A bit off topic, but why would anyone ever do something like this to their children?
As father I can’t even fathom of doing this to my son. It just sounds insane.
I’m a pretty progressive and atheist dad. I had it done to my kid at birth. I’ll tell you I was pretty dead set on not doing it to my kid until about a week before the due date. My Dad (soon to be grandfather, who is btw atheist as well) pulled me aside and said this (I’m paraphrasing d/t my own bad memory):
Just do it. I know you don’t want to, and I know it feels cruel now, but just do it. Think about your kid in school one day in the gym locker room and being teased mercilessly, for being different, about his genitals. Inviting that sort of bullying [about his physical sexual organ] can really mess with a young boy and create all sorts of psychological issues later. A brief moment of pain to prevent that? Just do it.
That reasoning really stuck with me in the moment. Maybe because I had my own issues with bullies and self esteem. I regret having it done a good amount when I’m reminded about it, but can’t change my decision.
I don’t know about you but literally no one in my gym classes throughout high school did more than change their street cloths to their gym ones and then back after class.
If bullies want to make fun of your son do you think they won’t find reason something?
I hope you don’t feel regret much, pressure from our parents is a hard thing to hold up against.
If it helps, most men who get circumcised at birth don’t feel regrets about it as they grow up since, for them, it’s normal. There’s no loss of functionality, and it’s easier to keep clean. Wouldn’t beat yourself up about it anymore than people who get their daughters’ ears pierced at a young age.
There’s no loss of functionality, and it’s easier to keep clean.
This is a myth btw
Really? Like you can’t pee, or orgasm? Disagree on that being a myth
Perhaps no loss of functionality, but there’s wide range of loss of sensation/enjoyment. It ranges from unnoticeably slight to almost total loss. Sources: Me, several gay friends, the men they’ve hooked up with, Internet strangers.
Then there was that guy who wrote in to Savage Love. His circumcision scar tissue was so tight that it caused his glans to become ischemic, necrotic, and then to fall off when he was an infant.