By Cate Nelson •
February 26, 2009
Warning! Don’t watch this video at work. Or near your chil’ens. Or if you get queasy at the thought of gratuitous phallic imagery, nudity, or “colorful” (i.e. “sounds like Cate”) language.
That disclaimer aside, I’ve come to understand what a heady topic circumcision can be! (No, I couldn’t resist the pun! And yes, I have been reading too much Cake Wrecks.)
After I wrote my initial blog exploring reasons to leave boys intact, there was a lot of “discussion” on the topic. People sure are passionate about foreskins!
1 million times a year, 3,000 times a day, every 26 seconds, an American boy has the tip of his penis cut off.
Sometimes, it’s better to just let the professionals do the talking. No, I don’t mean all of those doctors I consulted before I decided to leave my sons intact.
I’m talking, of course, about Penn and Teller, who explored circumcision on one of their “BS!” series episodes.
How about finishing up this serious topic with some humor?
By Cate Nelson •
February 24, 2009
Decided to go au naturale, have we?
Yesterday, I posted arguments against circumcision. If you checked out that blog, you know that this is a very, er, sensitive topic.
But you’re a natural parent. You’ve done your research. And you figure, “What the hey! It’s not my body. Would I want someone to make this lifetime choice for me?”
Next step: How to Care For an Intact Penis
Pencils sharpened? Here goes:
By Cate Nelson •
February 23, 2009
Oh, I’ve heard many reasons why we should circumcise a baby boy. Some of the popular ones are:
I want him to look like me.
He’ll be a freak in the locker room.
You have to. Boys who aren’t circumcised are dirty.
Jennifer’s post last week, WTF? Baby Boys’ Circumcised Foreskins Used for Wrinkle Treatment made me laugh out loud. Mostly it was her shock at upcycling foreskins.
As I commented on that blog, I’d already known they “reused” foreskins. My sister had been involved with a skin grafting on a foot that used those circumcised scraps. If feet and penises combined for life aren’t your idea of fun, perhaps you’ve already hopped on the no-circumcise bandwagon.
Still not sure? Here are 11 Reasons to Avoid Circumcising Your Son…
By Jennifer Lance •
February 17, 2009
Sometimes, I just can’t believe what I read…I mean, who thinks this stuff up? Has your doctor talked to you about Vavelta yet?
Valvelta is a wrinkle treatment available in the UK that is derived from the foreskins of babies.
That’s right: THE FORESKINS OF BABY PENISES.
At birth, we chose not to circumcise our son, but not all boys are so lucky. What should doctors do with all those leftover foreskins from circumcisions? Treat the aging population’s wrinkles, of course! According to Scientific American, Vavelta uses fibroblasts, cells that produce the skin-firming protein collagen and make elastin. The source of the fibrolasts: baby foreskins.
