The hygiene thing is a myth. Yeah it can get dirty if you ignore cleaning it but no more so than any other body part. It’s basically entirely a post-hoc rationalization from people who had it done to them when they were babies and weren’t told it was because way back when some Puritan dipshits thought it might keep teenage boys from “being sinful” in their youth.
My Gods I have no idea HOW the fucking bellybutton can catch so much dirt and lint. Like I don’t even have to be wearing a shirt and I can still sometimes pull a whole ass Dust Bunny out of that fucking thing at the end of a day. Fucking HOW!? I wash you regularly!
Before having a boy I was leaning towards preferring not to circumcise purely because it seems wild to take a new born baby that basically can’t take any medications and is so vulnerable for the first few weeks, but we will do a cosmetic surgery. Then I started learning more about the surgery and the effects and risks and it became a “hell no!”
The hygiene thing is a myth. Yeah it can get dirty if you ignore cleaning it but no more so than any other body part. It’s basically entirely a post-hoc rationalization from people who had it done to them when they were babies and weren’t told it was because way back when some Puritan dipshits thought it might keep teenage boys from “being sinful” in their youth.
with emphasis on can get dirty, it’s not something i’ve ever noticed. My bellybutton is infinitely dirtier.
My Gods I have no idea HOW the fucking bellybutton can catch so much dirt and lint. Like I don’t even have to be wearing a shirt and I can still sometimes pull a whole ass Dust Bunny out of that fucking thing at the end of a day. Fucking HOW!? I wash you regularly!
My cousin-in-law died of an infection picked up from a medically unnecessary circumcision procedure.
Before having a boy I was leaning towards preferring not to circumcise purely because it seems wild to take a new born baby that basically can’t take any medications and is so vulnerable for the first few weeks, but we will do a cosmetic surgery. Then I started learning more about the surgery and the effects and risks and it became a “hell no!”