What do you think about circumcision.....?

Question

Ok, men when it comes to circumcision, you do you think that you should have been give the choice to under go this? If you feel like it is something that you should have had a choice in why or why not, and what is it that someone can do to right the "worng"?

Answer 1

The “medical” reasons for circumcision are for Doctors to make MONEY!!!
Circumcision is “nothing” compared to other much more terrible things that people do for MONEY, when MONEY is involved EVERYRHING is possible, MONEY is the priority not moral values, not ethics, not health, not wrong or right, not even human life, etc. People are selfish by nature. And that is soooo sad. $$$CASH$$$

MOTHERS, the feelings of mothers who observed the circumcision of their babies. Go here if you have the courage:
http://www.circumcision.org/mothers.htm
They do not remember the pain when they grow up, but I wonder what kind of neurological/emotional damage it does to inflict such severe pain to such a young one!

In the US circumcision started to stop boys from masturbating; they will take much longer to reach the orgasm, and the orgasm will not be as intense, but that will not stop them.
Nowadays the “medical” reasons to circumcision are for Doctors to make MONEY!!!

RELIGION--If God intended boys to not have "skin" He would have made them so.
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/

HYGIENE--Use a new invention, soap and water!!! Women produce much more “smegma”, all kinds of discharges, wetness, and smells; because of physiologic and anatomical reasons, and how would you feel if they cut your vulva lips??? Women, why don’t you answer my question, are you afraid? Baby girls are more likely to get urinary tract infections and no one suggests we surgically alter them at birth to reduce the risks! Just one of many double standards and laws that always treat men worse.

MEDICAL REASONS--No medical reasons. A extremely small chance of a complication do not justify the removal of the foreskin, if so, why don't we remove the tonsils and the appendix when a child is born, and the chance of complications of the tonsils and the appendix is much greater. And for infections of all the organs, including female organs, use a new invention called antibiotics. Talking about complications, in fact many baby boys die each year from circumcision and related complications.
EVEN if “TRUE phimosis” occurs, instead of chopping it off like barbarians!, use Conservative Treatments like:
-Topical Medication(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Dilation and Stretching(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Combination treatment(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Preputioplasty is the medical term for plastic surgery of the prepuce or foreskin(many methods).
If you want more detail on Conservative Treatments, go here:
http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/
http://www.circinfo.org/alternatives.html
And now they invented a new reason to make money, the risk of STD in uncircumcised men. Well actually uncircumcised men have more protection, but in practical terms that protection means nothing, because circumcised or not, if you have sex without protection and your partner have an STD you will be infected FOR SURE! That means, it is just one more stupid and desperate reason in order to make money with circumcisions.

SEX--Foreskin actually enhances the sexual experience for men because it constantly moves over the head of the penis causing more friction and pleasure. Men will also lose much sensitivity to the glans if circumcised.
Circunsized men will have to deal with disconfot and dry glans.
The foreskin have those functions: protective, erogenous, sensory, and sexual physiologic. After all, why would you want to lose all of those “Meissner corpuscles”, the same nerve complexes which provide fine touch to the fingertips?
It is there for many reasons, that is how a man should be(it is natural).
If women like it better circumcised because it looks better(strange, not natural) or gives them more sexual pleasure(strange, not natural), then too bad, they do not have the right! All men do not like mutilated vulvas, and all men like breasts with nipples, they do not like mutilated breasts, etc, etc, etc, because that is the way those organs are supposed to be, it is natural. Interesting, isn’t?!!!

If that was a common practice to do that to baby girls, all the women would be in a big uproar about it(and men too!, men are not like women), but it’s ok to mutilate little boys. The great majority of the ones that agree with circumcision are women for their stupid selfish reasons. Even court cases reported in which mother and father fight because the mother wants to mutilate the son, it is always the mother!. You women should be ashamed to that to your son. Men that are not circumcised, will not get circumcised when adults, they would scream, kick, fight and run, if someone tries to mutilate their privates area, just like you women would run too if someone tried to do that to your labia. Men that where circumcised do not realize what they lost because never had one, and most of them that do realize try to justify it so they do not feel bad about it. Many circumcised men feel very bad emotionally because of what was done to them to such a private area.
It is mutilation of defenceless children in the most private spot, genital mutilation.
It is cruel and barbaric.
It is a human rights violation.
It is not the parent’s decision; it is the parents decision if they want to abuse him, rape him, or to kill him?.
I do not even agree that it is ok if an adult man wants to get circumcised. I think it is wrong, because if a man wants to lose a finger, the Doctor can not do that to him. Think about it, think, think. And by the way, adult men that decide to get circumcised, do it because they know most women like it, they just do it to be more accepted by women.
I think it is just like slavery and all other barbaric acts of the past, it was accepted because it was common practice or tradition, everyone accepted slavery without questioning the facts, but it is not accepted anymore in a modern and fair and civilized society. Circumcision must not be allowed, BY LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many other reasons not to do it, check it out:
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/
http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/
http://www.noharmm.org/
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/boydies.html

