Circumcision Not Recommended
The “he’ll be teased in the locker room” reason is no longer valid for circumcision. For one thing, showering is no longer required in many physical-education programs. For another, about two-thirds of boys are now remaining intact (not circumcised),1 and one-third of circumcised boys don’t know if they are circumcised or not.2 Thus they obviously won’t be doing any teasing. Since boys will tease boys, it will be the circumcised minority who might be teased instead. What we suggest is to teach your child to accept people’s individual differences.
- El Bcheraoui C, Greenspan J, Kretsinger K, Chen R. Rates of selected neonatal male circumcision-associated severe adverse events in the United States, 2007-2009. Proceedings, AIDS 2010, Vienna, Austria. 5 Aug 2010. ↩
- Wynder EL, Licklider, SD. The question of circumcision. Cancer. 1960;13(3):442-5. ↩
Last modified: 04/21/11
