I live in a part of the country where almost all boys are circumcised. The doctor who visited us was relieved when we told her we weren’t circumcising our son. She had clearly been holding back because she started going on and on about how awful it was. The story she told me that made me mad was that when she was a younger doctor, the hospital she was at would take all the boys for the day and line them up and see how fast they could do the circumcisions The doctor who trained her actually taught her how to use an anesthetic. (Don’t know why that isn’t standard, but hey, I don’t write the evil rules). So she always had much happier babies. Thus, the nurses always waited for her and recommended her for circumcisions, which she hated performing. Nowadays, she doesn’t have to do them at all, which she prefers, but it isn’t like she’s stopping them either. That’s the issue with doctors. They just keep their mouths shut and follow orders. If they ordered her to cut the entire penis off, she’d probably only hesitate a little longer than the sadists normally running the slicer before doing it. IT IS UP TO YOU to protect your children. Doctors, even good ones aren’t your friend.