Anyone surprised by who does/doesn't circ?

[mommyinIL1976]

Due to my hours getting cut at work, I've been helping out at my sister's day care center. Working in the "Wonderful One's" room I get the opportunity to change many a diaper and it occured to me there's no predicting who circs and who doesn't.

One of the mothers is all about high fashion and cleanliness....she reminds of the prissy cheerleader/debutaunte type from high school. Her kids are always in the trendiest clothes, etc. Her 14 month old is intact.

Then there's another mother who if "crunchy" were in the dictionary, her picture would be there. She and her DH are big into hemp products, making their own clothes, all organic, etc. Both of her LOs are circed.

That'll teach me to judge a book by its cover

[BugMacGee]

This is my experience as well. That's why I try not to categorize people as "mainstream" and "crunchy" because there are so many people who dabble in both

[MommytoB]

Totally we expect more crunchy parents to have not circ'ed and mainstream parents who are way into cleaniless to believe the circ myths but sometimes that's not always the case but hooray for a mainstream parent to say No to Circ!

[Evergreen]

I'm surprised that one of my very best friends did. It's been a week and it is still raw with me.

[mama24-7]

Originally Posted by Evergreen

I'm surprised that one of my very best friends did. It's been a week and it is still raw with me.

it probably still is w/ her ds too

Sus

[lawmama1984]

Originally Posted by Evergreen

I'm surprised that one of my very best friends did. It's been a week and it is still raw with me.

Poor baby

[mntnmom]

Just because it's occured to someone to question somethings, doesn't mean they've questioned circ'. And the most mainstream mom could have a South American spouse, or been an exchange student to Norway. You never can tell... and sometimes it surprises me too!
I knew a lady, Army brat raised in Germany, married to a man who was half Puerto Rican and raised in Germany by his German mom. Her DS was born in a German hospital and she was highly upset that they wouldn't circ' and she "had" to find an American doctor to do it!!! Absolutely floored me.

[Yulia_R]

yes, I too learned not to judge a book by its cover. I personally am a good example of it. If you see me in real life, the last thing on you mind would be a cranchy mom. There is nothing cranchy about the way I dress or hold myself. Yet, pretty cranchy if you read my siggy

In the past few days my son had play dates with two of his pre-school friends. I had to help the boys with the potty (since it was a drop-off playdate for hours) and guess what a sweet little boy who is still co-sleeping with his mom at 5 is cut and pretty tightly I must admit . His mom is pretty crunchy. And the other little boy whose mom looks and holds herself kind of like me (which doesn't look very cranchy at all) is intact

[AnalogWife]

I have an internet acquaintance, from Connecticut, throws around theater stories and "how she was raised", spends $$$$ on shoes, etc......I was VERY and surprised to see her face on the No-Circ group I was joining on Facebook.

[GoodMomma]

This has been my experience too. I know of such super crunchy moms that mutilate....I don't get it. Then the moms you wouldn't expect to know anything about not circ'ing, has left their son(s) intact. Ya just never know!
Also...don't assume that a circ'ing mom doesn't regret her decision. She might've learned after the fact. Sad, but true. :/

[Minarai]

Here's something to consider:
A lot of crunchy people oppose animal testing (or so I think) so they probably think it's a worthy sacrifice to have their sons circ'd so their excised skins can be used to spare animals from torture in laboratories. Just a thought; I can't prove anything (yet)

[2lilsweetfoxes]

Originally Posted by GoodMomma

This has been my experience too. I know of such super crunchy moms that mutilate....I don't get it. Then the moms you wouldn't expect to know anything about not circ'ing, has left their son(s) intact. Ya just never know!
Also...don't assume that a circ'ing mom doesn't regret her decision. She might've learned after the fact. Sad, but true. :/

Sadly, too, she might have been pressured into it. Perhaps the "well, wifey, you can have the home birth, but I get to choose that he gets circ'd" or they heard stories from friends of boys having to be circ'd later--so they go ahead and do it.

[LaffNowCryLater]

It might have to do with education, more people who are educated and seek out info while pregnant would probably dabble in at least some info about circing and don't automatically do what a dr or friend says. I'm not necessarily talking about school/college education here.

[LaffNowCryLater]

Originally Posted by 2lilsweetfoxes

Sadly, too, she might have been pressured into it. Perhaps the "well, wifey, you can have the home birth, but I get to choose that he gets circ'd" or they heard stories from friends of boys having to be circ'd later--so they go ahead and do it.

I see that all the time online. They bargain circing for a homebirth or no-vaxxing.

[2lilsweetfoxes]

Another thing I thought of. Some people still honestly think that until the boy is old enough to deal with it on his own, then mom or dad or whoever does his diapers needs to make sure to pull back the foreskin and clean it well under there, lest the boy gets infections. (My friend tried to convince me to circ my son because she'd followed those instructions with her first son, and "despite that, he got infections all the time, so we ended up circing him at age 3 or 4, so we went ahead and got his brother done at birth")

[indie]

I've subbed at my son's mother's day out and was surprised that the family of the only boy in the class who was circed is from India. All the other boys are intact which is surprising in the South (one of those boys had a European mom though).

[claddaghmom]

Hugh Hefner is intact! lol


I'm actually not much surprised, nor do I try to figure it out. I come from a crunchy household, fully homeschooled, NFP, Catholic all that stuff and most people drop their jaws when they find any of that out. You don't have to wear baggy clothes, no makeup and have long hair to be educated on certain issues lol.

One time I had someone claim I was lying when I told them I homeschooled through highschool. "But you're wearing nice clothes!" Nice way to NOT make friends dude!



lol!

[ursaminor]

Originally Posted by indie

I've subbed at my son's mother's day out and was surprised that the family of the only boy in the class who was circed is from India. All the other boys are intact which is surprising in the South (one of those boys had a European mom though).

One year while tabling at a nocirc event, a couple from India approached our booth with their young son in tow - apparently they had him circ'ed because they didnt want him to 'feel different in the locker room".

[mommyinIL1976]

Originally Posted by Minarai

Here's something to consider:
A lot of crunchy people oppose animal testing (or so I think) so they probably think it's a worthy sacrifice to have their sons circ'd so their excised skins can be used to spare animals from torture in laboratories. Just a thought; I can't prove anything (yet)

Oh my....I hope this isn't the case

If somone ever used that rationale for circumcision I would thnk they were touched in the head.

[mama24-7]

Originally Posted by mommyinIL1976

If somone ever used that rationale for circumcision I would thnk they were touched in the head.

what does this mean?

sus