Male Circumcision: Right Or Wrong?

Female circumcision in the Global South is a controversial regarding this topic. People are continuingly debating about it how harmful the practice. People who are against the practice claimed that the practice is very harmful for these young girls and women. This practice is not only physically harmful, but also psychologically affect them. So anti-female circumcision is doing everything in their power to stop the practice in the Global South. Program such as the TOSTAN is encouraging young girl to say no the practice. On the other hand, there are people who defending the female circumcision. They claim that the practice has not harm. And they are denying the fact that this practice decreases sexual pleasure in these young women and female.

Female circumcision has been a cultural tradition practiced in different parts of the world for many years in order to secure virginity until marriage. In Africa female genital mutilation tradition is a part of the Muslim culture and parts of the Middle East, for the women to be desirable by her husband. (JPEG) Consequently, girls the ages of 4 through 14 are to endure the severe pains of female circumcision in order to not betray their culture and family beliefs. (Ali, 2016) In the US, the estimated number of females between 15 and 49, who are either at risk of genital mutilation or who have already undergone a procedure, has reached more than 500,000, triple the amount reported in the 1990 national census. (Female genital mutilation in the US tripled in 25 years, 2015) This controversial practice performed on females lead advocates to believe that this is a form of female genital mutilation that must come to an end. (Ali, 2016)

Before today, I had not put a lot of thought into the issue of male circumcision; I did already know that male circumcision was important to some religions because I myself was religious and have seen it mentioned in the Bible. However, I assumed that most male infants in the United States were circumcised for one reason or another; I also did not know males would get circumcised after infancy too, like in the video. Today, through reading the article about the position of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) fact sheet, I would agree that male circumcision is beneficial for infant males.

Darby (2015) discussed the harm versus the benefits of a neonatal circumcision. For centuries, it has been believed that the removal of the penis foreskin offer great medical and hygienic benefits while yielding minimal risks. However, little attention has been paid to these minimal risks. Darby (2015) discussed the risks of not being circumcise as well as the risks of being circumcised. Darby (2015) also discussed the religious and sociocultural beliefs associated with neonatal circumcision.. However, Darby (2016) stated that despite these reasons, some men grow up and resent their condition and would not have chosen circumcision for them.

On the two stories from the reading 25 and 26, we can find two sides connections, as I find a different situation between male circumcision and female genital cutting. These two topics show a different relation just on the fact that male circumcision is a procedure for a safety matter in or a protection against STDs and HIV, but referring to (Darby, 273) I quote this line “Laumann found that circumcised men had more STDs, and the United States reports an HIV incidence six-time grater than Japan”. This line clarifies that that circumcision is not a safe practice to avoid any STDs but this actions that families make to their kids at a younger age is just for the matter of safety knowing that is not going to protect them from any type of sexually

Male circumcision is done by removing the foreskin around the head of the penis and is usually done 1-2 days after birth. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “Male circumcision reduces the risk that a man will acquire HIV from an infected female partner, and also lowers the risk of other STDs, penile cancer, and infant urinary tract infection. For female partners, male circumcision reduces the risk of cervical cancer, genital ulceration, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and HPV. Although male circumcision has risks including pain, bleeding, and infection, more serious complications are rare”(1). Another risk includes, decrease in sensitivity. In other words, there are both benefits and risks to male circumcision. The cause of male circumcision is health benefits and religious reasons.

The practice of circumcision has many benefits or advantages. One benefit is that penile cancer has a lower risk of developing in circumcised men (One in 250,000 Australian men develops this cancer1). Urinary tract infections affect up to 4% of boys in infancy, but is 10 times less frequent in circumcised boys1. Uncircumcised men may be more likely to acquire and transmit the HPV virus that is responsible for cervical cancers1, and penile inflammatory disorders also are more likely in uncircumcised men. Circumcised men are less likely to get skin disorders. Although circumcision may slightly reduce the risk of STD transmission, it does not provide protection against STD’s.

Circumcision has been completed for thousands of years now, and has been done by a good number of different cultures. Here are facts about the procedures (both male and female) that many people don't know.

The Jewish culture is one of the biggest religious groups that have male newborns undergo circumcision as part of their religion. Not only is circumcision practiced in the Jewish religion, but is also practiced in the United States, Islam, Australia and Africa. There are many benefits as to why circumcision should be performed some including: “sufficient hygiene, prevention of penile problems including cancer, decreased risk of urinary tract infection, and sexually transmitted infections” (Mayo Clinic). Another pro for this procedure is that the future fertility of the baby will not be affected by the removal of the foreskin of the

I do and do not support circumcision because in my religion boys have to circumcision and the girls do not have to circumcision. I support circumcision for boys because of my religion that is Islam. If I have a boy I will circumcision. I do not support circumcision for girls because I do not what them to go through pain and also they do not have to circumcision in my religion. According to the website that Muslims believe that removing circumcision makes the penis cleaner.

When having a child many questions arise such as where will we take baby while we work, how are we going to accommodate another person in the household, and the ultimate will we circumcise? For some families in the world it is not even a familiar question discussed, but unfortunately in the US it is a very prevalent practice. It saddens and almost scares me that we have become so desensitized to the thought of male circumcision of newborns. In reality it is a very horrendous unnecessary procedure that is far too over looked. Majority of the world do not participate in the circumcision of male newborns and deem it unnecessary. I believe this barbaric practice should be stopped. Hopefully in the next few decades’ circumcision will ultimately no longer be the decision of parents in the US, unless deemed medically necessary. Cutting off a vital piece of skin on a vulnerable, sensitive, healthy organ should be the decision of the person in question not the parent, not your body not your choice.

There are several preconceived notions surrounding the decision of circumcision. Many people believe it is ungodly or unsanitary for males not to be circumcised, while others conclude it is unnecessary or it isn’t important. Circumcision is practiced all over the world by many different religious groups and individuals. These people have different reasons to perform this procedure on themselves or on their children. Many do it for religious reasons, health reasons or cultural reasons. I believe it is imperative for parents not to perform this procedure on their children, despite the few positive outcomes that this operation may carry. With good care and proper personal hygiene practices the child can avoid getting his penis infected. A newborn

There are NO proven medical benefits to circumcision, although many people believe there are. The procedure is purely cosmetic.

The methods of circumcision should be followed by pain management for the procedure. There are a few different methods to relieve pain during circumcision including both pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods. Pharmacological methods include a dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB), found to be the most effective, is a subcutaneous injection of lidocaine, a local anesthetic, at the 2 o’clock and 10 o’clock positions at the base of the penis (Lowdermilk, 2016). A different option is a ring block which is two subcutaneous injections of lidocaine at each side of the penile base (Lowdermilk, 2016). Both of these pharmacological methods require a 5 minute interval before the procedure to allow the anesthetic to work (Lowdermilk, 2016). Nonpharmacological

Paul speaks of how Abraham was accredited righteous by faith before he was circumcise. However, circumcision was given to Abraham as “a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had before while uncircumcised.”