{"id":152687,"date":"2014-12-30T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=152687"},"modified":"2014-12-30T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T13:41:19","slug":"best-worst-circumcision-debates-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/best-worst-circumcision-debates-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab The Popcorn:<\/b> 2014’s Most Intense Circumcision Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Our Grab The Popcorn posts look back at the biggest Mommyish stories of 2014. Read them all\u00a0here<\/a>.)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing gets some people riled up quite like a circumcision debate. There were no new studies in 2014, but there were a plethora of stories about different people endorsing the practice that inspired our writers to weigh in. Here’s a sampling of the most popular, debated circumcision posts — in case you feel like revisiting the most active comment sections of the year.<\/p>\n

1. Leave The Circumcision Decision To The One With The Junk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"michael-jackson-eating-popcorn\"

(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bethany Ramos<\/strong> wrote, “Circumcision isn\u2019t technically my business because I don\u2019t have man parts to make it so. But based on my observations, I back my husband\u2019s decision to circumcise both of our sons. There are no more kids in our future, but I fully endorse the tip snip.”<\/p>\n

2. 10 Reasons I Will Always Be A Pro Circumcision Mom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bill-Hader-Popcorn-reaction-Gif-On-The-Daily-Show\"

(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bethany revisited the topic citing reasons like it reduces the risks of UTI’s, penile inflammation and penile cancer and her pediatrician recommended it versus a more painful procedure later in life — along with eight other reasons that brought all of the anti-circumcision commenters out of the woodworks. 750 comments deep, Bethany certainly needed a drink after that post.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Oh Snap, A Big, Important Medical Study Says Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks 100 to 1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"regina-hallbrenda-meeks-popcorn-gif\"

(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Circumcision advocate Brian J. Morris <\/strong>wrote a paper recommending mandatory circumcision for male infants — and the Mayo Clinic cited his research in backing that recommendation. Morris is not a doctor, so that once again caused quite a stir in the comment section.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Don\u2019t Be Ridiculous, Not Circumcising Your Son Is Nothing Like Not Vaccinating Him<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"buffy-eating-popcorn\"

(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I wrote a rebuttal to the Mayo Study piece, because Brian J. Morris is not a doctor — and I have no idea why the Mayo Clinic would take his word about anything. He’s kind of a wack-job.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Circumcision Could Stop The Spread Of HIV. Still Against It?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"deer-eating-popcorn\"

\u00a0(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This one brought many more anti-circ commenters to the site. The reasonable dissenters pointed out that there were no new findings to back up the claim, the more “spirited” — well, just count the number of times the word “mutilation” was used.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0CDC Report Says Circumcisions Have Health Benefits, So Maybe Stop Telling Parents We Mutilated Our Sons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"jesus-eating-popcorn\"

\u00a0(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Meredith Bland<\/strong> brings up the wonderful point that maybe telling parents that they are “abusing” their children by consenting to a routinely recommended procedure isn’t quite the right way to go about things if you are anti-circumcision. She also pens one of my favorite sentences written on this site all year: “I’ve\u00a0never had a particularly strong feeling about circumcision one way or the other, though I do hang slightly to the pro-circumcision side, which I believe is to the left.”<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Men Holding Bloody Crotch Anti-Circumcision Protests Need To Let Go Of Their Phantom Foreskin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"jon-stewart-eating-popcorn\"

Aimee Ogden<\/strong> pointed out that some inactivists are taking a page from the anti-choice playbook, with their shocking displays of “blood” splattered crotches:<\/p>\n

“Look, I don\u2019t have a lot of skin in this game, and yes, pun absolutely intended. My son was\u00a0circumcised<\/a>, but it was a close call, and I see a lot of good points on both sides of the issue (especially the\u00a0\u201d\u02dcdon\u2019t circumcise a three-year-old\u2019 side<\/a>). I have never yet been involved in a reasonable discussion that started with faux-blood-spattered crotches being waved around.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

8.\u00a0Circumcising Your Child Because You Think An Intact Penis \u201d\u02dcLooks Funny\u2019 Is Absurd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"harrison-ford-eating-popcorn\"

\n

(-via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This one was my opinion – that making surgical decisions for infants based on aesthetic reasons is odd. There was a lot of very reasonable back-and-forth in this comment section, until someone started making the inevitable “female genital mutilation” comparison. This is why we can’t have nice things.<\/p>\n

Kudos to our regular commenter CMJ<\/strong>, for always posting the best popcorn gifs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Our Grab The Popcorn posts look back at the biggest Mommyish stories of 2014. Read them all\u00a0here.)\u00a0 Nothing gets…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21295,"featured_media":152746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35125,4820,7353,7082],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Childrearing"}],"post_tag":[{"value":35125,"label":"circumcision"},{"value":4820,"label":"debate"},{"value":7353,"label":"gallery"},{"value":7082,"label":"Grab The Popcorn 2014"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/deer-eating-popcorn.gif",238,179,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Maria Guido","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/mguido\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Childrearing","slug":"childrearing","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Get childrearing advice and read blog articles about how to raise your kids. Get advice for moms on how to be a good parent.\r\n","parent":0,"count":5343,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":5343,"category_description":"Get childrearing advice and read blog articles about how to raise your kids. Get advice for moms on how to be a good parent.\r\n","cat_name":"Childrearing","category_nicename":"childrearing","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":35125,"name":"circumcision","slug":"circumcision","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":119,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":30,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":4820,"name":"debate","slug":"debate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4888,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":7353,"name":"gallery","slug":"gallery-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":7444,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2500,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":7082,"name":"Grab The Popcorn 2014","slug":"grab-the-popcorn-2014","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":7170,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}