What Do Women (And Men) Really Think About Circumcision? - from Em and Lo

Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by Em & Lo
A male reader wrote into EMandLO.com recently to ask us what women think about circumcision (he is uncut). Specifically, he wanted to know if there is a difference between what people are willing to say publicly, and what they actually believe ... more
I love an uncut penis, especially the person who owns it is clean! We didn't circumsize our son despite the advice that it would be SOOOOO much harder to "deal" with. Pure bunk. Wash it like you waould anyother body part and leave it alone, voila uncircumsized infant penis care. I have the priviledge of being with a guy who is circunsized and one who isn't and they both have lovely bodies that are exciting and sexxy. Still I don't advocate circumcision unless there is a medical need (which I acknowledge can happen).

I will publically say I prefer an uncut man even though I love the stuffing out of my husband who is circumsized. I love him and his body parts but sometimes I do wish he had been left intact.
07/31/2010
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by Tori Rebel
I have absolutely no preference on whether the men I'm with are cut or not. I would not want to have my child circumcised only because I think it's kind of unfair to remove a part of his body that he might want back later on. I've heard ... more
According to my life partner if you have trouble taking 45 seconds more to clean your cock then you aren't all that clean to begin with...it's no trouble to clean or keep clean. He is probably the best smelling, cleanest man I had had the pleasure to go down on next to my husband who is circumsized and takes the same amount of time to clean himself as Arch does. It boggles the mind really.
07/31/2010
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by Tori Rebel
Thanks! Good to know, just in case I end up with a baby boy down the line.
OUr Son is uncut and it is absolutely no trouble and very clean. My friends daughter had ehr son circumsized and he ended up with blisters on the head of his penis from urine burns...now I know this is rare but the doctor admitted that had he been left intact he probably wouldn't have suffered. And no she wasn't leaving his diaper on too long, or not cleaning him properly, and his circumcision was routine, he was just extremely sensitive after it all.
When the skin naturally seperated from the gland you just need to explain to your son that he needs to peel back the foreskin and wash the area just as he would any other part of his body...just as you would clean a little girls outer labia. (Not inner labia, mind you, soap shouldn't be introduced into the vaginal canal) No big deal!
07/31/2010
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by fatesrelease
Only one person I had been with had foreskin. Personally I prefer cut. It feels better, doesn't get in the way, and it doesn't smell since you don't have to be particularly careful of how you clean it.
Ummm an uncut guy can stink like a public toilet. I am currently with both uncut and cut guys and there is a world of difference in terms of feeling. With my husband it's about friction but with my life partner it's a gliding feeling. While they both stimulate the same areas and reach the same areas (they aren't all that different in terms of size) there is still a difference.
You have to be careful how you clean any genitals!
07/31/2010
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by fatesrelease
Only one person I had been with had foreskin. Personally I prefer cut. It feels better, doesn't get in the way, and it doesn't smell since you don't have to be particularly careful of how you clean it.
It's no harder to keep clean than a vagina! That's like saying "Vaginas are smelly." A lot of intact men know how to take care of themselves.

For men, it makes no difference to me, but I will respect their parents more if they are intact. I know they are not Status Quo type people.

I would never do this to a tiny baby boy, never in a million years. It's barbaric, IMO and it not "cleaner."
07/31/2010
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
OUr Son is uncut and it is absolutely no trouble and very clean. My friends daughter had ehr son circumsized and he ended up with blisters on the head of his penis from urine burns...now I know this is rare but the doctor admitted that had he been ... more
Good for you, Airen! I have worked with recently cut baby boys whose penises look like raw hamburger, they scream every time they pee, they don't feed well, they are IN PAIN. I don't believe, either, that genital mutilation of a boy (or a girl) is necessary.

What you saw on your friend's baby is VERY common! The foreskin protects the sensitive glans, that's why boys are born with one. Some baby's foreskin will separate in 6 months or so, others not until 3 or 4 years, and a few not until early puberty. But, NEVER let anyone pull back the foreskin of an uncirced baby, or young boy who hasn't separated yet, it could inflict scar tissue that could be dangerous and cause great pain. Once the foreskin separates normally, then the boy should be taught to GENTLY pull the foreskin back to clean under it. But, before separation, the foreskin is attached to the glans with the same force that your finger is attached to your finger nail. Forced separation (like they do before they chop the thing off) is akin in pain to having one's fingernails ripped out. Not something any good parent wants to do to a tiny innocent baby.

