Circumcision-How can people have a thought process like this and choose to make a life altering decision?

HerpDerp7227 · 2011-08-15T19:17:14+00:00

Yeah that's pretty disturbing. I assume this is a throwaway because you took it from your RL facebook feed?

Grubnar · 2011-08-15T19:54:27+00:00

Me and my penis are extreamly glad we were not born in the US of A!!!

Whoooah · 2011-08-16T05:08:56+00:00

As a woman, I'm more shocked that she doesn't know anything about her own genitals. Dirt in labia is what causes yeast infections? Holy shit, WTF.

The rest. Well, I've been very vocal about my opposition to circumcision before.

OP, how the heck can you be friends with someone so stupid? I hope this is just some acquaintance or something. Massive props to you for maintaining civility in the face of extreme frustration and explaining to her.

I'd like to direct you to this page, which I post a lot regarding this issue, for future referencing. It's plain language, aimed at parents, and since it's from a country where circumcision is not the norm it is more medically objective.

madmartian · 2011-08-16T00:14:26+00:00

It's quite understandable when you know that men's bodies are considered expendable by our sick society but women's bodies are not.

It's also easy to understand when you know that many people are totally ignorant of how a penis and a foreskin work.

And when you add the financial greed of the medical industry into the mix, you get a perfect storm of male genital mutilation.

Male genital mutilation needs to be banned for infants and boys. Adult men can make their own choices. All children - regardless of gender - have a human right to a whole and intact body.

omegaflux · 2011-08-15T19:57:17+00:00

This should be posted to r/WTF:

Yeah, but I wouldn't let him run around with skin hanging off his winer and is cleaner.

The skin is attached, not hanging off, which requires them to tear it off the after making the initial incision.

Since this was a conversation you participated in, would you mind if I cross-posted this to r/YouthRights, or you could?

It's just a shame that children born to such ignorant parents are forced to undergo cosmetic surgery in infancy.

Fatalistic · 2011-08-16T00:37:16+00:00

It's really simple when you understand the premise that society considers the vast majority of men to be expendable producers and cannon fodder to be used up and thrown away when convenient.

You will see the same callous attitude when it comes to all sorts of other issues men face like paternity fraud.

b_ohare · 2011-08-15T21:32:56+00:00

To cut, or not to cut

Arxl · 2011-08-15T20:10:40+00:00

I am going to do all I can for my foreskin restoration.

Rozeline · 2011-08-16T18:23:59+00:00

I don't have words for this. I feel so sickened by that whole exchange that I want to vomit. I feel so terrible for that child, not just for the fact that his mother is putting him through that, but he has to deal with the rest of her stupid parenting mistakes for the rest of his life, because if she's starting out this terribly, just imagine what other hell she has in store for him.

2011-08-19T15:39:38+00:00

My brother was circumsized, I asked my dad why and his answer was "I was circumsized and so was granddad, I wouldn't know how to tech your brother to deal with a foreskin, so we figured it would be easier"

My brother's foreskin re-grew during puberty, an it scared him, He though he was getting a tumor, his penis was "closing up" I remember him trying to explain what was happening to my mother.

Mum has never seen an intact man, she was worried for my brother too, and was about to rush him to the doctors before I asked "is the growth on your foreskin or under it" and this question got everyone on track.

My brother is not considering having it removed again, because its what he has grown used to. I've been trying to convince him otherwise, I know its his choice now that he's older, but I feel he should test run his current genitals for a few years before making the decision.

and IMO uncut boys tend to be cleaner, because society basically forces them to keep clean down there to keep up with all the cut men.

FfanaticR · 2011-08-20T11:33:10+00:00

I'm drunk. Qwent random instead of all. Am I posting in a troll thread?

LawnyJ · 2011-09-30T05:50:59+00:00

I had honestly never though about circumcision growing up or anything. It was just something people did. My boyfriend is uncircumcised though and I thought that would be weird for some reason just because I didn't think it was normal. Circumcision is one of those things inundated in our society that when you step back and look at it you think....wtf are we doing this for?

increasing_entropy · 2011-08-15T20:46:24+00:00

I am a circumcised male. Truthfully, I want to circumcise my kid not because I'm religious (I'm an atheist) or disease, but because I want to. I mean I might wait for him to figure out if he wants too or not. It just kinda runs in the family

2011-08-15T20:42:26+00:00

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yunolisten · 2011-08-15T19:44:11+00:00

I had a close friend years ago, his younger brother was uncircumcised and developed an infection as a teenager. Long story short he had to get circumcised when he was somewhere around 14.

I remember thinking to myself as I watched him walking around in pain days later how lucky I was that my parents decided to have me circumcised at birth, I can't remember it ever happening, as a baby that trauma doesn't stick with you, but as a young man or adult, well it sure didn't look like a lot of fun.

Killraine · 2011-08-15T22:47:57+00:00

What is this /r/atheism? Way to make a long ass facebook thread on someone else's wall about penises when it isn't even their baby/decision.

pickupstix321 · 2011-08-16T04:37:04+00:00

Circumcision is a great thing. It lets males know from the beginning of their lives that they are worth less than females.

Title	Circumcision-How can people have a thought process like this and choose to make a life altering decision?
Author	HerpDerp7227
Upvotes	31
Comments	88
Date	August 15, 2011 6:38 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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