Is Circumcision Going Out of Style?

Circumcision is going to be a religiously based decision when I have kids.

Cranberry... their subconscious? I'm a clinical psychologist and I often hear men talk about how women are repulsed by their uncut penises... I've never once heard a circumcised male have penile issues stemming from being circumcised.

Reply to Comment # 82:
"Theft of any healthy body part from a non-consenting person is a crime."
May I be so bold as to inquire of the writer of this statement whether he/she also considers "therapeutic" abortion a crime?
If, as you claim, the theft of a body part from a non-consenting person is a crime, ( actually, circumcision is -as you define it- "theft of a PART of a body part," not a complete organ, which actually leaves the penis functionally intact, then, a fortiori, the theft of the entire body leaving the person not only mutilated but dead, should be considered a much greater crime. Certainly the victim of a therapeutic abortion was non-consenting, and surely the abortion was performed for cash profit.
I may be wrong, but I have an intuitive impression that you do not share the same strong negative feeling about "therapeutic" abortion as you do about circumcision. Am I correct? If no, then I apologize for raising the analogy. If yes, why not? (I have my own theory concerning why not-- which I will keep private at this time.)

Did you know that circumcision became popular in the US due to puritanical influences in an attempt to cut down on masturbation?

The current "reasons" for circumcision were only developed after the procedure was in in widespread use as a justification to continue it.

Do what you want though. I wasn't circumcized, I'm healthy, my girlfriend loves the sex, and I never had any 'locker room' issues where I was made fun of or anything.

Tom, around 80% of grown males in the US are cut, not 95%. Plus since the number of babies getting cut continues to drop, the next generation of men will more than likely be mostly intact. That means the cut minority will be the ones teased in the locker rooms, eh? ;)
And you're wrong about babies not remembering the pain of circumcision, and how much it truly affects them. Their cortisol levels (stress hormone) shoot up, their heart rate and BP skyrocket. Circumcision is torturous and wholly unnecessary. It's disgusting and abusive. Boys deserve the same protection as girls under the law from genital mutilation. It IS mutilation btw, because it permanently removes/alters healthy functional flesh. But I suppose you think the foreskin is a useless flap of skin...

Tom & Alessandra: So if an infant is brutally beaten or sexually assaulted in some other way, it doesn't matter because they are too young to remember it?

I hope so.

Luna & Timmie.... it's called soap and water. Kids should be taught by their parents how to wash their penises. They have to pull back the foreskin and wash it just like women have to wash under their breasts so they don't get a yeast infection. And actually, uncircumcised men are less likely to contract HIV than circumcised ones.

"babies cry all the time" yes babies cry when they're hungry, need a cuddle or need changing. The unpleasantness of their crying isn't the issue, it's the pain that they inevitably experience during the procedure and the complications they can experience in later life. Not to mention the large number of children who are left scarred or die after the procedure.

Amen to Cranberry Lips. My son born in 1998 is uncut. Wasn't interested in the human I worked so hard to make being brutalized (they restrain them ya know)

I'm not circumcised and the majority of my life it bothered me. But my girlfriend doesn't mind, it doesn't bother me and has no affect on me sexually. Also if you routinely pull the foreskin back over the head it can be kept there and if you do that long enough it just stays back. Problem solved for me. My girlfriend didn't even know until i rolled it forward. Most girls judge against it and my girlfriend did as well at first but now she realizes it has almost no effect when it comes to sex. Product works just as well. And if you get infected you need to be washing yourself more. That's all i gotta say. Words from the uncircumcised.

Men were created with foreskin, just like we were created with tonsils and vermiform appendices. They are all there for a purpose, the tonsils are part of the lymphatic system and they help fight infection, the appendix contains the normal flora of the intestines, so that it can recreated the bacterial balance after a severe bout of diarrhea. It can also produce large quantities of lymphocytes, which help destroy invading bacteria and viruses.

