GeologyJoe wanted to know...

Someone sent me this post a few days ago.

Basically after reading it I was asked to leave a comment, in which I said (with a link to this blog):
"honestly bro, I really wouldnt do it. I'm 15 and my parents had me "crimped ", watch the videos its pretty gross. they have gotten more and more creative with "fun " ways of cutting the foreskin... its not even cutting anymore in some hospitals, more like pressing it apart in a gross way.

who knows what method does the highest or lowest amount of damage, the bottom line is that the circ rate here in the usa is like around if not less than 50% now, so you dont have to decide based on what everyone else is anymore... you can just go with your instinct, which I hope is to just leave it alone. and that is the other thing, unless he gets a UTI, you can literally just leave it alone. there wont be any additional cleaning required until he is a lot older and can do it himself when the skin separates and can be moved around. this I guess happens at like age 7 or something.

so yeah I wouldnt touch it, I am a guy and I know how it feels to have to be the only cut guy in the locker room... where I live almost all of my friends are uncut and I was devastated...."

his response outlined that this was his favorite testimonial (to which I was flattered! ) and he seems pretty interested in it all, and thanked everyone for the information.

update (july 30): they have indeed confirmed that they are leaving their boy intact. yay http://geologyjoe.blogspot.com/2008/07/circumcision-final-post.html

Questions from Comments

1. You mentioned that you were afraid your Mom was recommending the procedure; which was the catalyst for your 'coming out'. Was this in fact the case; was she doing it?

I dont think she was, but she said that everyone on both sides of the family is done. This is sad, because everyone is misinformed. She didnt have to encourage anybody

2. If she was actively recommending or still felt circumcision was 'right' did your conversation change her position? Would she recommend it to a friend still; knowing that her own son was dissatisfied not with just a particular result but the idea of the procedure itself?
--I think this second question/point is the most important because when people discuss circumcision, in the US that is, EVERYONE knows SOMEONE who had to get it done later in life and it seems NO ONE know ANYONE who is dissatisfied. Now many of us know that is bull and now all that has changed for her too.

She feels really bad about doing it to me and actually wishes she hadnt and agrees that it should have been my choice. the problem is that she didnt think that I'd care and wanted me to be the way most people expected me to be, which is not what I wanted. I always thought I was normal until I saw my friends changing and realized what a horrible thing had been done to me

3. Have you 'inspired' any one else to restore or otherwise change their attitudes toward circumcision based on your blog, experiences, ect?

Not really but some people have asked me about it

4. What on earth does restoring have to do with being gay? :)

I guess it gives some people the impression that your interested too much in your own thing, but I think that every kid/guy is even if they dont show it. I like girls too and I want them to be able to enjoy my skin as much as I do

5. It would be interesting to hear what your dad has to say (I am sure he'll find out) since it seems circumcised fathers leads to circumcised sons.

He wont understand, but he probably will find out eventually