Are you circumcised and do you care?

[Rob Lister]

The circumcision thread prompted this poll of mine.

I'm circumcised and I don't care. Since I've never experienced sex with a foreskin I can't comment on the difference but I know two guys that were circumcised as adults and they both claim it made no difference as it regarded the act itself but the casual exposure of the penis head against clothing took quite a bit of getting used to.

[Z]

Clean-cut - though I voted for Planet X because I found it funny.

Frankly, I don't give a hoot - been this way all my life. As I understand it, circumcised men last longer in the sack. Besides - I could use another inch or two removed as it is - I can't imagine if there was a FORESKIN on this monster.

I was just raised that it was 'the thing to do'. Usually with cleanliness given as an excuse. So my first couple of kids are cut, but my last two aren't - Just didn't feel like bothering with it.

[c4ts]

Enough with the circumcision, okay?

[Z]

Originally posted by c4ts
Enough with the circumcision, okay?

Why do shortened penises bother you?

This reminds me of a joke: Why do Jewish women want their men circumcised? Because they want 10% off of everything.

Ugh - I didn't say it reminds me of a GOOD joke - Upon retrospection, that one sucks. And is anti-semitic, I think.

Apologies to all Jews, women, and circumcised men offended by my joke.

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by c4ts
Enough with the circumcision, okay?

Hint: Don't click the threads pertaining to such.

[Bikewer]

Not much choice in my case; born with a congenital condition known as hypospadous. (no urethral opening) back in the 40s, when I was born, it was standard practice to use the tissue as part of the reconstructive process.

No problems to date....

[Z]

It seems mine was in a medical textbook in the early 70s, since they used an experimental technique... Well, at least I do have one complaint: it left a 'burnt ring' around the shaft, a permanent dark mark. I could sue, I guess, but I kinda like my mark.

Yes, I love my penis. What can I say?

[rachaella]

does clitoral circumcision count? if so, then uncircumcised

[Winter]

Being a precocious little deviant I discovered orgasms at a rather young age. (Perhaps 2-3ish - though my earliest vivid recollection of the act was at 4.) The 'technique' employed at such an age differs to the standard male method we're all familiar with - and it'd be, I strongly suspect, utterly impossible amongst circumcised males.

So, I feel fortunate to have been spared brutal mutilation by the blade for an array of reasons. Primarily, because it permitted roughly 10 years worth of orgasms.

I wonder.. would those who believe circumcision aesthetically alluring deny themselves 10 years worth of pleasure, merely for the appearance?

[Zep]

[dreadful joke]

Christ, being a Jew, was circumcised as a young man. But, considering his track record, someone threw away the wrong bit.

[/dreadful joke]

[alfaniner]

For the definitive answer, check out some of the adult rooms on Paltalk.

The one kid in our junior high school that was not cut was something of a legend, and every description of him (in our adolescent ways) included the word "long".

BTW, this is probably not an appropriate "picture" thread...

[kedo1981]

My brother and I would see the old man walking around in his uncut "glory" and say "THANK JEBUS" we're cut!

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

Originally posted by Rob Lister
Since I've never experienced sex with a foreskin...


A rather specialised perversion, I'm not surprised you've not had the opportunity!


By the way shouldn't the fourth poll choice be the Planet XX option? :)

With apologies to those of the female persuasion who recall that they are the default option, not us. So, please don't criticise my small joke by hitting me over the head with an embryology book.

[The Mighty Thor]

No "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours" thread, please. :)

Winter,

Did you method involve "tickling the tip"? If so, I agree with you, but remember the experience much later -- maybe 10?

Sex education was so bad in those days, I remember that in the dark, I thought I was bleeding. Then, after discussion "behind the bikeshed", I realised that the "truth of the matter" was that I'd blown my chances for fatherhood FOREVER. But experience proved that refills were supplied :)

[Dustin Kesselberg]

I along with nearly everyone I know origonally thought that your penis looked the way it looks naturally.

I did not know what circumcision was until I was about 12 or so,Up until then I thought that I was born the way I looked.

I suspect most people here in america who are under say 50 years old are circumsized,and most of them under say 30 do not even realize they actually are,and think that is how everyone naturally looks.

[Swishy McJackass]

A bit off topic:

I recently saw a rerun of Law & Order: SVU in which an attempted rapist was murdered, and had trace amounts of saliva on his penis that matched the DNA of a teenage boy. This boy had an identical twin sister who, it turns out, was actually born a male. The "sister" was the victim of a botched circumcision, and it was the decision of the parents to raise him as a her. It also turned out that "she" was the rape victim.

Back on topic:

I am circumcised, but I'm not sure if I would want my boy(s) to be cut up. It doesn't bother me all that much that I'm without that bit of skin, but there are the horror stories that make me wonder if I would risk having the procedure done on my offspring.

My wife, on the other hand, is pro-circumcision because the thought of foreskin is "icky."

[arthwollipot]

Originally posted by alfaniner
BTW, this is probably not an appropriate "picture" thread...