If people do the research, they find that in a developed country there are NO differences in health and even those AIDS studies in Africa (that showed that uncut men were more likely to get HIV) were flawed.
07/31/2010
Contributor: s0fuckm3 s0fuckm3
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Originally posted by Em & Lo
A male reader wrote into EMandLO.com recently to ask us what women think about circumcision (he is uncut). Specifically, he wanted to know if there is a difference between what people are willing to say publicly, and what they actually believe ... more
I've been with both circumcised and uncircumcised men, and I love them both.
09/09/2010
Contributor: Avant-garde Avant-garde
Personally I don't agree with circumcision because I don't see a need to.
09/09/2010
Contributor: Persephone's Addiction Persephone's Addiction
Foreskin isn't inherently dirty anymore than labia are. I don't hear Westerners suggesting removal of labia to keep the vaginal "looking neat" or to be "hygenic" but the same is suggested of the foreskin - it's a double standard. Contrary to common American conception, the foreskin isn't a useless piece of skin and removal of it causes drastic changes in the exposed skin and alters sexual functioning - not to mention that performing unnecessary surgery on an infant incapable of consenting presents some ethical dilemmas (at least it should).
I was actually disappointed when I found out that my partner wasn't intact.
09/12/2010
Contributor: Alicia Alicia
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Originally posted by Persephone's Addiction
Foreskin isn't inherently dirty anymore than labia are. I don't hear Westerners suggesting removal of labia to keep the vaginal "looking neat" or to be "hygenic" but the same is suggested of the foreskin - it's a ... more
Exactly, and I hate to hear people say that it's not the same thing..it really IS we just don't think of it that way since it's been done so long and we were told generations ago that it was cleaner. But at this point in time when we know better, I personally feel that it's close if not the same as female genital muilation.
09/12/2010
Contributor: Research Research
I'm circumsized and I'm glad of it. I like the way my penis looks and so do my partners. Cleanliness has never been an issue and I doubt it would have even if I were uncut, but I am happy being cut and I would not want it any other way.
09/26/2010
Contributor: mrs.mckrakn mrs.mckrakn
i love it. i prefer it. look a lot more cleaner to me.
09/28/2010
Contributor: Kiwi Kiwi
I'm whatever about it. For some it is a very important religious and cultural practice, and I do not feel that I have the authority or power to make blanket statements about cultural practices. A penis is a penis, foreskin or not.
01/04/2011
Contributor: hornypoet69 hornypoet69
I am against circumcision, and it always makes me sad to hear parents say they plan on circumcising their sons. Unnecessary surgery, to be sure. As for what people have said about hygiene, I am intact, and don't remember ever being taught to retract my foreskin to clean it. I have phimosis, so my foreskin does not retract all the way. I have never had any sexual partner complain about smell or taste, and I have never seen anything like the "smegma" that is described.

I have only ever been with circumcised men, and I recognize that is a common practice, so I'm obviously not going to kick someone out of my bed because he doesn't have a foreskin. However, I am super curious what it would be like to play with a fully functioning foreskin.

And before anyone goes on to use phimosis as an argument for circumcision, keep in mind, that is an extremely rare condition, and can be reversed with stretching and topical steroid creams.
01/04/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
I've got to admit, I felt pretty guilty when I watched my son get circumsized when he was I guess a few days old. The thought that I was making my son cry in pain because of a decision I made was horrific. Of course, after he woke me up several times a night for the next several months, I felt less guilty about it.

I'm not sure why I wanted him circumsized. I mean, I am, so I suppose that's the main reason. Uncircumsized (flaccid) penises look really weird to me.
01/06/2011
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
If I got to pick and choose the man I am with, I would pick un-cut. His head is much more sensitive, oral is much more fun, and it is part of the original packaging.

But since I don't get to pick... I go with what is attached to the man I am with. But preference is un-cut.

It had been mentioned before, that circumcising a young boy is a form of mutilation. Many organisations are trying to stop female circumcisions from going on, and from women wanting designer labias. I do think it should be left up to the child to decide when he is old enough to make decisions for himself.
01/15/2011
Contributor: RedGoddess RedGoddess
My man is uncut, I have no chilren, but when I do and id they are male, they too will be uncut. the foreskin really does serve a functional purpose, its fun to play with, can be masturbated with, protects the penis, and is more sensitive i believe.

