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> If you choose no circumision, American pediatricians seem to have zero idea what to do. I got tag-teamed by the pediatrician and my wife, both suggesting I w
by technothrasher 4y ago
> If you choose no circumision, American pediatricians seem to have zero idea what to do.
I got tag-teamed by the pediatrician and my wife, both suggesting I was some kind of monster for questioning the need for the circumcision.
- Freak_NL 4y agoDid you give in? I mentioned this in another post, but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims. It's also a very weird phenomenon culturally: the fact that it is so common in the US (between 20% and 95% or something like that varying by US state) is a surprise to many outside of it — and conversely, that most cultures don't do this at all seems to surprise many Americans.
- jventura 4y ago> but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims. Yeah! This is the third or fourth time I read about circumcision in the responses (after lots of answers, some for some against it), and I'm thinking WTF is wrong with all these people! For context, I'm from Europe, and circumcision is absolutely a non-topic here..
- technothrasher 4y ago> Did you give in? I did. I've apologized to him (he's sixteen now) that I did back then. He understands, but agrees he would have been on my side of the argument.