Telling people that I’m not going to circumcise my son has me remembering this tweet
https://twitter.com/brooklynyeah/status/1153851800857923585 …
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Replying to @auburnrainpot
I’m just so puzzled why some people would do it so their kid won’t get teased? Like, they are going to be teased no matter what, let’s teach resilience instead
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Replying to @brooklynyeah @auburnrainpot
We chose to circumcise because boys who aren’t have an increased risk of utis, kidney infections, stds, penile cancer, and some other diseases I don’t remember the full list. Obviously not circ. doesn’t guarantee these but we figured why risk it
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Replying to @samlitke @auburnrainpot
I totally respect your choice to do that! We’ve decided not to because the American Academy of Pediatrics has said that the scientific evidence is not strong enough to recommend routine circumcision of all boys. The risk of UTI increases by less than 1%, but even that is...
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Replying to @brooklynyeah @auburnrainpot
Oh no I totally get your point of view too. I think I was just more cynical about our sons ability/willingness to keep himself clean especially during his adolescence when lots of boys seem to be stinky and avoid proper hygiene
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You clean yourself, a girlcan clean herself. Intact men around the world (a majority) clean themselves. In fact non-human mammals all have foreskin and are also just fine. End the lunacy. Circumcision is useless mutilation designed as an old anti-masturbation tacticpic.twitter.com/5zaVGqBgpG
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