re: Less Than Half of U.S. Boys Now Circumcised (it also causes autism)

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Like how many penises are you looking at?

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I look at my penis every day fwiw

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I just think that God made us exactly how we're meant to be and that elective procedures should be decided by the ones affected by said procedures

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So children shouldn't have tubes put in their ears? They should just suffer from ear infections?

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I think it’s kind of weird how men obsess over that Like how many penises are you looking at?

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You’re looking at a board based in the Southern US, where white men are almost universally circumcised. Their (and my) children are also almost universally circumcised.

This statistic that the OP was based on is useless if you don’t consider the lower rates in the urban coastal areas. It reflects changing demographics more than a trend against circumcision amongst the circumcised population.

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Approximately 80% of American men are circumcised, a figure based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data

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This article is BS. Most people are getting it done at the pediatrician office instead of the hospital.

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They should just suffer from ear infections?

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kids are too soft these days anyway.

Culling of the herd has been the intention with all God’s creatures

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read today that blacks are actually circumcised at a slightly higher rate than whites... and hispanic was a small percentage, iirc, like 20% or less.

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Regional variances are what I’m looking for here with my point.

You aren’t going to get a ton of anteaters in the south outside of minorities. You’ll get more in California and the NE.

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Pretty much. My boys can barely wipe their own arse effectively and remember to brush teeth. I see no inherent value in another area of cleanliness to fight over something they never remember having.

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Solving hygiene by cutting off parts of the body seems rational

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Make sure you clear your history

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Ok Reddit edgelord. Circumcision has been a cultural or religious thing for like three thousand years. It happens, often. The baby doesn’t suffer one bit. I also don’t care if your kids don’t have it done. Couldn’t care less. You aren’t better or worse for having it done for your sons.

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I agree with everything you said, except the part I bolded in the quote.

Just because the baby can't articulate his suffering nor recall it later and relate it once he can speak, in no way means he did not suffer. Of course he suffers. Fresh on planet Earth, knowing nothing but warmth and snugness- to be splayed out under bright lights, handled with gloved hands and cold instruments- then cut... of course he suffers.