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Nope, never.
I live in the UK, I’m in my 40’s and I’ve only ever known a single person who needed to be circumcised for medical reasons.
Beyond medical reasons, which are honestly pretty rare in reality, there’s no need.
I’ve literally never heard an uncircumcised person express a desire to be circumcised.
IMO circumcision is genital mutilation and that's always wrong in general. In the very few cases where it actually has health benefits you can still do it later in life, it's not a big problem. You're not missing out on anything if you don't do it.
No, not once have I ever even considered it.
You think men- the demographic that are already so insecure about the size of their dick they will jump through hoops to defend or lie about their size- would give you an honest answer on this?
I was circumcised and don't remember it in the slightest. The pain I went through as an infant has had no negative effects on my life. I have also regrown some of my foreskin slightly. Most partners don't even know I have a foreskin.
I definitely wouldn't mind getting that excess removed except for the pain and recovery as an adult and I'm guessing most men who have a foreskin would hesitate for the same reasons. It's not exactly as elective a cosmetic surgery as an adult as people would make it seem.
But this question is like going into a group of religious folk and asking what god they support- theirs or another- No shit it's going to be their own. Men are obsessed with their own dick.
No, I have never wished that. But then again no one I know is circumcised
I'd never sacrifice 50% of the feelings for the sake of a shriveled tip to please some invisible sky daddy.
Male genital mutilation should be as outlawed as female.
And... Kids bullying others over their foreskin? I don't think I ever saw any classmate's dick in my life. Why is that even a thing?
I have no idea where this American obsession with male circumcision comes from. It is an unnecessary medical procedure that you only share with Jews, but they at least can cite their ancient religion as an excuse.
Anyone else in the world just shake their heads about this.
It was supposed to help stop masturbation or something. Why it's still a thing is a bit of a mystery, but then they've always been a bit odd over there.
If society jumped off a bridge, would you also?
I have never ever wished that. But I'm also not American or Jewish so I wasn't bullied for being intact.
I was circumcised at 40 for medical reasons, due to phimosis. That was a blessing after several years of issues with having normal intercourse and having little operations done that were ultimately ineffective.
Anyway, it's definitely different and I am much less sensitive. I definitely prefer being uncircumcised, just not, you know, with phimosis.
Why is Christianity always so obsessed with little boys penises? It’s fucking gross.
There is nothing Christian about circumcision
I agree, but that's not the question.
As a woman, I'm genuinely curious on men's opinions about this.
I definitely would leave it up to them. It is a very long recovery to regrow that skin if they have regrets or issues later in life.
To attempt to regrow... you can't simply (or with complexity) regrow it. A bit of stretching and that's mostly it.
No
Hell no I like the extra skin wouldnt it hurt if my dick was out in the open the whole time wtf, also jerking of with skin is like 100 times better lol
Nope.
I'm circumcised and my three children are, too. However, I made that decision when I was still working my way out of a conservative upbringing. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't and have left my children uncut.
There is no point to it. I just did it because it is considered strange not to in religious circles and I hadn't broke away from that stupid yet.
If your kids want to be, let them make that decision themselves when they're older. You can't undo it.
Never, I'm very happy to be in cut. Just wash myself in the shower, and it's more sensation and fun.
I think its a lot less common in the US these days. My 6yo isn't, and to my knowledge none of the little kids in the family are either. My friend has 3 little boys all uncut
Never ever regretted being uncircumcised. In fact, I regularly feel especially grateful to my parents for not getting me circumcised. If it were socially acceptable, I'd talk to more people about it and why it's great not being circumsized. I would get me parents a "Thanks for not mutilating me as a baby" thank you cake.
GenX USAmerican here. I felt 'different' as a kid when we had to shower for gym class. Besides that, it's been fine. Teach your son proper hygiene and it will be okay. I have never had a negative sexual encounter about it, or been otherwise teased by women. Circumcision is so much less common here than it used to be.
If you aren't Jewish, what reason do you have to do it to an infant that can't possibly wait until they're old enough to decide for themselves?
Would you be struggling with the same decision to surgically alter an infant's genitals if we were talking about your daughter instead of your son?
Ok, so I'm a 38 year old uncircumcised Canadian male and on this issue, I have two opinions:
1.) Circumcision for moral, traditional, covenantial, or social cohesion reasons is child genital mutilation. Full stop, no second guesses...
2.) I have a larger-ish penis with a proportionally smaller frenulum and tighter foreskin. I am not bragging about size, I wish I was smaller because, when I get very aroused it can be quite painful. The foreskin frenulum pulls right against the tip of my penis and bends it down. If I were to excuse the frenulum and loosen my foreskin, I can imagine having sex when I am very erect would feel much better. This would be great because right now it feels like I'm trying to fuck with reigns on.
I have been exploring the idea of the loosening surgery, but obviously this is my choice, for aesthetic and pain management reasons.
The child has no choice, it's abuse. I have a choice, it's a medical procedure.
The condition you describe under 2 is called frenulum breve, and it's sorted by cutting the frenulum and fixing the loose ends with 3 stitches to the shaft. I had exactly the same condition, got it fixed at about 20 years old, and was fully recovered after a week. No more bent out of shape tip, and the foreskin is perfectly intact.
Nope, not even once. I find the idea of circumcision really bizarre.
I did as a kid because I was different from everyone else.
As an adult I'm so incredibly thankful that I didn't suffer genital mutilation because of social pressure from people I couldn't care less about.
I'm very happy being natural.
I'm circumcised, but I can give the answer to if I wish I were uncircumcised. I would only want to choose circumcision if I looked into it and determined it to be good.
There's someone whose name I forgot who called this out as being barbarism at Harvard or Columbia before getting kicked out for basically giving the truth on circumcision.
No why would I want to mutilate my dick
