tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post8294486978261490881..comments2024-02-25T04:19:51.451-06:00Comments on Connected Mom: Things that make you go $%&#*@*#&*!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-80903480809477197052010-11-15T18:42:22.330-06:002010-11-15T18:42:22.330-06:00Beautiful post Carmen! And so TRUE!Beautiful post Carmen! And so TRUE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-18654094139574776632010-10-05T14:24:31.961-05:002010-10-05T14:24:31.961-05:00I'm impressed by the way you stated your posit...I'm impressed by the way you stated your position even at the risk of losing many of your FB friends. One of my best high school friends is a pediatrician whose status updates often refer to going to work to perform circumcisions ("the baby boys in the nursery better watch out!"). It makes me ill, but I have yet to gather the confidence to say anything about it. Obviously I can't suggest she watch a video to see what the procedure is really like! She is not a mother yet, so I'm hoping that when the time comes she will change her ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-75348326624970100962010-09-30T18:04:10.455-05:002010-09-30T18:04:10.455-05:00Well said! You are correct. The circumcision decis...Well said! You are correct. The circumcision decision must be made by the owner of the penis, not anyone else. I was circumcised at birth and I really wish my parents had left my sex organ alone. I would have preferred to keep my body whole.Restoring Tallyhttp://www.restoringforeskin.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-20817705900754668902010-09-30T15:30:39.711-05:002010-09-30T15:30:39.711-05:00Not your penis. Not your choice.
Good post :-)Not your penis. Not your choice.<br /><br />Good post :-)madasaspoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520078314171320674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-6788388793877862022010-09-30T15:12:47.330-05:002010-09-30T15:12:47.330-05:00I am so completely humbled by this post. You say ...I am so completely humbled by this post. You say everything I believe, everything that is my passion (a new one at that), and everything I'm so grateful for (because I had a daughter instead of a son in 2007). <br />I never thought circumcision was something that should be my right to make a decision about, and I never knew why... I was not an inactivist, I honestly had no idea about anything having to do with intact-ness, every man I've never seen has been circumcised. I just knew in my heart, soul and being that I couldn't make that decision on behalf of a son. I have since talked my husband out of his reasons for wanting a circumcised son, and he has seen a video of a newborn having it done, while in medical training. He is not as passionate as I am about it, but he vows he will not ever make the decision to have his son circumcised. <br />Thank you so much for this post! <br /><br />-Teva<br />My Gentle BirthingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-42637446393016274402010-09-30T15:03:29.181-05:002010-09-30T15:03:29.181-05:00Jenny-
You are a real life example of exactly what...Jenny-<br />You are a real life example of exactly what I mean when I say 'better today then yesterday & even better tomorrow'!<br /><br />It would have been so easy for you to do your research and still cut Alex simply because you did the other boys! You are proof that it's never too late to educate yourself & that when you do and find out that you could do better than you've done in the past, you don't beat yourself up about it-- you simply do better an try to move forward! <br />You practically live in a locker room with all those boys and managed to get past the 'he won't match his brothers' stigma! <br />Kudos to you! :o)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324804403101206292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-16682680923121541622010-09-30T13:03:21.326-05:002010-09-30T13:03:21.326-05:00Carmen, What a great post. I am glad we did not ha...Carmen, What a great post. I am glad we did not have Alex circumsized, I feel guilty about having the six others done, but again that was done in "dumber" days<br /><br />JenJenny Bowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440599457974981316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-82346853799991165572010-09-30T08:02:58.876-05:002010-09-30T08:02:58.876-05:00@ Carla-- Thank you!!! I've been a bit out of ...@ Carla-- Thank you!!! I've been a bit out of the loop & in a fog the past while and somehow missed the newest rate announcement! The post has been updated with the new info!!!<br /><br />@ Kathleen-- thank you! & ya know what? I wish my parents would have known I was going to get numerous tattoos and piercings and would have done it early when I 'wouldn't remember'... ;o)<br />Even with my ear piercings, despite being Hispanic (where very early ear piercing is the norm) they waited until I was old enough to ask them and make the decision myself!<br /><br />@ melissa joanne- thank you :o)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-13093808238659796122010-09-30T06:10:53.120-05:002010-09-30T06:10:53.120-05:00Perfectly stated! Thank you!Perfectly stated! Thank you!melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698231692999838673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-46640354178701007392010-09-30T05:17:43.154-05:002010-09-30T05:17:43.154-05:00Great piece, thanks for posting this! The bit abou...Great piece, thanks for posting this! The bit about thinking about getting all of your kids done would have upset a lot of people, and that's good. Seriously, every "benefit" that people talk about for male circumcision is also used as an argument for female circumcision, and not one of them overrides human rights in either case.