fossilofxanga and I have argued about this. He says that I'm setting the kid up for being a social pariah and being made fun of if I don't do it. I'm saying that it's becoming less common so that by the time the kid encounters a locker room, it won't be such a weird thing. If my husband really, really wants it done I would allow it. My main fear is that they'll take off more than they mean to (which has certainly happened!). And come on, if the kid really wants to, he can have it done later.
Well... seeing as how you don't have a penis... you don't get an opinion. haha. Just kidding. you know... never being directly involved in something hasn't kept our opinions at bay before. Anyways, it's not like I remember it. I don't have some tragic memory of it. It's just a normal thing, a religious thing, a health thing... It's just a thing, okay? Haha. But let it be known, my children shall! (oh, and ask you know who if he'd rather have had it done when he was younger rather than older. And also, ask him why he had it done. I wondered that myself.)
Oh, come on. Does that mean that you can't be against FGM? (I am not comparing the two -- one is usually far more barbaric than the other). And personally, I don't want anyone cutting at my genitals at all.
It's not that I think the kid will have a tragic memory. But there are indeed men who resent their parents for doing it to them. There's some evidence that it reduces sexual sensation. Other men just don't like that someone else made that choice for them. I'd much rather have a kid angry at me for not doing it than angry for doing it -- it's much easier to have it done (even at the later age) than to have it un-done
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It's not that I think the kid will have a tragic memory. But there are indeed men who resent their parents for doing it to them. There's some evidence that it reduces sexual sensation. Other men just don't like that someone else made that choice for them. I'd much rather have a kid angry at me for not doing it than angry for doing it -- it's much easier to have it done (even at the later age) than to have it un-done ( ... )
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