What is your view on male circumcision?

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

Health benefits are dubious. If you want it gone, no harm in doing it as an adult.

[Mikeswill]

Aside from my own I really don't view male circumcision
It seems rather awkward either to steal a glance or ask permission

[Brusia]

Given that the health benefits certainly seem to outweigh the risks, I support male circumcision.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsh ... cision.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/resea ... tions.html

http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/

[Liriena]

Given that the health benefits certainly seem to outweigh the risks, I support male circumcision.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsh ... cision.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/resea ... tions.html

http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/

But do you support giving parents the power to have their infants' genitals mutilated when there's no pressing need?

[Liriena]

Not to mention this:

However, there are much more effective and less invasive ways of preventing these conditions. For example, practising good hygiene to prevent UTIs, or using a condom to prevent STIs.
Read about when circumcision may be necessary for more details.
Most healthcare professionals maintain that the potential benefits of circumcision are not strong enough to justify routine childhood circumcision. Critics of circumcision argue that it has disadvantages, such as:
Reduced sensitivity – an uncircumcised penis is more sensitive than a circumcised penis, meaning that circumcised men may experience less pleasure during sex.
Potential complications of circumcision – these include excessive bleeding, post-operative infection and, in rare cases, injury to the urethra. These complications are thought to outweigh any potential benefits.
Critics have also argued that routinely circumcising baby boys on medical grounds violates the principle of consent to treatment. They say that circumcision should only be performed when a boy is old enough to make an informed decision about whether he wishes to be circumcised.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

Given that the health benefits certainly seem to outweigh the risks, I support male circumcision.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsh ... cision.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/resea ... tions.html

http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/

Let them make that choice for themselves when they are old enough to understand. The "benefits" of circumcision are not great enough to warrant forcing infants to undergo a procedure that will forever alter their body.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I'm not circumcised.

There is no fucking difference between a circumcised and uncircumcised penis other than having to wash your junk after so many days for a minute or two max while in the shower to prevent smegma buildup. That is it.

[Liriena]

I'm not circumcised.

High five!

[Sun Wukong]

I'm not circumcised.

High five!

The surgeon's knife broke when he tried to cut mine.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I'm not circumcised.

High five!

Yush! *high fives Pope Liri*

[Free Tristania]

When it comes to circumcising underaged boys unless it is done on medical grounds: child abuse. Good and simple
For adults: I don't really care.

[Afghan Rouge]

I was circumcised due to being Muslim.

I support it, but I think the person should decide if they want to be circumcised

[Soldati Senza Confini]

When it comes to circumcising underaged boys unless it is done on medical grounds: child abuse. Good and simple
For adults: I don't really care.

Circumcision is a very good option as an adult if you have phimosis and you feel uncomfortable with it.

[Benuty]

Sure if it can be legal then people should have the legal right to sue anyone who circumcised them as an infant.

[Anglia and Francia]

When it comes to circumcising underaged boys unless it is done on medical grounds: child abuse. Good and simple
For adults: I don't really care.

Please explain why?

[Kinsgard]

The same as my view of female circumcision. Intolerable and evil genital mutilation.

[Marcurix]

When it comes to circumcising underaged boys unless it is done on medical grounds: child abuse. Good and simple
For adults: I don't really care.

Please explain why?

I suppose cutting a bit off someone for no reason might be something to argue.

[Anglia and Francia]

Please explain why?

I suppose cutting a bit off someone for no reason might be something to argue.

But why is cutting a bit off someone in a safe surgery child abuse?

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

When it comes to circumcising underaged boys unless it is done on medical grounds: child abuse. Good and simple
For adults: I don't really care.

Please explain why?

Just a guess here, but forcing a small children into a painful procedure with pretty negligible benefits when it is not medical necessity that will alter their body for the rest of their life might just be one reason.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

I suppose cutting a bit off someone for no reason might be something to argue.

But why is cutting a bit off someone in a safe surgery child abuse?

Why is unnecessarily cutting off the tip of a child's finger child abuse if done by a doctor?

[Myrensis]

Since abandoning Christianity, I really don't see the point of circumcision. I'd have to do some research on it before I make a full decision. As of this point, I'm not for it or against. If I were to have boy at this time, I'd probably have him circumcised just because I am. Keep things consistent.

Eh that is a pretty bad reason,seems like a little to much hassle just for that reason

How about "Performing what amounts to cosmetic surgery on an infant to satisfy your personal religious beliefs or sense of aesthetics is terrible."?

[Marcurix]

I suppose cutting a bit off someone for no reason might be something to argue.

But why is cutting a bit off someone in a safe surgery child abuse?

Because you're altering your child body for no good reason, usually without giving them a choice in the matter. I am also under the impression its done while the child is awake, so there's that too.

[Anglia and Francia]

But why is cutting a bit off someone in a safe surgery child abuse?

Why is unnecessarily cutting off the tip of a child's finger child abuse if done by a doctor?

Because those are not comparable situations.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

Eh that is a pretty bad reason,seems like a little to much hassle just for that reason

How about "Performing what amounts to cosmetic surgery on an infant to satisfy your personal religious beliefs or sense of aesthetics is terrible."?

I don't get the "I want my child to look like me" argument. My mother never bleached my hair blonde, and that's certainly not as painful or permanent as circumcision.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

Why is unnecessarily cutting off the tip of a child's finger child abuse if done by a doctor?

Because those are not comparable situations.

They actually kind of are.
Chopping off part of a child's penis
Chopping off part of a child's finger
Both are generally medically unnecessary and wrong.