“it’s MY sons penis, it’s MY decision”
You don’t see the issue here? It is HIS penis, not your penis.
I detest the ignorant notion that the foreskin is a birth defect, and it’s inherently unsanitary.
Someone TOLD you that, they did not TEACH you that. Teaching implies that it was factual information.
I know I go on the occasional rant about it here, and I don’t even have a penis, but I cannot stand the misinformation.
An uncircumcised penis is no more complicated to clean than a vagina.
A foreskin is not some random piece of skin, it’s part of the penis. Actually PART of it. It’s not extra skin, it’s not WITH the penis, it is penile skin.
Thank you and good day.
I feel like people might understand this better if it were explained to them in graphic terms.
Bascially
when the doc performs a circ, they pretty much have to
a) rip back the foreskin off of the head of the penis—usually with some sort of clamping device—since it doesn’t actually retract until around puberty. The foreskin is very completely attached to the penis. Which totally destroys that whole “I have it done so that he can be clean” argument because nothing. can. get. in. there.
and
b) cut off a part of someone’s highly sensitive anatomy (note: “anatomy” not “birth defect”) without their consent and, not to mention, a complete disregard for their well-being. Have you ever heard a baby while they’re having that done? They sound like they’re having their fingernails ripped off. Except it’s their foreskin.
and finally
c) stick that fresh, open wound that takes weeks (probably around 4-6 weeks) to heal, in that fucking lovely enviroment called “The Diaper” with pee and poop. Ahh. So fresh and so clean clean.
Now, I don’t have a penis. But I am a Health Science/Health Education major, so I do recognize archaic, savage practices when I see it. So let’s at least attempt to exercise a little restraint, hell, maybe even do a little research *before* you decide to maim your kid.
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I am just really bothered by the argument
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