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I will state for the record that I have no opinion or judgement about circumcision.
I have heard many things said in the defense of circumcision/ uncircumcision for boys. Here are a few:
"If I can't get my sons to clean their rooms, what makes you think I could get them to wash under their foreskins."
"I want him to be American"
"Why on earth would you do THAT?" - spoken by a couple from England who was appalled that I even asked them if they were interested in circumcision.
"I want him to look like his dad."
"I don't want him to get teased." -though this doesn't fly so much anymore b/c larger numbers of boys are not being circumcised.
I'm very glad I had my son 10 years ago, when I didn't work in OB. And I'm glad I never had another son, so I didn't have to make the choice twice. It is not barbaric- really, they do very well. I'm just not sure how I feel about it, now that I've working in the setting for 8 years. I'd likely do it again, but then I'd be thinking about it the whole time... ignorance really is sometimes bliss.
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