tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post7420824992229343119..comments2023-10-15T01:52:45.422-07:00Comments on Woman, Uncensored: Would you circumcise your daughter?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-73805884101889507522012-07-25T14:29:46.288-07:002012-07-25T14:29:46.288-07:00It's important to remember that women and men ...It's important to remember that women and men are raped....live to tell about it....and many of them are "okay" too. Many of them are NOT okay as well. the point being..... that just because someone claims they are okay and have no negative effects from having their genitals cut at birth....DOES NOT make it okay! the important thing to remember is that babies are not born with a defect by having a normal foreskin....IT'S NORMAL! So why do people continue to justify cutting a normal functional part of their child's anatomy off at birth???? I don't get it.Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459075868394984956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-55170946297151801262012-07-25T10:11:43.806-07:002012-07-25T10:11:43.806-07:00I was circumcised, as a baby. As a result, I exper...I was circumcised, as a baby. As a result, I experience less pleasure in bed, (it takes me far far longer than my partners to "finish") due to a botched job, and a skin bridge on the left side, as well. I wouldn't recommend anyone get the procedure, gender aside, unless there is a solid medical reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-6063266602608136972012-02-02T18:42:57.446-08:002012-02-02T18:42:57.446-08:00Thank you so much for posting this. My husband and...Thank you so much for posting this. My husband and I totally agree. We decided not to mutilate our son's genitals either. People can be so cruel always giving us a hard time when we tell them he is not circumsized. We believe that god made us in all his glory the way he wanted us to be seen. We also don't believe in braces. There is no purpose other than vanity. It is selfish of a parent to want their child to conform what society thinks they should look like. <br /><br />Please parents don't peirce your infants ear, mutilate their genitals, or try "fix" a smile that is already beautiful. God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-46258388579396843382011-02-12T06:06:36.997-08:002011-02-12T06:06:36.997-08:00Thank you for posting this! When our little boy w...Thank you for posting this! When our little boy was born, our plan was to circumcise. But upon seeing how perfect he was, I began to have doubts. I researched and found PP, and read everything there was about circumcision. The "pros" did not outweigh the cons. There is nothing good or healthy about cutting anyone's genitals. I realised that if I thought my baby was perfect, it was my whole baby, not my baby minus his foreskin. I gave my husband info, and my baby boy is happily intact.<br /><br />It's HIS penis, I think it's perfect just the way it is, but if when he's older he wants to change it, he has that choice. We, his parents and protectors, did not rob him of his choice over his body. It's all thanks to people like you, Peaceful Parenting, Saving our Sons, etc.<br /><br />So, again, from the bottom of my heart, and my baby boy's, and any future son I may have, THANK YOU!<br /><br />XO,<br /><br />peaceful momma to an intact baby boypixie_19https://www.blogger.com/profile/05630870817470687918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-79428337872428852832011-02-03T07:45:27.880-08:002011-02-03T07:45:27.880-08:00When I was pregnant with my son, I researched circ...When I was pregnant with my son, I researched circumcision. I asked men I knew who were un-cut if cleaning was difficult (no) and if they'd rather be cut (no). I looked at the history, studies, and risks.<br /><br />Then I watched a live-streaming video of the procedure being done, on a tiny infant boy, strapped down in a torture device and screaming. "Doesn't hurt" my ass. You cut through nerves and it'll hurt.Angie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797949120350480613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-75261588178646101602011-01-21T07:44:44.949-08:002011-01-21T07:44:44.949-08:00"in the end it's a personal choice...just..."in the end it's a personal choice...just like keeping ur hair short or long or light or dark...."<br /><br />Lisa, yes, a PERSONAL choice. Not your parents' choice at birth. Oh and you can't really undo circumcision the way you can choose a different haircut or color, plus haircuts don't hurt or carry and risk of infection, disfigurement, or death. So, wow, circumcision and hairstyles aren't the same at all, are they?Ohjessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-65089074715805818712011-01-21T04:52:54.669-08:002011-01-21T04:52:54.669-08:00Lisa: When foreskin can grow back, then it will be...Lisa: When foreskin can grow back, then it will be the same as keeping your hair long or short.<br /><br />Jesus did it?No, his parents did it to him following their traditions.<br />You speak of Jesus, but have you read the bible regarding circumcision? or are you just following blindly what people tell you?<br />Galatians 5:1–11 http://biblia.com/bible/niv/Galatians%205.1-11<br />"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all."<br /><br />Galatians 6:11–16 (http://biblia.com/bible/niv/Galatians%206.11-16)<br />"Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ." <br /><br />1 Corinthians 7:17–20 (http://biblia.com/bible/niv/1%20Corinthians%207.17-20)<br />"Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.ach one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him."