Circumcized, NOT circumsized... What's the difference? Are there advantages???

Question

17 year old from Asia...

Answer 1

alot of people choose not to circumsize due to cultural or religious beliefs and also personal choice.

from a medical standpoint-it's easier for bacteria and germs to become trapped beneath the skin of an uncircumsized penis which can lead to infection alot easier. and for some men-it's harder to keep clean.

Answer 2

It is done in some religions. Medically, there are few valid reasons to circumcision.

The most common argument for circumcision is hygiene and decrease in infections. If one cleans their foreskin and underneath it and keep it clean, then there is essentially no difference. The foreskin is really easy to keep clean, just pull it back and wash with water and mild soap when you take a shower like any other part of your body. In rare cases some guys get frequent infections or hygiene problems no matter what they do. In this case, circumcision may be considered.

Some guys have a condition called phimosis where the opening of the foreskin is too narrow or tight to be retracted. Usually it resolves itself by the end of puberty and in most cases, circumcision is a radical treatment when other methods are easier, cheaper, less painful, and simply better. In the rare severe case of phimosis where erection is painful, circumcision may be considered.

Another argument for circumcision is that it decreases the chances of contracting an STD or HIV. For most STDs there is no statistical difference and the research for HIV is conflicting. There is a recent study that says if one keeps his foreskin clean properly, the rate of HIV between circumcised and uncircumcised men vary by only a few percent. Thus, circumcision is too extreme a reason when clean water and proper hygiene come to the same benefit. Also, safe sex >>> circumcision anyway.

Lastly, about 80% of the world's male population is uncircumcised. Of that population, only around 5% develop any real problems with their foreskin, and only a small fraction of that 5% develop problems severe enough to warrant medical circumcision. Circumcision does carry its own risks and complications and people often downplay that, which is dangerous. It can range from local infection to excessive bleeding to accidental amputation to death (very rare). Basically, if there's nothing wrong, don't fix it.

Answer 3

There are no real advantages in modern times.

It came from hot countries where boys were getting infections under the foreskin, mainly due to lack of cleanliness, that there were no antibiotics to treat.

With modern medicine there is no reason at all for 99.9999999% of circumcisions.

There are still a few cases where is it needed on medical grounds, too small an opening in the foreskin for it to withdraw properly being one

Answer 4

Disadvantages of circumcision: reduced sensitivity as the head of the penis is constantly exposed. This arguably makes sex less pleasurable for the circumcised person.

Advantages: in cases where the foreskin doesn't come back far enough, circumcision might be necessary to allow the head of the penis to be exposed - this tends only to become apparent at adolescence when the male is old enough to decide for themselves whether they wish to be circumcised or not.

Answer 5

Infections? just clean yourself!

Why would any sane man cut off a piece of his penis? Religion is the only reason. Don't impose that to children, many boys get traumatized. Some even try to stretch some skin and let it grow back.

When you cut in the private parts of a girl you go to jail. It should be the same with cutting in boys.

Answer 6

It's usually considered healthier/cleaner to become circumcised. It's a process (usually done as an infant) when the doctor cuts a small piece of the "foreskin" away, at the bottom of the ***.
It's considered healthier because it's easier to clean under the foreskin.

Answer 7

Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the prepuce (foreskin). The frenulum is often excised at the same time, in a procedure called frenectomy. The word circumcision comes from Latin circum (="around") and caedere (="to cut"). Female circumcision is a term applied to a variety of procedures performed on the female genitalia, of which only one, the removal of the clitoral hood, is comparable to male circumcision. Except where specified, "circumcision" in this article should be taken as "male circumcision."

Emotional impact of circumcision and non-circumcision
Much attention has been given to the emotional impact of the female form of circumcision, but some argue that male circumcision has just as much impact in this area. Emotional impact will vary from person to person and depend on cultural context and other factors. Issues about the rights of the child are often overlooked, as is the possibility that circumcision causes emotional harm to some males.

Two large-scale internet surveys have found that the percentages of circumcised and uncircumcised males dissatisfied with their status are approximately equal, with about 10-15% dissatisfied in each group. The only formal study in the literature, by Schlossberger et al., found that circumcised boys scored higher on satisfaction items.[19]

The majority of males are circumcised in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Niger, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Samoa. Tonga, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, "Somaliland", South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and Yemen.
In most of these countries the predominant religion (usually Islam or Judaism) endorses circumcision.

In the United States, statistics collected by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the overall rate of neonatal circumcision has remained near 65% since data collection began in 1979. However, strong regional differences in the circumcision rates have developed during this time. While more than 80% of newborn boys are circumcised in the Midwest and South, circumcision rates have declined to about 37% in the West This has been attributed in part to increasing births among Latin Americans, who usually do not circumcise A recent study used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (a 20% sample of the nation's total inpatients), and found a significant rise in circumcisions between 1988 and 2000. Thirteen states no longer pay for the procedure under Medicaid, causing some parents to request the procedure at a later time

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Answer 8

Uncircumcised men are most susceptible to infections.