Mothers who intended to
circumcise their oldest daughter, or had already done so, reported the daughter's actual or intended age at circumcision as 10 or 11.
The term shenit used in this verse suggests an alternative rendering:
circumcise the Israelites a second time.
Nevertheless, a most negative attitude is reflected by the intention of 21% of the female respondents to
circumcise their future daughter/s (table l0).
Over the last year, Egypt's leading women's magazine Nisf Al Dunya has received letters from literate mothers who are confused as to whether they should
circumcise their daughters.
Parents who want to
circumcise their sons are likely to face waiting lists at Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) northeast of Oslo, where 13 of 15 urologists have reserved themselves against the procedure unless there's a medical need.
Lipman wrote: "With no word yet on whether the royal infant will be a boy or a girl, it's perhaps too premature to engage in a "will-they-won't-they" debate over whether they will choose to
circumcise their offspring, as was once a royal tradition."
The government has now set a goal to
circumcise 1.2 million men by 2015.
Certainly there is little need to
circumcise until late puberty.
Given these risks and benefits, the decision of whether to
circumcise a newborn should remain subjective, taking into account the parents' general degree of aversion to risk, the investigators said.
"I would follow in the footsteps of Moses and
circumcise all male children." J.
A man and six others were arrested in Maara subcounty, Meru, after they attempted to forcefully
circumcise his wife.
We heard all the usual arguments: circumcision is necessary due to the laws of Judaism; it is cleaner; it is healthier; it is wrong and even harmful not to
circumcise; a Jewish boy will feel "left out" if not circumcised; it's against our forefathers and everything they went through to not do it; and so on.
