I'm a nurse & I work with the elderly. I have seen things go wrong with the foreskin of old men in terrible ways. I didn't want that suffering for my son in his old age. Somehow, I had a mental disconnect about the suffering he would endure in his first days until it was too late
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This is always the argument I see and I don’t buy it. If an elderly person is in need of care, they need to have their foreskin cleaned while they are being bathed. To not do so is negligence, a huge part of the reason these problems arise in the first place.
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Respectfully, why on earth would you argue that someone should have 12 square inches of highly sensitive tissue removed from their genitals because someday there’s the *potential* they won’t be able to care for themselves?
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It's negligence, but it happens, often I see it when a family member has been providing care and they weren't comfortable or didn't know how to do that for Grandpa, wrong? Yeah. Happens? Yeah. Why did I? Because I was afraid. I don't know what the right answer is
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My parents were adament I could go back and get it done if it really mattered to me

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That’s what I told my kids too. But I’m not gonna pay for it until after they’re 21.
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I didn’t get circumcised until I was 13, it was horrible! Weeks of pain/discomfort and embarrassment. I wish they had done it for me as a newborn.
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My dad was circumcised at 7, and said it was the easiest thing ever. It’s never ok to chop up babies for cosmetic surgery. Sorry.

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In my case it was not cosmetic. Before the circumcision I was in pain because my foreskin was fused with of the shaft. I had to have it done at 13 because of growth/puberty. It was not fun.
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But then there was a medical reason to do it—which is actually fairly rare and as far as I know impossible to predict. To do it across the board for ALL male babies is not only grossly violating their consent but inhumane.
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