Answer 2

I believe, religion and medical necessity aside, it should be completely the man's choice. Most of the time circumcisions are not medically necessary. 80% of the world's male population is uncircumcised and most of them seem to have no problems with being that way. Only like 5% of uncut men have any problems with their foreskins, and only a fraction of that is severe enough to warrant medical circumcision.

Furthermore, the risks and complications can potentially be a lot worse in infant circumcisions than adult circumcisions, ranging from excessive bleeding to infection to amputation to even death (extremely rare, but it has happened). What if something went wrong in a circumcision, whereas wtihout the operation the person would've been perfectly fine otherwise? That's not a risk worth taking right there, I think. There is nothing wrong with having a foreskin if it doesn't have any problems. People who say being circumcised is clean clearly don't know how easy it is to clean the foreskin and keep it clean.

It just doesn't hold. Might as well apply the same logic to removing tonsils and appendices when arguing for circumcisions not made by that person. If it isn't broken, it doesn't need fixing.

Answer 3

I wish I had been given the choice. However, my mom told me later that she "didn't want me to go through life with a 'thing' looking like that" so she had me circumcised. I mean, it won't kill anyone, but I think the foreskin is probably a nice body part to have (in spite of the minor hygiene issues people constantly mention). I do not believe there is any compelling reason for one to be circumcised in 99%+ of cases.

Now, what can be done about it now that it's done? Well, your penis will never be the same because parts are removed that will not grow back. However, you can stretch the skin of your penis to mimick the foreskin nonsurgically for very little cost (but a lot of time, like from one to three years). In fact, all you need to get started is a certain kind of tape. You can read about the various procedures all over the place online, but I recommend this site:
http://www.norm.org/
They have an excellent and informative ebook for $10 (paper copies available for more money). It gives details about the procedure along with a lot of interesting information about circumcision and letters from people who have tried the procedure. I think I will try the restoration one day, but not right now. Anyway, good luck!

Answer 4

I was cut at the age of six, I didn't have much to say in the matter.

I was circumcised because my foreskin was a little tight and at that time that was an excuse to cut, I feel more stretching should have been tried instead of circumcision. (age six is too early to expect complete retractability) This should have at least waited until puberty to see if I could stretch my foreskin enough.

I have suffered injury to my unprotected glans (penis tip), and let me tell you a lacerated glans is a whole new definition of pain. The friction of my clothing still drives me nuts after 50 years, and the loss of sensitivity has all but wrecked my sex life. I hate the SOB that did this and I would like to smash his hands so he can't do this to anyone else. (but the bastard is dead)

I have been using a penal sheath for protection from my clothing (see www.senslip.com) and have gotten some sensation back in my glans, and now I am able to reach orgasm before my wife has to ask me to stop. I have been thinking of non surgical foreskin restoration. It is impossible to replace a lost foreskin (240 feet of nerves and 20,000 nerve endings), but one can stretch the skin of the penis down to protect the tip again. I understand it takes about 4 years of stretching.

Answer 5

Not a guy but...from my understanding, the popularity of circumcision is an American thing. Not that it isn't done in other countries, but I believe it is more popular in the U.S.

Answer 6

Not a man but as a women I would not do it to my kids plus I heard that if u were a baby when they did it. It keeps Ur penis for growing longer but I don't know if that is a fact or not.

Answer 7

another stupid thing done in the name of religion. as it is normally done before the baby leaves the hospital (except Jews) the decision should be up to the father. i did not have my son butchered, in fact i forbid it. Neither he or i have had any problems. you can get it done if you want when you're older, but you can't ever undo it.

Answer 8

Sorry I'm not a guy, but I just had to say...

I personally think uncircumcised is very unattractive. Not only because of how it looks, but because of the hygiene issues that come along with it. An uncircumcised one is harder to keep clean, and it makes me sick even thinking about one.

There's not a ton you can do once it's been done, unless you wanna try to find a plastic surgeon who is willing to get a graft and try to fix it..Either way, eew.

Answer 9

Given a choice, I would have said no. However, what's done is done.

Answer 10

All I know is, when my parents did it to me when I was born, it hurt so bad I couldn't walk for a year.