[lbo-talk] on circumcision

[Andy]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:57 PM, andie_nachgeborenen
<andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Why have you read a lot of this stuff? You know it's neuropsychologically impossible for a newborn to be scarred by, comprehend, or remember anything that happens in the first few months of life. Birth itself would be far more traumatic than circumcision, so we'd all have PTSD, right?

I've run into similar claims in discussions of circumcision, also
claims that certain men felt "butchered" in their current state, as
well as first hand accounts of adult circumcisions where they didn't
understand what the fuss was about.  I was snipped as a baby, by dint
of being an American male of a certain age, and was startled by the
fury around the subject.

I think the strongest case against might be that STIs shouldn't be an
issue until you can make your own decision, but then I can't imagine
being 12 or 13 and having that question posed, much less seeking it
out.  Plus having to leave the organ alone for a week or two while it
heals -- my heavens, you wouldn't be able to think straight.  John
Kellogg advocated circumcision for preventing masturbation (something
you hear about a lot in these forums), to no avail I can assure you.

-- 
Andy