Summary: Circumcision In American Children

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There is a concerning problem facing American children today, more specifically male children; circumcision. Parents are progressively choosing to opt out of mutilating their newborn kids and that is an unsettling turn of events. Opinions are brought about such as, “it is the same as female genital mutilation” and “there are no real health benefits” which serves to show how uneducated the masses are.
The practice is done to curb HIV in males, even though countries in Western Europe, where routine infant circumcision is not practiced and is even outlawed, have one of the lowest HIV rates in the world, as of 2014. Furthermore, it is not like contraceptives such as condoms exist that can be used to stop the spread of STDs. The practice also
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Moreover, it is not the same as when a female gets her clitoral hood removed. During female circumcision, the infant is strapped to an unhygienic board and in male circumcision, the infant is strapped to a medical board. In female circumcision, the female receives no anesthetic, in male circumcision, about ninety-six percent of males are not given anesthesia and those who are, receive lidocaine, which was investigated and researched that showed that the response to the surgery was not reduced much when taken the anesthesia. In female circumcision, the procedure was thought to assist in STDs and UTIs, the same was thought so in male circumcision. In females, the most sensitive part of the genitals is removed, in males, the same is abstracted. In female circumcision, the actuality …show more content…
Circumcision is a practice done only by Jews and only on Jews due to their faith. It is not like people change religions when they get older. While we are on the subject, child sacrifice should also be legalized considering that the banning of it is against the freedom to practice religion of the polytheists that still perform it.
Lest not forget that the penis is more aesthetically pleasing with the foreskin removed, which is a major component on why circumcision is practiced in the general case. In fact, belly buttons should be removed at birth, too. There is no real usage for them after birth and stomachs look better without them. As an added bonus, without belly buttons, there will be no muck in the belly button to clean, which is also a great supporting case of circumcision; without foreskin there is no smegma to clean. Considering that this is of course, the 14th century and showers and soap have not yet been

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