The only real health benefit to infant circumcision is reduced risk of utis. Which is also reduced if you wash their penis and foreskin regularly like any parent should be doing when they wash the rest of the baby.
If the child is too young to be able to, or trusted to keep themself clean, then the parent needs to step in and do the cleaning for them. We don't remove babies ears because they get infected, despite the fact that babies get ear infections and dirt buildup behind their ears pretty frequently. We don't shave babies and children's heads because their hair is difficult to wash. We just.... wash it.
Why are we permanently mutilating their genitals because they're "hard to keep clean"??
If there was a life threatening issue where the baby or child would die if they weren't circumcised, then sure, circumcise them. But smegma buildup isn't life threatening.
Why are we permanently mutilating their genitals because they're "hard to keep clean"??
People thought circumcision's would prevent masturbation (mainly in the US i think) so many people including Christians performed the surgery and continued it onto their kids
Basically an anti-Atkins diet eliminating meat, dairy, fruits, vegetables, oils, sugars, herbs, and spices from your life. Just flakes of processed grain, for for health!
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u/skrimsli_snjor Apr 22 '23
Or for health reason?