Wow. I think so many of the posts on here are really interesting. I've never seen so many people coming out in favor of circumcision, especially for "aesthetic" reasons.
I wonder whether some of this discussion is a bit skewed based
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Wow. I think so many of the posts on here are really interesting. I've never seen so many people coming out in favor of circumcision, especially for "aesthetic" reasons.
I wonder whether some of this discussion is a bit skewed based upon the cultural norms in the countries we live in. I live in New Zealand, where the vast majority of men aren't circumcised. Rightly or wrongly, we tend to have a perception that Americans are much crazier about circumcision than we are... and Wikipedia seems to bear that out: link
Personally, my father wasn't circumcised and neither was my brother. I grew up seeing an uncircumcised penis as "normal", and subsequently I don't find them unattractive at all. To me, that's how a penis is meant to look. I don't think a foreskin is ugly and I certainly don't think it's unclean.
Of my previous sexual partners, the first three were uncircumcised and the last two were circumcised (which they both blamed on their English parents). Personally, I found the uncircumcised penises to be much more attractive (although part of that is probably because that's what I'm used to seeing) and that they delivered a much nicer sensation during sex. That foreskin offers a nice, soft, velvety thing to slip back and forth inside me... which feels really good. It's also way easier to give a blow job or a hand job to an uncut penis - because the skin moves. When I first met my current partner, I was actually very concerned about the dryness and subtle wrinkling on his glans - mostly because I wasn't that familiar with circumcised penises. To me it looks "wrong", and like it would feel a bit "worn" and less sensitive.
But I guess it all comes down to personal opinion, really. I still can't see the point of circumcision, and I think it's a bit sad if people simply do it because they think it looks better... because we don't all agree on that. I think people grow up thinking that a penis is meant to look like whatever penises they tend to see most often.