<br /><br />Thirdly:As for your husband, unless he went from being intact to being circ'd later in life he really has no clue what sex would feel like with foreskin..Vanessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-4280342095853019102011-01-21T03:54:57.709-08:002011-01-21T03:54:57.709-08:00Yeah Jessica, but you guys have Br!an M0rris. That...Yeah Jessica, but you guys have Br!an M0rris. That's why New Zealand is better. You can keep the pav, if you keep HIM :PAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252778124685827397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-83595394789002144072011-01-21T03:24:11.756-08:002011-01-21T03:24:11.756-08:00Jesus said that circumcision was done away with in...Jesus said that circumcision was done away with in him. He fulfilled the covenant. If you are Christian, presumably you accept Jesus as your Saviour. Jesus was not Christian - how could he be? He was Christ - he was a Jew. Circumcision was done to him, not by him. Interestingly, some of the strongest voices against circumcision also come from the Jewish community, so that's a poor argument too.<br /><br />There's a good answer to all that here: http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/circumcision.html and more in-depth information here: http://www.noharmm.org/christianparent.htm<br /><br />You should know that many parents here who speak out against circumcision now, circumcised their own sons before they knew any better, so no judgement is being passed on your past. When you know better, you can do better.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252778124685827397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-74682748314048675752011-01-21T03:13:35.761-08:002011-01-21T03:13:35.761-08:00Wow, i'm from Australia and up until a couple ...Wow, i'm from Australia and up until a couple of months ago when I found a few groups on Facebook, I was completely oblivious to the amount of debate surrounding circ. That's because here in Aus its almost unheard of! If someone had asked me if I had wanted to circ my two boys I would have politely (or probably not) told them to f*** off LOL! It totally barbaric and really unnecessary... It honestly baffles me! Also, if they'd performed circs in jesus' day as they do today, I cannot understand how baby boys would have survived. Infection and haemorrhage would kill almost all babes it was performed on.Crazy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552119727773035235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-21858408458866071632011-01-21T02:46:08.538-08:002011-01-21T02:46:08.538-08:00Lisa (in Ok)
"Christians were freed from th...Lisa (in Ok) <br /><br />"Christians were freed from the Law, including circumcision (Acts 15:1-20). It was described as an almost unbearable yoke on the neck (Acts 15: 10). The yoke, of course, was a sign of slavery and Christians were told not to become entangled with 'a yoke of bondage' (Galatians 5:1-2)."<br /><br />"Some believe in circumcision because of what they have been told. Christians should consider Paul's words:<br /><br /> God put every different part of the body, just as he wanted it to be.<br /> ( 1 Corinthians 12: 18) <br /><br />If Christians take this to heart they will have strength to resist the circumcision enthusiasts. As someone said to a knife-happy doctor, 'God knows best how to make little boys.'"<br /><br />As for sensitivity yes your husband still has feeling that goes without saying what he lacks is the tens of thousands of nerve endings he was born with , the very same that would have seen him enjoy sex in all it's glory as nature intended , he will never know though because he never had a chance to experience the heights of sexual pleasure as an intact man many men who have and still received circ including one I know personally say the decrease is significant , one they regret losing , one they wish they were more educated about before being dismembered , lucky for restoration for the men that get partial sensitivity back .<br /><br />Yes it is personal choice like every other cosmetic procedure it SHOULD BE the persons who's genitals are in question very OWN personal choice and no one else , you choosing for someone else is NOT personal choice .<br /><br />People are in an uproar my dear because it is a clear violation of human rights , the rights to genital integrity , the rights to ones ownership over ones own body and the clear sexism that haunts little boys ( mainly in the US ) .<br /><br />No one feels guilty my dear our boys were born perfect so we kept them WHOLE .Loureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-72462995516948928262011-01-20T08:14:07.839-08:002011-01-20T08:14:07.839-08:00I guess biblical reasons and the fact that a chris...I guess biblical reasons and the fact that a christian tends to follow and teach from the bible isn't enough anymore....or that Jesus himself did it and declared we follow Him...I don't know about you...but that's enough for me!<br /><br />as for sensitivity...my husband says all the time...i don't know what they are talking about but i love the way you feel inside the minute I touch you! no lackin there! <br /><br />in the end it's a personal choice...just like keeping ur hair short or long or light or dark....