A father-to-be recently sent me a letter asking for advice: He and his wife are expecting a baby boy and debating whether to have him circumcised. He wrote, "I'm uncircumcised and I kind of want him to 'match' me in the plumbing department, just to avoid any psychological problems with proper sexual identification, but my greatest fear is that he might be missing out sexually as a result of the procedure. Also, I kind of felt this should be his choice to make, since it's his body." He became conflicted, though, when he read a report on new research in Africa that shows circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection. "Our son is going to be getting comprehensive sex ed as he grows up, but condoms do sometimes break and this added level of protection certainly wouldn't be a bad thing. But if he goes under the knife, will he be 'missing'... More >>>