My mother says "It was just done. Everybody did it." (during the 1970's)
My father didn't even know about circumcision. He thought my brother's penis was deformed when he was first born. My father is obviously circ'd.
My ex-dh's mother had him circ'd. She blames it on the fact that he was born premature, and there were some complications, though she never would elaborate. The circ was botched a bit, though. She then went on to circ' her other boys.
My fiance wasn't circ'd when he was born. However, when he was in his 40s he was bit by a spider right on the foreskin. It swelled up so much he couldn't urinate. For three days, the doctors and he tried to come up with some alternative, until eventually there was no other option. He was cut. My fiance is adamantly anti-circumcision, as was his mother (she passed away in the early 1980s). He is so upset that his sons were circ'd. He fought against it, but ultimately the mothers chose to have it done while they were at the hospital, and he was not present. He mourns the loss of his foreskin.
After my son was born, I went to stay with my parents for about a week, since I was in the process of moving. A home nurse came out, since I had given birth at home, and the woman tried telling me I HAD to retract the foreskin at every diaper change. I was absolutely horrified and disgusted that this home nurse, whose main job was to visit new moms and babies, was giving out this false information. I didn't hide my horror. The nurse replied that she'd been visiting new families for over 20 years, and she knows what she's talking about. FOR TWENTY YEARS SHE'S BEEN GIVING OUT THIS CRAP INFO!!!! I ran into the other room, and grabbed textbook after textbook that stated not to pull the foreskin back. The nurse claimed they were discussing "forcing" the foreskin back, not pushing it back to clean out all that stuff that gets stuck in there ("Umm... I do believe you are referring to smegma, and that's normal and healthy flora, similar to vaginal lubrication"). There was no reasoning with that woman. She and my mom then went on to have a laugh at my expense, while I sat there FUMING. I just want to :Puke thinking about it.
My father didn't even know about circumcision. He thought my brother's penis was deformed when he was first born. My father is obviously circ'd.
My ex-dh's mother had him circ'd. She blames it on the fact that he was born premature, and there were some complications, though she never would elaborate. The circ was botched a bit, though. She then went on to circ' her other boys.
My fiance wasn't circ'd when he was born. However, when he was in his 40s he was bit by a spider right on the foreskin. It swelled up so much he couldn't urinate. For three days, the doctors and he tried to come up with some alternative, until eventually there was no other option. He was cut. My fiance is adamantly anti-circumcision, as was his mother (she passed away in the early 1980s). He is so upset that his sons were circ'd. He fought against it, but ultimately the mothers chose to have it done while they were at the hospital, and he was not present. He mourns the loss of his foreskin.
After my son was born, I went to stay with my parents for about a week, since I was in the process of moving. A home nurse came out, since I had given birth at home, and the woman tried telling me I HAD to retract the foreskin at every diaper change. I was absolutely horrified and disgusted that this home nurse, whose main job was to visit new moms and babies, was giving out this false information. I didn't hide my horror. The nurse replied that she'd been visiting new families for over 20 years, and she knows what she's talking about. FOR TWENTY YEARS SHE'S BEEN GIVING OUT THIS CRAP INFO!!!! I ran into the other room, and grabbed textbook after textbook that stated not to pull the foreskin back. The nurse claimed they were discussing "forcing" the foreskin back, not pushing it back to clean out all that stuff that gets stuck in there ("Umm... I do believe you are referring to smegma, and that's normal and healthy flora, similar to vaginal lubrication"). There was no reasoning with that woman. She and my mom then went on to have a laugh at my expense, while I sat there FUMING. I just want to :Puke thinking about it.
