Infant Circumcision for Cosmetic Reasons

[ShyGuyInChicago]

Is it right and ethical to circumcise a boy for reasons such as looking like the father, to avoid locker room teasing, and to prevent rejection by future sexual partners?

I would say it is not right because one should not give a child surgery for cosmetic, non-medical reasons. When it comes to teasing, children should be taught to enjoy their differences, and if a guy is rejected by someone because of his penis then he should not even want to be with that person

Note: for this debate medical reasons are notwithstanding. I ask that whatever medical reasons there are or there are not for circumcision are not considered in this debate. Thank you.

[Amnesiac]

As circumcision becomes less and less common, I see no reason to prevent "teasing". I didn't even know uncircumcised people were "discriminated" against. When we're talking about nations outside the U.S. the cosmetic argument is even weaker, since the United States is the only industrialized nation with a high circumcision rate.

[huginnmuninn]

where i live almost nobody is circumsize plus the percentage of circumcisions (US) is going down so why would you get circumsized for cosmetic reasons when less and less people are doing it

[Amnesiac]

where i live almost nobody is circumsize plus the percentage of circumcisions (US) is going down so why would you get circumsized for cosmetic reasons when less and less people are doing it

exactly, and when erect there's not much of a difference in apperance between a circumcised and uncircumcised penis (unless you're doing it wrong :rolleyes:)

[nick]

I dont think its right and I also think that those reasons you give are the only ones that apply in most cases except those where religious considerations apply. Not only is it unnecessary but like any surgery there are risks involved and it is just senseless to do it to your child just because it was done to you.