Broke the cycle with my son. It was insane the amount of people who didn’t even belong to a religion that this is a symptom of, who were pushy about me having it performed. If my son wants to be cut, he can make that decision for himself later in life.
If my son wants to be cut
Why the hell would he want to? If there’s no medical reason, there’s no reason at all.
At that point, he would be an adult making a decision. It doesn’t matter why for us in regards to his choice. Maybe he becomes religious or succumbs to social pressure. He could get a Prince Albert, too, or those weird beads.
As a parent it’s their job to protect him from harmful societal norms and religious indoctrination until he becomes an adult. Hopefully the education sticks long enough for him to deeply understand and respect his body, to seek out more helpful mentorship when needed, and pass along that education and protection to his future potential children.
It’s not that I disagree, I just can’t imagine anyone who’s not broken in the brain to want this.
Tell that to the chick who turned herself into Barbie or those twins that did… whatever it was to themselves and thought it looked anything but horrifying.
Yes, I’m straight up saying they’re objectively ugly af. Don’t even care if that’s some kind of discrimination. They’re just dumb, they made a stupid mistake, and I don’t even think they’ve admitted it to themselves yet.
They had every right to do it though. It was just a bad idea in every single humanly possible way.
I’m from muslim family but atheist and have nothing against it. Like, it is just operation that become too popular at some point. Or was forced on people to prevent an epidemy of some sort. It is still recommended across many surgeons at least as far as i know. It is just easier to recover from when you are younger. Similar to recovering from smallpox.
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The smallpox analogy is false. It is a simple procedure as an adult. There is no reason to force it on people who can’t consent.
It’s interesting how many apparently religious people feel the need to hang out in an atheist community.
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isn’t this true for a heap of non Jewish American males too?
Mostly just in USA (any maybe Canada?)
America isn’t near the top, here is a map from Wikipedia:
That 20-80% variance makes it look as though Australia and America have the same rates of circumcision
I think the difference is that it is performed in the US even without religious background.
Usually this happens because the parents would be Jewish or Muslim.
Or Christian
If you look at the map the predominantly Christian regions are by far at the bottom of the list with the exception of the US and Australia.
Researchers like, “I ain’t tryna look at Icelandic dick tho”
My only issue with this is that it is specifically directed at jewish people. This is common practice in america regardless of whether you’re jewish or not. For example I’m circumcised and my parents have never been jewish. Otherwise yes, stop circumcising your kids.
But it was normalized through Judaism and Christianity.
Also criticizing Jewish people is no different than criticizing religion as a whole which this sub generally does.
casually sips their water while they read the comments unfold over a weewee meme I love the internet.
We’re truly Reddit now. This always causes a comment filled thread lol
and americans lol
To the ~33% people who have downvoted this: you’re literally arguing against a person’s right not to have their body receive unnecessary surgical manipulations until they’re old enough to actually consent to it. Babies are not their parents’ property. Let people decide when they’re adults.
Yah this should be true for any action except stuff like important medical surgery due to complications and surgery for facial defects BUT IRREVERSIBLE FORESKIN REMOVAL WITHOUGHT MEDICAL REASONS IS MORALLY WRONG
Unfortunately a lot of Americans believe children are the property of their parents. We need a children’s bill of rights.
The UN already has that, the convention on the rights of a child. Every UN country except the United States has signed.
Children don’t pay taxes and cannot vote so good lol with that :-/
Do you think that anyone born with a cleft palate, cleft lip, hemangiomas, craniosynostosis, facial palsy, or any corrective jaw surgeries should be told to wait until 18 when all of these procedures are far less effective and far more difficult to do?
Being born with a foreskin isn’t a damn defect!
Brought to you by the same folks who introduced you to: considering a woman’s rape to NOT be a violent crime against the woman, but instead a property crime against her husband/father.
Antiquated bullshit doesn’t belong in this world. If you disagree, go walk across a desert or something.
I agree it should not be done unnecessarily. I’ve hooked up with plenty of men in my lifetime and have seen some grotesque circumcisions.
The most common botched ones I’ve seen are when the skin bridges to the head or when the circumcision was done too tight (and causes issues when erect). I’ve also seen some pretty gnarly scar tissue along the shaft, but that seems to be less problematic. I am curious if folks with botched circumcisions are still supportive of it, since it’s so ingrained in their culture.
Oh shit! I’ve been wondering all my life why my shaft has that scar going down it. My shit got straight up vandalized on top of mutilated. The fuck…
Im not expert but this one doesnt look healthy and its leaking
My wife is European Jewish but not religious. I’m Hispanic. The number of her relatives who asked us about or had an opinion about our baby’s penis was infuriating and alarming. I got a bit harsh with my replies after a while and they clued in and shut up about it.
My most genuine wish would be to see the people caring about mutilation, consent and bodily autonomy to take a look at what we do to non-humans in animal agriculture, apply their convictions consistently and go vegan.
Female genital mutilation (FGM), is illegal because it causes numerous health complications, including death, with no benefits whatsoever.
I think that male circumcision is a choice adults should make for themselves. It’s not something that should be forced on kids or babies.
I’m not convinced I want law enforcement to police parents, who want male circumcision performed on their children, when the risks, benefits, and costs are all minimal if performed by a doctor. If a parent really wants to get the procedure performed on their child, then it’s better for the child that they have access to a doctor.
What’s being referenced in the meme is know as Metzitzah B’peh (Direct Oral Suctioning).
This comes with obvious health risks
Having a circumcision done in this manner negates any of the minimal benefits of getting a circumcision done. The only reason to have it done this way is to fulfill a religious rite of passage and since this method can harm the child I don’t see why it should be allowed.
Maybe we could properly fund our public schools and ensure people can get informed about this topic in Sex Ed, so they’re less likely to want this done to their children.
Ok, so ignoring the meme. What is that? I mean, it’s clearly a hotdog but what is going on here?
Looks to me like a hotdog used as a straw
i mean, title sounds like outlawing trans surgery too
