Circumcised?

For the life of me I don't understand the practice.

 

The religious part starts from Moses on the Mount, where God supposedly told him that all men must sacrifice their foreskins as a sign of their faith (note the term 'men' - not newborns).

The cultural side is a combination of the Biblical reason & Dr Kellogg's campaign against masturbation. Hardly mentally stable himself he ran several lunatic asylums, and being convinced that masturbation was a cause of madness, circumcision became a routine treatment. Then, as a result of blind faith in this high level quack, many parents would take pre-emptive moves to protect their newborn sons from insanity in later life.

Only in these more informed days are doctors starting to refuse to perform the procedure where there is no medical reason to do so, and Germany has even recently gone to the extent of outlawing the practice.

 

Not this thread again.

I think it is pretty stupid that anyone should have an opinion on someone else's practices, regardless if they "think" it is harming a kid.

 

I believe those who think circumcision is unnecessary are just as misinformed as those who think young infant girls should not get their ears pierced.

 

never thought about it much.
yeah it has its base in the jewish tradition. sometimes i wonder what Judaism was like in the times of Moses.
it was a very different world.

 

I don't think that it is "necessary" but if it is something that is in your culture (whether it is specifically or just something that YOU are used to) then you should be allowed to continue practice.

I'm cutting my sons' foreskins, and none of you bleeding heart hippies will ever change my mind. Yes I have heard it all before, but I, and many people like me, find it gross (you won't change my opinion on that either, don't try)

It is unclean if it isn't washed, and I sure as hell am not going to ask my 8 year old son if he is keepin up with his cock-cleaning. I don't want to have to deal with an infected dick.

 

To me It's always been a health issue, I have a friend who wasn't circumcised and didn't take care of his foreskin washing it out and holding back the skin as a kid (he wasn't aware) eventually the skin got infected and eventually he was given some painkilling lube, and was told to tear off the infected skin.

I like being circumcised to be honest.
I like being able to cum without rolling up my foreskin and easily exposed head etc.

But its a personal choice which most of us don't choose since the choice is usually made by our parents. Live and let live.

 

I've nothing against circumcision per se - so long as the subject is old enough to make an informed decision for himself - not to have it irreversibly made for him.

 

Why it is done on infants rather than adult males is due to the fact of pain remembrance. An adult male has no memory of the pain associated with circumcision when he was an infant whereas an adult male will have that memory if the procedure is performed on him as an adult. Circumcision is painful, which is why most adult males will not go through with it unless absolutely necessary due to health reasons. It is better that it be performed on the infant.

 

ok well...i happen to be circumcised.

for whatever reason when i was born my mom made the decision to have me circumcised, it wasnt a religious thing, its pretty much just a normal thing in the US at least. 3 years later she had my brother and he for whatever reason was never circumcised.

if i hadnt gotten cicumcised at birth i sure as hell wouldnt get it done later in life, thats fucking crazy. but i am happy i got it done when i had no choice honestly. i have no memories of it happening...sooo...

 

Unclean if not washed? I bathe every four days and am not circumcised and never had a problem with cleanliness. Never had a problem with bacteria etc.

 

If you dont wash out your cockskinflap, yes it gets infected

 

I do actually know somebody who was circumcised at age 13. He is korean. im not sure why he decided to have it done.

 

I do not know what a cockskinflap is but never had an infection.

 

it is a little weird but I don't really care because I have a great looking circumcised penis

 

^We think...we aren't sure it doesn't affect them and that they don't remember it. That's a theory not a fact.

I hate to think what male babies with photographic memories remember from their early days in the hospital.

 

It is a fact. It has been proven that people do not remember anything before a certain age.

 

I have an eidetic (often referred to as "photographic") memory, and I can't remember anything before I was about 3. I certainly can't remember being circumsised at age 3 days or whatever.

I don't defend the practise, nor do I deprecate it. Individual circumstances, misguided religious or cultural beliefs, perhaps even a lack of understanding of basic hygeine when the custom originated, are all factors that have to be taken into account.

For what it's worth, my partner asked me outright before slept together if I was circumsised. I asked why she wanted to know. She replied "Personal preference. If you aren't, I can live with it, but I much prefer it if you are".

 

you think someone cutting my dick I would remember but nope, nothing

 

My dad wasn't circumcised and when I asked him why my brothers and I all were, he replied, "mom". Thanks mom.

The foreskin has the very valuable function of keeping the glans moist and sensitive. I don't recall the numbers, but a huge percentage of the highly sensitive nerve endings of the penis are lost when the foreskin is chopped off.

Anyway, I'm undergoing foreskin restoration. It'll never be what it would have been before I was cut, but it'll be better than where I started the process.