<br /><br />I don't know why people seem to think "he's going to have it done later, anyway, so we might as well get it out of the way now." Why would they think that? Assuming that no one's messed with the poor kid's foreskin and forcibly retracted it, the guy will grow up with a healthy, functional foreskin that will improve his sex life and his partner's. If guys are doing it now, I'm betting it's because either they or their partners are brainwashed by society's mass circumcision fetish into thinking that it looks better. When my sons are grown up, they'll be in the majority.... why would they ever want to mess with such a great thing?! Even if, for some unfathomable reason, they want it done, it will be THEIR decisions.<br /><br />I also love the quote you started with. Just gets right to the point, doesn't it?Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-69105587528713839912010-09-30T01:33:05.309-05:002010-09-30T01:33:05.309-05:00Excellent post, absolutely excellent. People just...Excellent post, absolutely excellent. People just don't seem to get the basic argument: even IF it prevented disease, even IF it was healthier and cleaner, even IF the foreskin had no sexual purpose, even IF circumcision didn't cause permanent damage leading to decreased sensitivity and sexual pleasure, you STILL have no right to do that. Because none of those reasons makes it better to do it as a baby than as a consenting adult. In fact, there are a multitude of facts to demonstrate that doing it to a baby is more dangerous and a great deal more painful and traumatizing. And it's NOT YOUR PENIS anyway!<br /><br />Wait, I thought it was down to 32% - am I mistaken??Carla Schmidt Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947846629735463824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-64298205925407469592010-09-30T00:09:18.817-05:002010-09-30T00:09:18.817-05:00aw, Kelli-- you rock. ;o)
it's hard to present...aw, Kelli-- you rock. ;o)<br />it's hard to present everything I want to say without venturing off on a tangent (I swear-- tangents are like my life's calling, lol!), but I hope that this will help give out some info in an easy to access spot... nothing better than links & logic at your fingertips!<br />i've honestly had my doubts about my 'blogability' (i like to listen & answer with these issues; not carry the conversation..)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-48522452793694068592010-09-29T23:51:03.422-05:002010-09-29T23:51:03.422-05:00I love you. But you knew that, right? This is the ...I love you. But you knew that, right? This is the best piece of writting I've read in a really long time. <3Rebeldreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321659554975513654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-22663842893226213802010-09-29T23:32:32.134-05:002010-09-29T23:32:32.134-05:00((hugs)) Jenn-- you know my motto "better tod...((hugs)) Jenn-- you know my motto "better today than yesterday-- & even better tomorrow!"<br />((hugs))<br /><br />& re: a psych eval-- you cannot fathom the things that are done in the body modification community-- things I severely do NOT comprehend-- but in the end, it is a decision being made by an adult at that time. (no matter how much it makes me wince!)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-60682369200786556502010-09-29T23:28:17.931-05:002010-09-29T23:28:17.931-05:00Thanks, Amanda!Thanks, Amanda!Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-91717261936318357862010-09-29T23:28:03.718-05:002010-09-29T23:28:03.718-05:00It is my greatest mistake as a parent that I allow...It is my greatest mistake as a parent that I allowed it. Thankfully my husband and I are on the same page regarding future sons. I do not think it hurts more as an adult, but a man can talk about it and he can take pain medication and ice it - whatever. If a man wants to do it to himself, that is his business. Although as a doctor I guess I would question the desire to cut up one's genitalia. Might do a little pysch assessment first.Jen Albinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15334829308218078837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-72269357172251952482010-09-29T23:25:45.920-05:002010-09-29T23:25:45.920-05:00Great post!Great post!Amanda9542https://www.blogger.com/profile/15375887878700270560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-68092992122094200382010-09-29T23:23:01.292-05:002010-09-29T23:23:01.292-05:00:o) Jenn--
i figure that if we (women) choose to h...:o) Jenn--<br />i figure that if we (women) choose to have surgeries to change our bodies (which HURT- be they necessary or cosmetic), why should men be any different? should my parents give me implants as a child if i'm genetically predisposed to have small breasts? should they have a doctor perform a rhinoplasty if my family has a tendency towards 'large' noses?<br />of course not-- they let me choose for myself at an appropriate age.<br /><br />men who choose to undergo the knife-- any knife-- as grown men tend to be quite vocal about their discomfort, however I really am not convinced that it 'hurts more'. <br /><br />imagine what today's children would look like if we 'spared them pain' by doing to them early whatever we figure they'd do eventually anyway?!<br /><br />Toddler tribal tattoos, anyone? ;o)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-45839836958850033512010-09-29T23:15:18.381-05:002010-09-29T23:15:18.381-05:00"or is a grown man just better able to vocali..."or is a grown man just better able to vocalize in a manner we must pay attention to?" EXACTLY!Jen Albinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15334829308218078837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-13992072117399849182010-09-29T23:14:00.200-05:002010-09-29T23:14:00.200-05:00:bats eyes:
well, thank you! ;o):bats eyes:<br />well, thank you! ;o)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115015903810903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218215652328409330.post-6209773202116891522010-09-29T23:03:01.846-05:002010-09-29T23:03:01.846-05:00I love you!! I love this post!!I love you!! I love this post!!Fam.VanGurp ~ bajafamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825027124867223302noreply@blogger.com