tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678007000514093428.post4296467275069072777..comments2022-03-18T18:13:55.959-07:00Comments on Some Things Are Hard To Say: Cate's Story: A Reluctant Dad, A Mom who said "Never Again"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07034048057155140198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678007000514093428.post-14418188148078375022013-07-03T19:25:23.345-07:002013-07-03T19:25:23.345-07:00First of all, Cate, congratulations on your little...First of all, Cate, congratulations on your little-one-in-waiting! You'll love having a girl. Little girls are ferry diiferent than little boys, but still lots of fun. <br /><br />I really don't get the "needing to match Daddy" argument. It seems...borderline perverted. Really, how many fathers and sons sit around comparing penises? Is this actually done? I know my mother and I never sat around and compared vulvae. *Shudder*<br /><br />Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678007000514093428.post-68024785174270709612013-07-03T18:18:24.654-07:002013-07-03T18:18:24.654-07:00I would be very disturbed if my husband had been a...I would be very disturbed if my husband had been at all adamant about putting our children through something painful and potentially life threatening just to force them to match. They can choose to undergo "matching surgery" when they're older but I doubt they will.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519685315586889843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678007000514093428.post-51976394765243977822013-07-02T14:37:17.042-07:002013-07-02T14:37:17.042-07:00Hi,
I was premature when I was born, as my parents...Hi,<br />I was premature when I was born, as my parents did not circumcise me until I was 2 1/2 years old. I hated it. I told myself that if I had a baby boy, he would not be circumcised. They did not do that good of a job on me. My penis looks like a peeled banana.<br /><br />My (late) wife favoured circumcision, but she let me make the final decision. Of course for me there was no decision to make. The answer was NO! NO!! NO!!!<br /><br />My brother had his first son circumcised. He told me that the circumcision was so badly done that he had to take his week-old baby in for "corrective surgery." Surgery to fix something that should not have been done in the first place. He learned his lesson though, because he said "NO!!!" to his other 2 boys being circumcised. So they have retained their 4skins.<br /><br />Sure the pro-cutters say that the risk is low. Do you want your son to be in that "low-risk" category? Because no matter how mad you get or sad you feel or how much $ you sue for, you the parent is not the one who has to live with a ruined penis.<br /><br />Best wishes, Bill Bristol bbb444@hotmail.com<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678007000514093428.post-45449818548482788412013-06-21T11:23:20.799-07:002013-06-21T11:23:20.799-07:00The obsessive desire many circumcised fathers have...The obsessive desire many circumcised fathers have to have their sons look like them is a grave social evil. It is consistent with my long standing claim that circumcision is a huge problem in the social psychology of human sexuality. <br /><br />I live in a society that furiously circumcised for 40-50 years, then gave up the practice. Over the past 50 years here, it was common for a circumcised father to raise intact sons. Nobody talks about that, much less stresses over it. Everybody here accepts that medical wisdom evolves over time, and that the time to circumcise is over.roger desmoulinsnoreply@blogger.com