The practice of circumcision was found to influence
children's pain in several studies. Pacific parents and boys
felt that circumcision should be performed mainly for
reasons of culture and hygiene, even if pain was the main
problem after the procedure. The boys wanted the
procedure because of culture, religion and not to be
different from other boys. All parents wanted the boys to
be circumcised, and 71 % of the boys would have their
own sons to be circumcised (Afsari et al., 2002.)
Additionally, 88 % of Korean parents wanted their sons
to circumcised because of hygiene reasons. Parents
thought that anaesthesia is not needed for neonate
circumcision because babies do not feel pain (Lee et al.,
2003.)