<br /><br />i'm not sure why ppl get in such an uproar about these issues. <br /><br />from my experience...the only ones that complain and try to press their views on others are the ones that feel guilty for doing the opposite of what they force down others throats!Lisa (in Ok)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-54932731432877194772011-01-17T13:18:11.872-08:002011-01-17T13:18:11.872-08:00Oh, how I hate the 'kidney infection' excu...Oh, how I hate the 'kidney infection' excuse. The difference in percentages of UTIs between intact & circ'd infants is miniscule (and as accurate for girl babies as well as boys). <br /><br />Do you treat a female child with kidney issues to a circumcision? No? Then you're sexist through & through.<br /><br />If you did it through ignorance (& unwillingness to spend 5 minutes googling those statistics), shame on your Dr's. I suspect that like many parents, you were looking for an excuse to do what you wanted to do.<br /><br />Kidney issues are treated with antibiotics & other medical interventions, not circumcision. Urologists & nephrologists, however, are paid very well for them, so to them, it's 'why not?'<br /><br />The foreskin is not a birth defect, nor does it cause UTIs anymore than an intact girl's labia, & the complications (including death) are far more common & damaging than a treated UTI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-45377998306362103902011-01-17T00:12:12.223-08:002011-01-17T00:12:12.223-08:00I declare, Sexual Assault!I declare, Sexual Assault!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-19114356950851397582011-01-15T21:29:28.779-08:002011-01-15T21:29:28.779-08:00Just wanted to add my appreciation for this post. ...Just wanted to add my appreciation for this post. <br /><br />I have been horrified and saddened by the idea of female circumcision for years, but I never equated that horror with male circumcision. Now that I think back, my logic was ridiculous - I accepted male circumcision as a religious right, but female circumcision is also done for religious reasons...so how is one OK and not the other?<br /><br />After reading posts and articles like this I am absolutely convinced that I would never do this to my son (I have a baby daughter and the very idea of doing something like that to her is unfathomable - why wouldn't it be for a boy?).<br /><br />Anyway, please just keep getting the word out, everyone who agrees with this. I was talking with my mom recently and she was telling me all about the 'benefits' of circumcision - when I tried to contradict her she got very defensive (I think she didn't want to feel guilty about my brother). She also told me that my sister had her newborn circumcised - why? Because Dad wanted baby to look like him (this even after I sent her an article from Mothering Magazine dealing with the research against circumcision extensively). <br /><br />It is still at that point where people just do it because that's what you do (and because it is a very lucrative operation and so medical professionals will come up with all kinds of reasons to tell parents that it's good for the kid) - getting the word out there in posts like this will hopefully start to make that change. <br /><br />Just one more thing - on the comment from mother who feels so guilty about circumcising her son - I have no expert advice, but I want to try to give you some comfort. The truth is, you just didn't know, and you were trying to do the best for your son. Don't let mommy guilt get you down...we have to make agonizing decisions (and mistakes) all the time. If you've seen all of this evidence and refuse to look it in the face and just do it for whatever stupid reason, that's one thing - but that's not what you did. Maybe you could even apologize to your son someday...but just try to do what's best for you both in the meantime. Mommy weighed down with guilt isn't going to be the best for him! :) Anyway, hoping you will be blessed and comforted...Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-41652763455820575252011-01-15T16:08:40.332-08:002011-01-15T16:08:40.332-08:00Thanks for another great post. My daughter has a l...Thanks for another great post. My daughter has a labial adhesion (has had it since she was 2 weeks old and now- at 2 yrs old- she still has it) and when my friend heard she replied "What?! those can adhede? Maybe we should cut those off a birth too, just to prevent that.". She, of course, was kidding but she made a fantastic point. Just like I would never have my daughter vagina cut apart or mutilated- I could never do it to a son either.BEsshttp://mommakesmilk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-23019045144065244192010-11-11T17:20:30.219-08:002010-11-11T17:20:30.219-08:00Excellent post! I fail to see how people can supp...Excellent post! I fail to see how people can support male circumcision while opposing female circumcision. They both involve amputating healthy genital parts! Would anyone who supports circ want to be strapped down while someone cuts off part of their genitals?! It's lunacy! <br /><br />By the way, in response to comments above, I am one of the many intactivists who is also appalled by abortion. Both involve major industries preying upon vulnerable parents, withholding information and lying to them as there is much money to be made from both the "procedures" and the sale of the "products." Both involve horrific assaults upon helpless babies and children.There are also some very evil people who derive enjoyment form doing abortions and circumcisions. <br /><br />Of course, your post had no reason to mention abortion. It would have distracted from your superb point. I am upset by many injustices, but I tend to focus on one at a time. For instance, if I'm writing about circ, I don't have any reason to address the many women and children enslaved in the sex trade, but I am very upset by that as well. And so on. I'm surprised that anyone against abortion would support circ and vice versa, but I must trust that they are still uninformed, and would feel differently if they knew the full truth. We must keep speaking out for those who have no voice, whoever they may be.