[ExI] Circumcision

[John Tracy Cunningham]

I was circumcised at birth (in 1951) and have never had any problems of any
kind.  My father (born in 1919) was not circumcised and, so far as I know,
also never had any problems.  I understand that the research on sexual
gratification is unsettled, no good solid findings, conclusions, or
consensus either way, although some recent reports say that there's no
difference.  It's clear that the uncircumcised need to be quite careful on
a regular basis to keep it all clean.  WHO recommends it universally in
areas of high HIV incidence, but no health organization recommends it
entirely universally or wants to ban it.  If it's going to be done,
probably it should be done as young as possible.  I see that about 1/3 of
males worldwide are circumcised; quite prevalent in Judaism and Islam
because of Abraham, and in America.

Regards

John
Dubai

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> FWIW, when my son was born in '82 we opted out of circumcision for the
> obvious reasons but he ended up with an infection that necessitated
> circumcision at ~3 months, which was more traumatic than it is for
> newborns. I still think routine circumcision should be avoided, but parents
> need to be aware of the potential for problems and educated on the proper
> care of an uncircumcised boy.
>
> -Dave
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