The foreskin has the largest amount of nerves and the greatest amount of variety of nerve receptors. The glans penis is actually the least sensitive part of the entire body. By circumcising your children, you are robbing them of a normal level of sexual sensation, just the same as female circumcision (which is done to do exactly that).

well to all yall out there it is a problem if the individual ist very clean then yeah that leads to std etc. u know so i would say it a 50 50 chance of catching a std????gimmme ya feed back

I bet HS is really popular and well-liked by people who know him. Psych.

Have you people never heard of soap and water? A woman's genitalia are not exactly sparkly clean either, if she neglects her hygiene. (No not douching, but a little attention in the shower.) You are suggesting the equivalent of surgically removing the labia minora, for the sake of what can be prevented by washing.

As far as the infection rates go, the percentages quoted give a false impression. In order to prevent one STI infection, you have to circumcize 100 boys. Doesn't look like nearly as good a deal when you put it that way. Breast cancer occurs in 1 in 8 women. Maybe we should perform routine mastectomies on all little girls, for their health.

Regarding sensation, that is 15 square inches of heavily innervated tissue, that the adult man will never experience. You may say you have no problem with sensation, but you simply don't know what you are missing. It also exposes the glans, which makes controlling sensation that much more difficult. It isn't a matter of having more sensation than you can handle, it's a matter of having all the sensation you were born with.

Circumcision is a personal issue. To say that its a bad or good is subjective. The decision is up to the parents if its a child or a man when he becomes of age. I'm a spiritual person so I agree with it. It is a covenant between men, and God(Old Testiment). I was cut as an infant, and I had my son cut the 3th day out of his momma. I believe in it, but like I said its my personal choice. To each their own.
As for the 'trauma' to the infant, or complication that doesn't count for the majority. My oldest daughter had complication with allergies with milk. She was always crying and was in and out of the hospital for the first 6 months of her life. She 14 now and is as health as a horse(Thank God). She doesn't remember, any of these incidents. She's interested in hearing the stories of me going back and forth to the hospital. I say that to say this. Infants won't remember every sickness, or medical problem they have when they get older. Circumcision is the same. That's why the do it when their infants.

Circumcision became popular in the states during the early 1900's as a means to remove temptation for masturbation. They believed that if you removed the sensitive skin, boys would be less likely to touch themselves when they reached puberty. Crazy, if you ask me.

When the time comes for me to have children and I end up with a male child, I will be leaving the final decision to the father. I'm not a huge fan of circumcision. I've seen what can happen when the procedure is done wrong. And yes, babies do retain memory of the surgery. Maybe not all the way into adulthood, but while they are young they remember very well. One of my friends son still flinches when they go to change his diaper. And he is nearly 2.
However, I've been told by my fella that some men are sensitive about how they'll look to their women and even to other men. If you choose to circumcise, that is you're decision. Proper hygiene can help cut down on bad bacteria. As well as safe sex. So parents, do not be shy. Teach your young man about these important practices. Teach them early and remind them always!

That's just my 2 cents.

Thank goodness my man is uncut. Imagine if he were cut AND a smoker? He'd be a 27-year-old with ED.

my husband is uncut and he's huge so it does not affect size or the length of time. trust me!

My guy hasn't had the procedure, but if he were I really don't think it would make that much of a difference in our relationship. Whether he has some skin down there or not is not why I care for and respect him. Sure, I may eventually decide I prefer one style over the other, but if I'm choosing my sexual partners based on that, I'm way, WAY too shallow.

(Plus, I'd like to point out that none of the studies about circumcision and STI infections adequately prove causality, i.e. that circumcision is the reason that STI infections are lower among the circumcised, instead of just correlation, i.e. that circumcised men have lower STI rates. It could very well be that circumcised men are more likely to be religious and therefore less likely to participate in sex outside of a monogamous disease-free relationship. As everyone knows, the only way to protect against STI infection with a 100% success rate is to not have sex with people who have an STI, whether that's by abstinence or careful partner selection doesn't matter.)

I am forever blessed, because I know the sensational effect of the penis is off the charts. It also gives a lady who is very oral, a sense of expectation, an accomplishment, once she has delved deep enough to cause erotic repercussions, that exposes the truth of those sincere moments. Thank you...