To circumcise or not to circumcise?

[Catholic_Lady]

We do many things without a minor's consent. I was given bowlcuts as a kid without my consent. I looked atrocious. But it wasn't my call.

Umm...there's a huge difference between cutting hair which is painless and it grows back and cutting genitals which is not painless and is doesn't grow back. Also, it's understandable for your mother to want your hair to look however she thinks is nice...I don't understand why she would want your penis to look nice.

Can't answer for all the other mothers out there, but to me personally it's for the same reasons as everything else. 

If I lived in a country where no one got it done, I wouldn't get my son's done, either, because in that case it wouldn't matter. But it's much more common than not here in the US and I wouldn't want my son to feel insecure or embarrassed about his penis looking different from the other boys'. As I said, if I was a dude (assuming I'd be living in the US), I would hope my parents would do that for me while I was a baby. But to each their own. Not saying anyone is a bad mom for not doing it to their kid. We each do what we think is best for our own child.