Circumcision - its effects

[nightsong]

Do I have any right to feel violated, outraged and wronged? Many Americans would say no, and that I should be ashamed of myself.

Yes, you do have the right to feel violated, outraged, and wronged. You should NOT be ashamed of yourself.  Instead the parents (including myself) who made an uneducated decision to circumcise their child should be ashamed.  I certainly am.  :'(