Contrary to claims that infants won't remember circumcision, it's been discovered that fetuses have memory.

justpickaname · 2009-12-24T19:59:29+00:00

So I guess we're all pro-life now, right? At least starting at 30 weeks?

This does have huge implications for circumcision, though - thanks for pointing it out.

2009-12-25T08:00:39+00:00

I clearly remember my circumcision and I had it done as a newborn.

It's my first memory and the earliest one I can remember after that was 5-6 years later. It gave me nightmares for years at a child, especially since I had no context until after I told my parents about it.

catlebrity · 2009-12-24T22:27:40+00:00

I look back fondly on my time as a fetus, happily immersed in goo, getting fed through a tube in my tummy.

Birth was pretty traumatic, though. Then some creepy dude in a mask spanked me. They should probably ban that shit.

bad_keisatsu · 2009-12-25T02:10:47+00:00

Sorry, I don't remember. Really I don't. Neither do you.

2009-12-25T13:49:45+00:00

Well there goes the abortion claims...

2009-12-27T06:44:44+00:00

I have no memory of my circumcision and I am not bothered by the lack of my foreskin. Sure you can say I have no way of knowing what I'm missing, but that's too bad because the damn thing is gone and never coming back. This is nothing to loose sleep over.

Fallstar · 2010-01-03T05:08:24+00:00

Here's the problem: infants have memory in a fundamentally different way than we adults do, so it is inaccessible to us. They use images and feelings rather than words. Even if circumcision is remembered, it should not cause problems past three or so, when the child begins to speak and language develops. The rewiring of the brain to accommodate speech wipes memories from before speech, except the ones which are most positive and most negative. But there is only so much room. If there are enough nice feeling memories, there should be no problems. But, if the child is treated as second class, there will be; the circumcision may even be remembered.

kloo2yoo · 2009-12-24T16:57:57+00:00

this appears to be an abstract of the article:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122513436/HTMLSTART

kanuk876 · 2009-12-25T04:37:50+00:00

Why is this under men's rights? It should be someplace where abortion gets discussed, so people can see that it's NOT a "choice", but a living, conscious little person.

And I don't think it means that anyone can remember their circumcision. Infants and young children don't have a developed enough brain to have long long-term memory. It's why basically none of us can remember stuff like birth or breastfeeding or teething.

Title	Contrary to claims that infants won't remember circumcision, it's been discovered that fetuses have memory.
Author	kloo2yoo
Upvotes	12
Comments	19
Date	December 24, 2009 4:56 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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