No, I don't have a Jewish family. It's just more 'clean' this way, apparently. I would've preferred to have been consulted though.
I fail to see the distinction between chopping off a bit of external male genitalia compared to a bit of external female genitalia, yet the latter would be considered mutilation by many... No gents, don't bother taking the minimal effort required to clean your dick, chop part of it off! The general cleanliness argument seems rubbish to me. The reduced HIV risk I can appreciate, but from 0-13 it's unlikely you're going to get those benefits. Further, not every boy is born in sub-Saharan Africa or HIV high risk areas. There are other lines of defence, like education, condoms, talking to your partner, getting each party to test, and generally not indiscriminately fucking every single thing that moves.
Basically I'm not against the procedure, but I don't think it should be done without consent unless there's a high chance the child will have a poor education.
I fail to see the distinction between chopping off a bit of external male genitalia compared to a bit of external female genitalia, yet the latter would be considered mutilation by many... No gents, don't bother taking the minimal effort required to clean your dick, chop part of it off! The general cleanliness argument seems rubbish to me. The reduced HIV risk I can appreciate, but from 0-13 it's unlikely you're going to get those benefits. Further, not every boy is born in sub-Saharan Africa or HIV high risk areas. There are other lines of defence, like education, condoms, talking to your partner, getting each party to test, and generally not indiscriminately fucking every single thing that moves.
Basically I'm not against the procedure, but I don't think it should be done without consent unless there's a high chance the child will have a poor education.