Circumcision: a controversial topic

By Maria de los Ángeles Guerra

Circumcision involves cutting a portion of the penile foreskin covering the glans, leaving him permanently .The most common reasons for circumcision are religious, cultural or medical. In 2006, according to who estimates, 30% of men in the world was circumcised, 68% of them are muslims . In Judaism, this ritual is called Brit Milah. Although not mentioned in the Qur'an, circumcision is practiced throughout the Islamic world.

A little of history...Circumcision is mentioned in the V century. C. by Herodotus, that the names in the second book of his Histories and attributed its origin to the Egyptians. This origin seems confirmed by the numerous archaeological remains, the oldest is an engraving of the tomb of Ankhamahor (between 2300 and 2200 a Representing a circumcision performed with a flint stone in a man standing.The oldest practice is widespread in Judaism, whose realization is a mandatory practice for over 4500 years, when the patriarch Abraham was circumcised by a divine order as the biblical texts and times of the stories.

In the United States, is often done before the baby leaves the hospital. Circumcision has medical benefits and risks. Possible benefits include reduced risk of urinary tract infections, penile cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. Risks include pain and low risk of bleeding or infection.

Well, in my opinion I think it ´s a practice that isn´t necessary and that babies can´t decide, so it's not fair, I think it should be done at an age when men could decide if they really want to do it or not. Well,the true it has many benefits such as hygiene or prevent contagion of disease or other infections, however I think it's part of a ritual and I think that rituals have destroyed societies and religions have made just a frustration, because when there are such sacrifices other people evade quer areas of religion can be good, Judaism is a sect full of rituals and a very closed circle and that does not seem right, I think we all are equal and have the same rights. I think it's very common in religions perform rituals in babies and also spoke of baptism for example, in the Catholic religion baptize babies who do not know what they are doing and are not aware of what happens, I believe that religion is a desicion to be taken with a conscience to be true. I think that's why it has caused so many problems in the world, because a baby can not decide what you want and not just bring it to pass that way. True, there may be a hygienic practice, however it is something that man must decide when it is aware. I think that nature is wise and if the body is in a way is because they have to stay, I do not think it's good to surgically alter it unless it is for medical reasons.