70 Reasons to keep your son intact

FemKritiker, Wednesday, 25.04.2007, 22:29 (vor 6812 Tagen) @ FemKritiker

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cassutt111MMessage #768
03/17/07 11:59 PM Subject: [RL] 70 Reasons to keep your son intact

Compiled by participants on the "Case Against Circumcision" forum on
www.mothering.com

1. Preserve HIS choice.
2. Avoid unnecessary pain.
3. Not interupting bonding.
4. Avoiding trauma, sleepiness, and pain that could affect breastfeeding.
5. No need for a surcose pacifier=less chance of nipple confusion.
6. Virtually no chance of meatal stenosis.
7. No urine/feces in an open wound.
8. No wound-care. No vasoline. No gauze.
9. No need for giving Tylenol to a newborn.
10. Not circumcising is FREE.
11. No medical reason to do it automatically at birth
12. It's not my penis
13. The foreskin has functions that are removed with circ.
14. If HE doesn't like being intact, then HE can change that. You can't
undo a circ.
15. Avoid the 71% risk of adhesions that comes with circumcising.
16. No risk of bleeding.
17. No risk of post-op infection.
18. No risk of taking 'too little' or 'too much'.
19. He gets to keep 3-4 feet of blood vessels, interupting normal blood
flow to the penis.
20. He gets to keep 240 feet of nerves.
21. He gets to keep tens of thousands of specialized nerve endings
(Meissner's Corpuscles).
22. His penis retains it's 'gliding mechanism'.
23. The foreskin protects his glans throughout life, keeping it soft,
supple, and sensitive.
24. No frenulum damage/amputation.
25. No scars on his penis.
26. No skin bridges.
27. Less risk of inconspicuous penis/buried penis, conditions
caused/aggravated by circumcision.
28. No risk of reaction/allergic reaction to anesthetics like EMLA or
Lidocaine.
29. No wound/entry point for nosocomial infections, like MRSA.
30. No risk of glans/partial glans amputation.
31. (Responding to #1): It shouldn't be a "choice," at all, for anyone.
(Just like leaving my daughter intact wasn't a "choice" that I saved for
her to make.)
32. No risk of the parents or physician being sued when the boy turns
18y.o.
33. It looks nicer to be intact and, as the circ rate drops, intact men
will be in demand as lovers.
34. it enables the man to enjoy the skin of the penis fully (1/3 to 1/2
is removed by circ.)
35. no worry for the parents about the baby dying (200 per yr in the U.S)
36. parents don't need to apologize to their son
37. his future sex partners will thank you
38. he'll save money on lubricants, counselling and restoring equipment.
39. foreskins are sexy
40. his glans will not be skinned alive.
41. you can start a college fund with the money that doesn't go to a
circumcisor.
42. Because they were born whole and perfect. (this one got left out of
the last list, so I'm adding it here.)
43. No unnecessary rise in cortisol levels, that impact brain development.
44. Avoid having one of baby's first experiences with his genitals be
violent/painful/traumatic.
45. Baby avoids the discomfort of being strapped down on a molded,
plastic board.
46. No pain from shots in the penis!
47. Medicaid savings.
48. No discovering hemophilia a day or two after birth because of a
circumcision-caused hemorrhage.
49. Promotes gender equality.
50. Reinforces, from the earliest age possible, that we love our
children, just as they are.
51. Reinforces children's acceptance of their bodies, and that changing
ourselves to fit in/follow the crowd isn't necessarily healthy or wise.
52. Increasing the rate of intact children forces doctors to become more
familiar and comfortable with intact penis care.
53. Leaving your son intact presents an opportunity to educate others
about your decision, circumcision, and the proper (and simple!) care of
intact penises.
54. Not circumcising preserves the frenular/ridged band and it's
functions.
55. Preserves the temperature-sensitive Dartos Fascia (smooth muscle
sheath) of the penis, of which circumcision removes approximately 50% of.
56. Preserves the immunological system of the inner foreskin.
57. Preserves the pheromone-producing Apocrine Glands of the inner
foreskin.
58. Preserves the bright, rich, shiny natural coloration of the glans.
59. Circumcision removes part of the penis, therefore making the
penis-at least to some degree-smal