To circumcise or not to circumcise?

[Aegon]

Okay, I've read the thread through and everybody's responses to my articles and I've decided that I may have been exaggerating the benefits of circumcision. To say that there aren't benefits would be incorrect. And as for circumcising later in life, as one of the studies I linked says, circumcision when the patient already has a history of things like phimosis will do you no good when it comes to other things that phimosis can lead to. The only way to basically ensure a life without risk of those things is to be circumcised at birth. But I'll admit, I was probably exaggerating before.

But, just like a lot of you can't fathom why anybody would do this to their son, I can't fathom why anybody would see it as a big deal. Child abuse? Trauma? I can promise you exactly 0 percent of circumcised guys remember it, let alone are traumatized by it. I've never even really had to think about the topic until I read this topic. There are a dozen things wrong with my body. My penis is not one of them. I promise you that a majority of those properly circumcised have absolutely no problem with it. It's not a big deal at all. The risk is low, and even if the benefits aren't as great as a lot of people make them out to be, the extra foreskin is just not that big of a deal.

I understand the whole "don't make this sort of decision for your child that can't consent." But a parent makes those decisions every day. They say breastfeeding can asist cognitive function in infants, as well as preventing asthma and many allergies. Are we gonna call moms using bottles child abusers too because they made a decision concerning the baby's body that the baby had no say in and may have had a negative impact? I wouldn't think so. But even then, opposing it on principle like that is understandable, but don't make it out to be more than it is. It's not a terrible traumatizing child abuse. It's something that we have absolutely no memory of and something that most of us just don't really care about.

Would I circumcise my child? I always figured yes, but now I'm not too sure. If it's really not beneficial, maybe I won't want to. But I wouldn't not do it because of all the ridiculous rhetoric I've read.