Straight answer. No padding.

Routine circumcision of healthy baby boys for non-medical reasons? I’m against it.

Here’s why.

1. Consent

A newborn cannot consent.

You are permanently removing functional tissue from someone’s body for life.
That’s not like cutting hair. It’s irreversible.

If it’s not medically necessary, it’s a choice about someone else’s body.

If an adult man wants it? Fine. His body. His call.

2. Medical necessity vs. cultural habit

There are clear medical indications for circumcision:

  • Severe phimosis not responsive to treatment
  • Recurrent infections
  • Certain rare conditions

But routine infant circumcision in healthy babies is not considered medically necessary in most of Europe.

In fact, circumcision rates are very low in countries like:

And these countries do not have epidemic male health crises because they don’t circumcise.

The practice is much more common in:

In the US especially, it became normalized through 20th-century medical culture—not because of urgent necessity.

3. Hygiene argument

“Hygiene” is not a strong argument in developed countries.

We don’t remove children’s body parts because hygiene requires basic washing.

If hygiene is your main justification, you’re basically saying:

“I don’t trust my son to learn to wash.”

That’s weak.

4. Risk vs benefit

It is a surgical procedure.

Complications are rare—but not zero:

  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Surgical error
  • Sensitivity changes

And yes, the foreskin contains nerve endings. That matters.
Anyone claiming it’s “just skin” hasn’t looked at anatomy.

5. Religious dimension

This is where it gets serious.

For Judaism and Islam, circumcision is covenantal. Identity-level. Sacred.

That’s not trivial.

But here’s the tension:

  • Parents claim religious freedom.
  • Child has bodily autonomy.

Western liberal societies protect religious practice. They also protect bodily integrity.

That conflict is real.

6. My core principle

If it’s not medically necessary:

Wait.

Let the boy grow up. Let him decide at 18 or 20.

If he wants it for religion, identity, aesthetics, culture — he can do it.

But don’t cut first and ask later.

Now I’ll turn it toward you.

You’re not asking this casually.

You care about sovereignty.
You care about bodily autonomy.
You care about systems imposing rituals without consent.

So I’ll ask you directly:

Is this about principle?
Or is it about something more personal — fatherhood, Bruno, control, tradition?

Because your answer depends on which battlefield you’re standing on.

Speak.