Father-to-be wrote:
If female genital mutilation is illegal, then why would male genital mutilation be legal?
At it's root it is a cultures way of marking a child and controlling him/her. It is a way of telling a child "We are in control of you."
Imagine twins born, one male, one female. After the delivery they are happy in their mother's arms nursing in the hospital room. One day the girl gets to remain with her mother warm embrace, but the boy she gives to strangers to take away to a room where they spread his arms and legs and cut his body. And then they bring him back to his mother.
His sister is wondering where did you go? What did they do to you? Why did they do it? And he is wondering "Why did they do that to me and not her?"
It happens at such a young age in America that it is embedded in the child's mind and we like to pretend they forget it but it actually affects development because it elevates cortisol levels for a prolonged period of time and actually affects the development of the brain.
Having a baby boy very soon.
I'm trying to decide whether or not to have him snipped.
I'm NOT looking for any moral or health-related arguments as I'm familiar with these arguments. However, being circumcised, myself I'm unaware of what it's like (in the locker room or when girls first see me naked etc.) to not be circumcised.
I'm leaning towards no circumcision but wanted to hear any personal stories (again not moral or health) arguing either way.
Thanks for your serious responses.