RIC: Rant about Infant Circumcision

[kettunainen]

k, I've really been trying my best to hold back on this one, but after a stupidly irritating discussion at work a few weeks ago and then not being able to get the topic out of my mind for the past two days and working myself into a silent, passionate outrage, I gotta post something. I just gotta get this out of my head because I'm literally losing

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[heraldofchaos]

heres one more for ya:

Study shows that infants feel and remember circumcision pain
http://www.sickkids.ca/releases/release97/study.asp

yup, thats a study from our very own Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids

its a weird topic, when i was born, aperantly i was all trussed up and they were about to do it with out my mothers consent as it was SOP for the time, she had to fight like hell for them not to.
years later, my aunt had to fight like hell to get it done as they wouldnt.

when i asked about it when i was young, it was explained to me that the "tradition" is that it follows the father. if the father is, then the kid is and vice versa.

im not and definatly never plan on haveing it done to any child of mine. (even though its difficult to get some body modifications at all with it)

though, you do have to clean clean clean om clean. though thats a given ;)

the other thing that can happen, which happend to me is the forskin opening (ridge? seam?) can be tight and get tighter with out keeping an eye on it. which means peeling the forskin back regularly and getting it used to being streched (and beleive it or not useing baby oil to keep the skin soft) and not just regular cleaning during an erect state. if not you get painfull erections and the possablility of skin tears which hurt like hell. this kind of maintanance is required through out life cause it still happens to me once in a while even in adulthood. though not so much now that i have a regular sexlife but during my close to two year sudo celabacy happend a few times.

well theres a TMI for ya, but thought id pass on a veiw from the side with. ;)

[tamago23]

the other thing that can happen, which happend to me is the forskin opening (ridge? seam?) can be tight and get tighter with out keeping an eye on it. which means peeling the forskin back regularly and getting it used to being streched (and beleive it or not useing baby oil to keep the skin soft) and not just regular cleaning during an erect state.

I just wanted to add, for anyone not familiar with baby foreskins that may have children in the future: the foreskin develops the ability to retract sometime around age 10 (for most boys). Prior to that time, LEAVE IT ALONE; it isn't MEANT to retract yet, and forcible retraction can cause bleeding, scarring, and permanent damage to the penis.

So while I agree that some extra care may need to be taken as a teenager and adult to prevent tightening of the foreskin, it is neither necessary or a good idea to do that with children. :)