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304188988165235918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-23642011069126018822010-11-10T11:56:33.445-08:002010-11-10T11:56:33.445-08:00AWESOME POST ! THANKS !AWESOME POST ! THANKS !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-32477894461089335222010-11-09T18:37:47.669-08:002010-11-09T18:37:47.669-08:00Thanks for this wonderful article. Girls have the ...Thanks for this wonderful article. Girls have the right to intact genitals, boys should have that same right.Lisa Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990132540386511646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-88836721108527413972010-11-09T06:02:59.166-08:002010-11-09T06:02:59.166-08:00*Thank you!*
My husband regrets that his mother c...*Thank you!*<br /><br />My husband regrets that his mother chose to circumcise him and wants our future sons to make the choice to be circumcised if they would like to be - but we are not going to make that decision on their behalf.<br /><br /><a href="http://aprilmc04.blogspot.com/2010/10/un-cut-un-circumcised-whole.html" rel="nofollow">Un-cut, Un-circumcised, WHOLE.</a>McAprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075164484862923872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-79094366923365003982010-11-08T08:55:05.817-08:002010-11-08T08:55:05.817-08:00YES YES YES Thankyou!!!My boy is intact.If you bel...YES YES YES Thankyou!!!My boy is intact.If you believe in God he supposedly made us in his perfect image,why then would he do this to only mutilate a newborn soul.If you believe in evolution don't you think we would have evolved away thru the years this tiny piece of skin?We haven't it's needed,this traumatic procedure is NOT needed.Wake up people,cherish your sons as they are made be it by God or evolution.They are perfect they way they are...<br />I am no activist by any means just a simple thinking person and that's as basic as it gets..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-25805785455319220392010-06-08T08:08:49.728-07:002010-06-08T08:08:49.728-07:00People seem to think that intactivists are morally...People seem to think that intactivists are morally opposed to circumcision. They are not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a circumcised penis. Its a legitamate medical procedure. What they disagree with is conducting said procedure on individuals without their consent, against their will, when there is no legitimate medical necessity to do so. That is the crux of it. If someone took your child from you and cut off a part of his penis for no reason, it would be considered sexual abuse. Hand that man a doctors certificate and it becomes right? You wouldn't tattoo your child without their consent, let them choose about their penis too. Its only fair. And please PLEASE as a friend of a circd man who died from AIDS the ONLY thing that prevents std transmission is a CONDOM!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-9444898261815977262010-06-08T07:28:16.095-07:002010-06-08T07:28:16.095-07:00My Mom is an R.N. and has worked OB for many years...My Mom is an R.N. and has worked OB for many years. Contrary to what you are probably thinking, this made her the biggest natural birth/natural child rearing advocate I knew (before I made mommy friends). She came over for dinner one night and went through all the reasons why circ. was stupid, pointless and harmful to baby boys. What they look/feel like for the baby. The board they strap the babies to. How they interfere with breastfeeding. The incredibly high rates of complications from them she sees in the hospital (they are botched waaaay more than most parents realize). How the STD research is flawed and how the idea of prophylactic REMOVAL of a BODY PART to get a 30% or lower reduction of a specific strain of HIV that is only prevalent in Africa is laughable, when wearing a condom would provide much better and sensible prevention. She feels that parents shouldn't be allowed to have it done unless they are in the room with their baby the whole time--she says the crying is like torture and they pass out for hours afterward, in shock. After that dinner, my husband never brought it up again, and we happily refused to do it to our baby boy. He is 3 and I've barely ever touched it in terms of cleaning, and it's completely healthy--no problems at all. I have a 17 month old daughter now and it makes me nauseous to read a description of doing something similar to her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997191228899274706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-34361644642794516442010-05-27T23:32:15.935-07:002010-05-27T23:32:15.935-07:00Just wondering where the info has come from that s...Just wondering where the info has come from that states that circumcision results in less pleasure for the male in question? I have done a bit of research, but can not find any reputable articles, nor how they measure this. <br />Kind Regards.Boxienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799685441547308974.post-2274688232132938302010-05-08T02:09:12.386-07:002010-05-08T02:09:12.386-07:00Oh my word, BRAVO! So well written! Thank you so...Oh my word, BRAVO! So well written! Thank you so much for this. I'm bookmarking it so I can send the link to anyone I think should read it.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187688133342183016noreply@blogger.com