Friday, January 6, 2012

Top 10 Reasons to Leave Your Son Intact


  1. 80% of the world's male population is intact.

    newborn baby by bethPhoto by Beth







  9. Once done, it cannot be undone.





  1. AMEN! I love your no-nonsense attitude and how straightforward it is without being accusatory. It's just so obvious how harmful this practice is and yet parents make excuses for it all the time. I'm so grateful that my hubby is intact as well because I would never have let him have our son circ'ed. My son came into this world perfect and does not need any cosmetic alterations to suit anyone's ego. That is that.

  2. YES! ABSOLUTELY! I wouldn't dream of cutting off part of my son without some damn good reasons, and there just aren't ANY. Instead, there are a whole host of reasons NOT, too.

  3. Interesting read. Just out of interest where did you get your stats from as I find it hard to believe 80% of the population (male) remain intact. In the US they frequently/routinely circumcise newborn boys and not to mention the 20% of Muslims in the world, oh and the Jewish too.

  4. But I must just say thank you for this post as it has led me to look into this more. It is scary how the professionals (doctors) don't give an opinion on it at the birth of the child if it is not beneficial to circumcise. Lots of reading to do now :-)

  5. The 20% of the world's Muslims also include women. Also, most Muslims circumcise their boys when they're older, and not in infancy. The procedure is drastically different. Jews make up less than 1% of the world's population. The newborn circumcision rates in the U.S. decline yearly, and no other nation routinely circumcises its infants.

  6. Awesome post! I shared it on FB, thank you for writing this, it is a very important topic! I especially agree that female genital mutilation is illegal and unethical, and that male circumcision is discriminatory. I have 3 sons; all intact, despite looking 'different' from their dad... I credit my hippie parents who left my brother intact and endorsed natural living. It would have taken some nasty force to get through me to take my little boys' foreskins, let me tell you!! And it is true that Asia, Russia, South America, etc, do not routinely circumcise their boys; America is in the minority.

  7. Circumcision gives me goose bumps. Coming from Europe, I was surprise how common it still is in North America. Only such a minority of people do it over there! Thanks for this post, I'm reposting as well!



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