Potential Reasons Against Circumcision

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• Not a cultural (or religious) norm; father and other males are uncircumcised

• Unnecessary (benefits are inconsequential): Most of the world is uncircumcised and, with proper hygiene, there is a low problem and disease rate

• Complication rate is too high, including a poor cosmetic result

• Painful procedure (analgesia is often inadequate)

• Hygiene is teachable and attainable

• Circumcision rarely becomes medically necessary later in life: old data (1968) suggests a 1.7% necessary rate. Today, there exist newer non-circumcising techniques to address potential problems pf phimosis, paraphimosis, adhesions, etc.

• There may be unknown or unstudied problems like psychological trauma, less sexual pleasure

• It is unethical to perform an unconsented (by the child) "genital mutilation"

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