Is castrating young boys ethical?

[Aractus]

That being said both my boys were circumcised (by a mohel, nonetheless), which some would equate to castration, the anti-circumcision crowd can be quite militant.

Interestingly enough (as a non-circumcised male), I find it abhorrent that there are adults who were circumcised as children who come out and complain that they were castrated. There are advantages/health benefits to it. Higher STI resistance (proven for HIV) is just one of them. Lower chance of infection in that area is another. Parents have the choice to make, and so too do they have the choice to vaccinate their children or not. I know people that chose not to vaccinate, one is an atheist and all her children got the measles. Her reasons were insane, she literally believed that vaccination doesn't prevent children getting diseases! With that said, if she had said to me that her reasons were that vaccinations are developed too quickly and not properly tested to be safe - IF those were her reasons - then I could have understood and sympathise with, because that's a very real fear that I have. Vaccinations have killed, so that fear is rational. I'd still vaccinate though (unless there were extraneous circumstances).