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Where are all the intact boys?

post #1 of 111
10/16/05 at 9:23pm
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Hi all! Just something I've noticed since having my son...I have never once seen another intact penis. I don't even remember seeing one before he was born. All my cousins are cut, my godson, everybody I know. Every time I see a kid getting his diaper changed, he's always circ'd. I saw one today when we walked by a family at the Ohio Renfest. So if the circ rates are dropping, where are the intact boys?

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post #2 of 111
10/16/05 at 9:36pm
Well, I can't speak for the rest of them, but my little intact guy is playing in the backyard with his daddy.
post #3 of 111
10/16/05 at 9:36pm
I think it very much depends on where you live. I know the Midwest still has the highest circ rates in the country. And it's also variable from town to town, even.
post #4 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:06pm
I've been surprised that I haven't seen any circed penises since my ds was born. I've seen several little guys getting diaper changes, and I've noticed that they're all intact!
post #5 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:11pm
Well I have two, who are currently throwing baby toys at each other :. We have another 4-6 in our peer circle and I would guess quite a few more at school since the boys go to school with a large immigrant population...but obviously we are not checking out people's penises in general society :LOL

ETA: Forgot to say, we are in SW Michigan, so as Midwest as you can get
post #6 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:13pm
To be honest, I've only seen ONE cut boy since I've had my daughter (which marks the point in time that I would've seen naked baby boys :LOL).
My youngest sister is having #2, a baby boy, and he will be another intact one to add to the list

I didn't know how much she had researched the issue, so I just said flat out "promise me you won't chop off any of his penis", and she said "OH GOD NO..." :LOL
post #7 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:36pm
Among my friend's boys and mine, 3 out of 4 are intact. Seeing naked babies at the park, pool and lake, the boys are overwhelmingly intact.

Circ rates are dropping the fastest on the coasts. They're still pretty high in the center of the US.
post #8 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:50pm
Come to New Mexico! Except in Albuquerque, where it might be 60/40 intact to circ'd, the rest of the state is overwhelmingly intact!
post #9 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:54pm
Here in Mass, my intact guy's following in his daddy's footsteps!
post #10 of 111
10/16/05 at 10:54pm
I have 3 intact boys here in Idaho
post #11 of 111
10/16/05 at 11:00pm
Add one more in Idaho

There are quite a few around here, but they're all pretty much in my 'crunchy' group of friends.
Most of the parents I know from other places (ie. church, playgroups, etc) have had their sons cut
post #12 of 111
10/16/05 at 11:36pm
I know how you feel- all my cousins and all the little boys I babysat were circed. It always makes me so sad. I'm hoping my generation will change that- I know our parents weren't even presented with circ as a "choice" it was just "necessary"- sign here and we'll have it done ya know...I hope to see some of my cousin's future children intact!
post #13 of 111
10/16/05 at 11:41pm
Well... there is AT LEAST one intact boy here in Tennessee!
post #14 of 111
10/16/05 at 11:49pm
I had my son near Dayton, OH and he was the only boy I saw in our 5 week hospital stay go home with his foreskin. I think the rates in that area are still sky high. I did know of close to a dozen intact boys but they were all sons of people I'd met through an AP playgroup or LLL. I know when I first took my son to the ped she acted like it was really unusual to not circ. She asked at every appointment if we'd changed our mind until my son was 4 months old.
post #15 of 111
10/17/05 at 12:02am
I know 11 intact boys (one being my son) in SC.
post #16 of 111
10/17/05 at 12:50am
Quote:
Originally Posted by My2Matthews
Well... there is AT LEAST one intact boy here in Tennessee!
I was at the Farm in Summertown a few months ago and most (if not all) of the kids I met there were intact.

Adding my 3 intact little guys to the list in NC!!
post #17 of 111
10/17/05 at 12:55am
I am an early childhood educator, and I care for infants, and I have never seen a circed penis! Yay for Nova Scotia!!!
post #18 of 111
10/17/05 at 1:01am
There's one sleeping on my lap!!

(sadly, most of the babes I know are not so lucky)
post #19 of 111
10/17/05 at 1:26am
Here in PA, I know a few but they are ones I met through LLL/ ap group. I think it has a lot more to do with who you associate with. For example, I know 5 mothers of boys. One of those mothers circ'd. My cousin who lives one town over knows 5 different mothers of boys. All of them circ'd.
post #20 of 111
10/17/05 at 2:11am
I've only seen 2 circ'd here. All the girls in my mom's group left their boys intact!
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