Are you circumcised, yes or no, and are you for, or against it as a cultural norm?

[The Lawspeaker]

Mine for my boy.If I raise him, I'll choose the operation.

Looks like we will have to respectfully agree that we disagree on that one.

[Gooding]

Looks like we will have to respectfully agree that we disagree on that one.

Sounds all right to me, Lawspeaker.

[Spaniard_Truth]

You may be barking up the wrong tree.

A genetic disorder can't be the genetic norm by definition.

[Lady L]

Whose ? Yours or your son's ?

Another thing to think about people is that alot of you use the reason " if its done to an infant, its unfair because it wasn't their choice. " " It was done to them " ...

Considering that how many people do you hear that did have it done as a baby crying and whining about it...? Hating their parents..? Not many. Most that have it are glad and most that don't don't like it. Are you guys seeing the pattern yet..?

Seems like we should all be happy then instead of making horrible comments.

[Aemma]

@Aemma
Even though I don't have children (yet) that doesn't mean that I don't know the difference between right and wrong.

Easy for you to say such things Tristan but have you never thought that we parents who did decide to do this thought/think we're doing the RIGHT thing by our own child/ren based on the information we have/had?

Geez...

[Inese]

I know where you are aiming at but it would be cruel towards your boyfriend, Inese.

Yes maybe but please in Europe it is not common to make it!! Soooo if a boy is circumszied and is not from North America he is to a very high rate a jew or muslim and i want no one of them in my bed or around me. And if he is not one of them than it tells me that the parent house of the boy is not normal in European sense ----- what rises new questions!! Questions where i need answers before i make a relationship or have sex. Okay Lawspeaker ??

[Gooding]

Another thing to think about people is that alot of you use the reason " if its done to an infant, its unfair because it wasn't their choice. " " It was done to them " ...

Considering that how many people do you hear that did have it done as a baby crying and whining about it...? Hating their parents..? Not many. Most that have it are glad and most that don't don't like it. Are you guys seeing the pattern yet..?

Seems like we should all be happy then instead of making horrible comments.

I agree wholeheartedly, Lady Lyfing! I think a lot of this is also culture clash between Americans,Canadians and Europeans..

[Rainraven]

Mine for my boy.If I raise him, I'll choose the operation.

It's this lack of consent that I find to be the difficult aspect of this debate.

Yes as a parent you have the right to do what you believe is best for your child.

Does this extend to something as personal as the aesthetics of their genitalia? Just because you had it done and have no problems/regrets about it does not mean a son will feel the same way. If it is a tradition, then why not leave it until an age that you can talk to them about it. The tradition would mean a lot more if they chose to follow it than having the choice taken from them a few days after birth.

[The Lawspeaker]

Easy for you to say such things Tristan but have you never thought that we parents who did decide to do this thought/think we're doing the RIGHT thing by our own child/ren based on the information we have/had?

Geez...

Of course. But it is still mutilation. Are those practices commonly advised to all parents in the U.S and Canada ? I am sure that in enlightened western societies such as ours there are ways of finding out whether it really serves a purpose or not.

And think of one thing (just for the heck of it) if it served a purpose in our societies and protected our children: why didn't our own ancestors do it ? Why isn't it standard practice in Europe and the U.S ?

[Lady L]

It's this lack of consent that I find to be the difficult aspect of this debate.

Yes as a parent you have the right to do what you believe is best for your child.

Does this extend to something as personal as the aesthetics of their genitalia? Just because you had it done and have no problems/regrets about it does not mean a son will feel the same way. If it is a tradition, then why not leave it until an age that you can talk to them about it. The tradition would mean a lot more if they chose to follow it than having the choice taken from them a few days after birth.

And, with that being said ^ have ya'll that are con ever considered that maybe boys who didn't have it done are unhappy about it..? and wish it had been done..?