A few weeks ago I asked for some info from all of you to persuade my friend not to circ the little boy she was due with on July 10th. We visited for a while shortly after that and got to talking. I gave her the information and told her everything I knew. We are both huge animal lovers and used to work together in a shelter. We're very against declawing cats. So, I told her that circumcising is akin to declawing. It is permanent damage and it is painful. Neither a baby nor a cat can defend itself. I thought this helped open her eyes. It seemed to anyway. Well, her baby was born yesterday and was circumcised today. I heard this from a friend as I haven't been able to make it to the hospital yet to say hi, and I don't think I can bring myself to do so now. I think I would break down and cry as soon as I saw that sweet little boy. I think a lot of why she decided to circ is her bf. He's not even the father ad shouldn't get to choose something as important as this!
In any case, thank you everyone for the information. Luckily everyone else I know is pregnant with girls at the moment. I feel too defeated to try to persuade someone else just yet. And I thought I had it in the bag with the whole declawing analogy. How can she think it's wrong to declaw a cat but not wrong to remove part of her son's penis? Ugh.
In any case, thank you everyone for the information. Luckily everyone else I know is pregnant with girls at the moment. I feel too defeated to try to persuade someone else just yet. And I thought I had it in the bag with the whole declawing analogy. How can she think it's wrong to declaw a cat but not wrong to remove part of her son's penis? Ugh.
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I'm so sorry this happened. I have been there and know what this is like. Its heart wrenching. Hang in there.
I tend to pity him in that sense like I would seeing a circ'd baby/child.
