Thread: Thoughts on circumcision?

Quote: Originally Posted by DreXeL None for me either (despite being 'uncut') because, funnily enough, I have access to running water and wash my penis. I would think that someone who would get knob cheese uncut, probably still has rank hygiene habits even being cut.

Quote: Originally Posted by wush Well, we can eliminate "parents consider it to look better" and "uh... it's convention" for a start. Thats kinda side-skirting the question.. For me its, normal, and I want my kids to be normal Thats my final point on the matter

Quote: Originally Posted by Rossmac Kind of worried that it'll be very insensitive after a few years of it not being protected, but my dad assured me it's better this way! Don't worry about it. Just remember that some ~ 90% of American men are circumcised and something like 12-16% of young men in the UK. It's a safe and widely used practice. If it really did make it "very insensitive" then there would be...

This reminds me of a certain friends episode where Joey had uncircumcise himself.... Oh how I laughed the first time I saw this *Not so funny now they repeat the **** out of it *

Quote: Originally Posted by Secret_Window http://www.norm-uk.org/phimosis_clin...uidelines.html I had this done about 6 years ago. I had phimosis where the foreskin would not retract at all. I had it so bad the steroid creams would not work at all and I persevered for well over a year trying to avoid circumcision. In the end it was the only option left other than a dorsal slit which more often looks worser than a circumcision. When I had my...

Quote: Originally Posted by stinamoo Infibulation is sewing up a woman's genitals so they can't have sex, not female circumcision. Female circumcision does usually involve removal of the clitoris and labia so the woman has much less pleasure/no pleasure/pain during sex, as well as many complications. Please inform yourself about the subject before comparing it so cheerfully with male circumcision I did, which is why I know about it....

Quote: Originally Posted by Malt_Vinegar We have an appendix too. That evolved, and is not there for any reason anymore.. iirc it still has a few uses, like being a store for the natural flora and fauna of the digestive system so it can recover quicker after infection etc.

Quote: Originally Posted by Malt_Vinegar Thats kinda side-skirting the question.. For me its, normal, and I want my kids to be normal Thats my final point on the matter Good thing, 'cos you just side-skirted rationality.

Quote: Originally Posted by vonhelmet The difference of course being that male circumcision at best has arguable hygiene benefits and definite medical benefits in certain cases, and at worst is unnecessary; while female circumcision is utterly barbaric and involves massive mutilation of the female genitals. Seriously, you can't compare the removal of the labia and clitoris with the removal of a fairly redundant floppy bit of skin at the...

Quote: Originally Posted by fifiov Just diving in slightly late here, I had it done in my mid teens, 8 or so years ago now, phimosis. I was told of alternative methods, and tried both cream and a less "extreme" operation beforehand, though neither helped at all, so I went for it. Whatever comments there are about sensation being lost, I was far happier afterwards when the sensation was something other than discomfort Thats...