Letters to the Editor
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To Poor Baby
I loathe parents who pierce tiny girls' earlobes, too, "because it's cuuuute.
Oh yeah? My parents did that to me, and I've never been anything but grateful. You know why? Because I didn't have to do it later when I'd actually remember the experience.
Adults can be so idiotic about things like this these days. I've known tons of circumcised guys in my life (I'm about the age where pretty much any guy within 20 years of my birthyear was snipped), and interestingly enough, not a single one of them deals with physical horrors or psychological trauma. They all think "my dick's fine, thanks", as do pretty much all circumcised guys that I've heard of, just like the article's author.
But weirdly enough, people have this strange idea that somehow, this procedure which left the vast majority of guys who had it with dicks that work just fine, thanks, will hideously mutilate their children. It's that strange modern obsession with disaster and misfortune - no matter how safe the airplane is, MY plane will crash; no matter how rare that disease is, I'M going to get it (or worse, my kid will).
There are at least a thousand things about modern life that are more harmful, scarring or begetting of lifelong trauma than circumcision. As a conduit of wrongness, it's pretty minor league.