In being a nurse, I have seen children while they are being circumsized, and it is a genally quick procedure but it is not pleasant at all. I say to each their own -- they can make their own decisions, but i don't have a general specification to any mans penis...they are how they are.. and if they are circumsized? greatI if they are not? great!
02/20/2011
Contributor: magicmac magicmac
I do not care whether a man is circumcised or not. All that matters to me is that he is clean. When I first dated my European Fiancée I thought it was strange that he was uncircumcised but then he said we Americans we're the ones who were strange for being circumcised and said that being circumcised was something Europeans considered a "Jewish" thing.
02/20/2011
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
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Originally posted by Em & Lo
A male reader wrote into EMandLO.com recently to ask us what women think about circumcision (he is uncut). Specifically, he wanted to know if there is a difference between what people are willing to say publicly, and what they actually believe ... more
My ethical and erotic preferences match. I think circumcision is wrong, and a completely unnecessary procedure. My man wishes someone had asked him before chopping off part of his body, he would prefer it natural. (I like it the way it is. It doesn't matter to me.)
05/09/2011
Contributor: kinksters kinksters
prefer cut. more stamina and a cleaner look & feel
05/12/2011
Contributor: sarki sarki
Leave things the way God created them. I am for uncut
05/13/2011
Contributor: catalunalilith catalunalilith
i've loved everyone's opinion
07/16/2011
Contributor: mmike mmike
If a man wants to cut his penis, then he has a right to cut it.

However, circumcision is completely unnecessary. There is no evidence that proves that the removal of foreskin makes a man more hygienic. Asking a man to cut his foreskin to be cleaner is like asking a woman to slice off her labia to be sanitary.
07/16/2011
Contributor: mmike mmike
If anybody has curiosities about circumcision, I would highly recommend watching a documentary entitled Partly Private.

By the way, I am cut. I wish I wasn't.
07/16/2011
Contributor: Sex'и'Violence Sex'и'Violence
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Originally posted by *Ashley*
I actually have a baby boy on the way and going to have him circumcised. I just always knew that it would be easier on them in the long run (being easier to clean) And I don’t know of anyone who hasn't been circumcised. Just seems like it's ... more
Actually male circumcision was deemed to be an unnecessary procedure (medically) in the early 1980s and has since been dropped from public insurance. Circumcision only really got big in the United states & Canada during WWII when a large number of Jewish doctors came over from Europe and tried to merge themselves into society.

Apart from in the Jewish community, Circumcision was not and is not practiced in most of Europe. There are many groups who actually consider to be a cruel act of genital mutilation for religious purposes.

Personally, I prefer the look of cut, however my husband is super opposed to the idea and I understand where he's coming from.
07/17/2011
Contributor: Cora Jane Cora Jane
I've never been with a man who was circumcised. I didn't even know it was so common until reading this thread.
07/17/2011
Contributor: buttmunch buttmunch
I find uncut to be nasty to look at, it just kind of looks like a tiny little body bag for the penis. I'm kind of glad to be circumcised, it just looks nicer and more presentable. However; I do know some people who prefer them uncircumcised but it seems most of the people I know think circumcised is better although there really is difference medically speaking.
09/06/2011
Contributor: RonLee RonLee
I did NOT have that done to my son. If he converts to some religion that requires it, he can have it done as an adult. Doing so as an adult would be a much more powerful statement of adherence to one's religion than to have it done to him as an infant.
Whether it's done for religious tradition or not it's still mutilation.
09/06/2011
Contributor: CreamySweet CreamySweet
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Originally posted by Em & Lo
A male reader wrote into EMandLO.com recently to ask us what women think about circumcision (he is uncut). Specifically, he wanted to know if there is a difference between what people are willing to say publicly, and what they actually believe ... more
My husband is uncut. He was the first guy I was ever with who was not circum. The truth is his foreskin pulls all the way down below his head and then hes no diff. Then a cut penis. No funny feeling, not any more dirty then any other cock, and it doesn't flop or pull back up if he pulls it down when hard. It also doesnt hurt him to do this. When he jacks off or I give hime head the skin is always pulled down and again just the same as a cut penis. If anything he probably has more sensation and really squirms when I tease it because the head is protected from rubbing and becoming less sensative from clothing on a non hard daily basis. I will tell you condoms do seem to slip around a little more and might slip up or allow a little cum leakage for those girls not on the pill. Xox CreamySweet
09/06/2011
Contributor: AndromedaJane AndromedaJane
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Originally posted by Em & Lo
A male reader wrote into EMandLO.com recently to ask us what women think about circumcision (he is uncut). Specifically, he wanted to know if there is a difference between what people are willing to say publicly, and what they actually believe ... more
My husband is circumcised, and we both wish he was intact.
11/17/2011