thought about it 😆😆😭
I've kind of already come to a conclusion that I wouldn't get it done unless it's a medical necessity but I was just wondering if anyone had any insight for or against it, any stories of your family or people you know, or your personal opinion on the whole thing?
I wish there was more support regarding this decision and education on the matter in general 😅
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