What led you to the decision not to circ. - Page 6

[hipumpkins]

This board taught me everything about not circing. I am researcher though and often question the masses; sometimes they are right but I like to do the leg work first. The leg work for circumcision led me here.

[NSmomtobe]

Originally Posted by CherryBomb

Oh, some people are definitely pro-circumcision, and label themselves as such. I agree that most people are just defending themselves, but pro-circers do exist.

I actually was pro-circ for a while in high school. I was friends with a pro-circ guy who used to talk about all the (health/hygiene/social/sexual) problems intact guys had growing up just because their mother's were "too squeamish" to do the right thing and cut them at birth so they wouldn't have to grow up like that. And I believed him and his reasons. I also agreed that it looked better circ'd. I told him I wouldn't be one of those mothers who was too squeamish to do the right thing.

As it turned out, it was a moot point, but I can honestly say that squeamishness had nothing to do with my leaving DS intact. And I *know* I did the right thing.

[PeachBaby]

Originally Posted by PuppyFluffer

From the time I learned what circumcision was, I have been against it. I just didn't understand why one would remove a natural part of the body. It didn't make sense.

It wasn't until I decided to have children that I really looked into the issue and became informed on the the anatomy of the foreskin and the procedure of circumcision. But before I had the facts, I had an instinctual sense that it was wrong.