tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post1995119910974593037..comments2023-06-13T01:13:12.250-07:00Comments on Should I circumcise?: Stopping circumcision one coworker at a timeJeff in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00008630175548804302noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-9257116582674496142012-06-05T09:15:10.500-07:002012-06-05T09:15:10.500-07:00Thanks for reading and commenting. :)Thanks for reading and commenting. :)Jeff in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008630175548804302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-85885046535952223782012-06-05T09:14:47.862-07:002012-06-05T09:14:47.862-07:00This is an interesting point: how does it affect o...This is an interesting point: how does it affect our relationship with people when we have an honest conversation with them about circumcision and, despite being informed, they elect to do this to their child? I can say from experience it is a hard road to travel, especially when it happens in your own family. Definitely grist for the next blog!Jeff in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008630175548804302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-41043018217945741812012-06-04T16:28:01.778-07:002012-06-04T16:28:01.778-07:00Thank you for everything you do!!!Thank you for everything you do!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-79929983035403884732012-06-04T12:20:36.300-07:002012-06-04T12:20:36.300-07:00As I read your account of your exchanges with the ...As I read your account of your exchanges with the pregnant colleague I was anticipating a happy ending to the story. Upon discovering that you suspected the boy had been circumcised after all I experienced an instant shudder through my body and a feeling of disgust. I commend you for being able to control yourself as you described, as I think I would surely have not been so diplomatic. Ignorance and prejudice are indeed difficult forces to contend with.Patrick Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407002050731086792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-10138353633784366892012-06-01T09:52:13.377-07:002012-06-01T09:52:13.377-07:00Great point! After all, one of the most basic way...Great point! After all, one of the most basic ways that cultural change can begin to occur is by people talking with one another about things that matter to them as human beings. And when we are met with hostility or disinterest we have to remember it's because we're bumping up against that cognitive dissonance you mentioned and that it takes a lot of cumulative advocacy to break through this but it IS possible.Jeff in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008630175548804302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299230645606646130.post-29954729205463478212012-05-31T18:42:51.801-07:002012-05-31T18:42:51.801-07:00It takes a tremendous amount of courage to speak I...It takes a tremendous amount of courage to speak IN REAL LIFE to people you know about something so important that no one wants to talk about. Which is why it is SO important that we have these discussions, even if it doesn't save that particular son. American culture is undergoing a major cultural shift away from child genital cutting, and even the parents who cannot and have not coped with their own cognitive dissonance, will one day be living in a country where it is widely accepted that circumcising children is not ok. <br /><br />So, yes, it's imperative that we pull this ugly wizard out from behind the perverse cape of deception, fear, and denial, in the most loving and informative way possible.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17869645865313014376noreply@blogger.com