To circumcise or not to circumcise?

[thesummerqueen]

I don't think we should be too hard on people who have had their children circumcised.
I think we can generally except that it is a fact that none of them did it to be mean.
They may have been medically misguided or driven by cultural norms.

It seems to me that if there are medical benefits, it appears to be in the area of sexual health.
Given our level of understanding on the issue these days, maybe it would be better to wait until the child is of sexual age and let them make the decision/incision then.

I think this is what really bothers people. There's a lot of shit we used to do because it was the best medical knowledge we had at the time. Or the best 'common knowledge'. That doesn't make it correct or scientifically accurate, or that the health benefits outweigh the physical autonomy of the child. But no one's blaming people from back in the day. We should just stop perpetuating the cycle.

This isn't like getting a vaccine which contributes to herd immunity or an individual case of UTI problems or what have you. This is a broad-stroked operation that gets applied to kids without their consent, usually because "well everyone does it" rather than for medical reasons, which usually only get brought up to justify the decision.