No need. It's already been done by the Brick Testament. (http://www.thebricktestament.com/joshua/second_circumcision/jos05_02.html)

[alfaniner]

Seriously, though, aside from the current social stigma (as the internet spreads, more people are going to be aware of what being "natural" looks like), I think I'd rather still have it. I have, on learning about this, tried a few different "methods" recently that are quite um, interestingly stimulating. But of course, I don't have a choice because it was removed before I could really find out what I could do with it...

[Winter]

Originally posted by The Mighty Thor
Winter,

Did you method involve "tickling the tip"?
No. Merely pressure (specifically relegated to the foreskin, and assisted by body weight) combined with very slight rhythmical rocking.

Sometime within the past 12 months, spurred by caustic curiosity, I discovered this 'method' is still quite viable - perhaps to the quiet resentment of those so ruthlessly denied the opportunity..

[LW]

Originally posted by Rob Lister
but the casual exposure of the penis head against clothing took quite a bit of getting used to.

Since those times that I've experienced the "casual exposure" have been extremely unpleasant to me, I really wonder what has happened to the sense of touch of those people who are used to it.

[Tmy]

Im alwazed amazed how such a barbaric procedure is so routinely accepted.

If you are Ok with female circumcision you are a monster. If you are OK with male circumcising, thats just fine. Just cause female is more heinious, that doesnt excuse male multilation.

[rachaella]

Originally posted by Tmy
Im alwazed amazed how such a barbaric procedure is so routinely accepted.

If you are Ok with female circumcision you are a monster. If you are OK with male circumcising, thats just fine. Just cause female is more heinious, that doesnt excuse male multilation.

Agreed! My fiancee and I both decided if we have a son we will say no to circumcision. There are no real medical benefits to justify it.

[Walter Wayne]

Originally posted by Tmy
Im alwazed amazed how such a barbaric procedure is so routinely accepted.

If you are Ok with female circumcision you are a monster. If you are OK with male circumcising, thats just fine. Just cause female is more heinious, that doesnt excuse male multilation. To be fair, somethings refered to as female circumcision are not analagous with male circumcision. As much as I think the practice of male circumcision at birth should be stopped, equating male and female circumcision is an over simplification.

Walt

[rachaella]

Originally posted by Walter Wayne
To be fair, somethings refered to as female circumcision are not analagous with male circumcision. As much as I think the practice of male circumcision at birth should be stopped, equating male and female circumcision is an over simplification.

Walt

Agreed, female genital mutillation runs the gamut from what is analogous to circumsion (removing the hood of the clitoris) to removing the whole clitoris or the entire vulvar area.

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by rachaella
Agreed, female genital mutillation runs the gamut from what is analogous to circumsion (removing the hood of the clitoris) to removing the whole clitoris or the entire vulvar area.

That would be the planet x option, in case you didn't get it.

[rachaella]

Originally posted by Rob Lister
That would be the planet x option, in case you didn't get it.

Wow Planet X is a pretty barbaric place!

[Jon_in_london]

cut and dont care... since I cant remember having it any other way......

I am curious as to how much more sensation an uncut male has.

As to there being no reason for doing so- I can think of hygene for one! the words dick and cheese occur to me

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by Jon_in_london
cut and dont care... since I cant remember having it any other way......

I am curious as to how much more sensation an uncut male has.

As to there being no reason for doing so- I can think of hygene for one! the words dick and cheese occur to me

I doubt that's really an issue. Modern males mostly shower daily, and while some may only give the feet and pits areas passing soapy swipes, greater attention is generally paid to that other region, even if strict hygene is more of an excuse than a strict necessity.

[ilk]

The folk wisdom here in New Zealand is that most baby-boomers (those conceived around/immediately-post WWII) opted for circumcision of their male children due to the experience of un-cut soldiers in North Africa. "No child of mine is getting sand up there!"

I've always wondered if that is the reason I was circumcised, as I was born in South Africa which is a fairly hot and dry place.

Of course, it is possible I've been raised crypto-Jewish without being aware of it.

[Meadmaker]

Originally posted by rachaella
Agreed! My fiancee and I both decided if we have a son we will say no to circumcision. There are no real medical benefits to justify it.

That's what I thought, and my son is uncircumcised (quite rare, since he's also Jewish) but I did have a conversation with a couple who have kids approximately our age. Both the man and woman were strong advocates of circumcision, with the following reasons.

For the woman, she was a nurse, who worked primarily with the elderly. She said that if a man were ever in a bedridden state, and need to be bathed and cleaned by someone else, there was no way that any of those nurses were going to do all that was necessary to clean an uncircumcised male.

For the man, someone on his dorm floor had to be circumcised as a college student, for medical reasons. (Some sort of infection.) He said that it was intensely painful for some time, and he said he wouldn't allow that possibility to be inflicted on his child.

On balance, I still think we did the right thing not circumcising our son, but it isn't an open and shut case.

[Cleon]

Originally posted by c4ts
Enough with the circumcision, okay?

Are you saying we should cut it out?



(Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry....)

[iain]

Originally posted by zaayrdragon
it left a 'burnt ring' around the shaft, a permanent dark mark. I could sue, I guess, but I kinda like my mark. I've got one of those. Until I read your posts it never occured to me that it was anything out of the ordainary. Oh well, you live and learn.