Circumcision?? Is this hygeinic?

Question

Well, I think I offended my friend because we were talking and she asked me, if I have a baby boy am I going to have him circumcised. I said of course I was going to, it was very unhygienic, not to. My friend got really upset stating that all 3 of her boys and her husband were not circumcised, and it's better for them not to be circumcised because if they are it reduced sexual arousal. I was very put off by this. I told her that she was wrong and in my opinion it was disgusting and I felt that circumcision was the right choice for us since my husband and I have already disgust this option. She also said that circumcisions were not covered by insurance? My friend abruptly ended the phone call and hasn't returned my phone calls, was I being close minded or was she over reacting? What's your take on circumcision?

Answer 1

As far as your friend advising you against circumcision because it affected sexual arousal, that is full of bull, my X-husband was NOT circumcised and he had very little sexual arousment and I found it unattractive to look at. As far as it being hygienic, that is totally up to the person. Just like every child is born and reared, they must be taught how to care for and clean their own body. If the skin that covers the penis is not retracted and cleaned then an oder does develop as well as irritation to the penis. If the skinis not retracted for long periods of time the skin can grow over the head of the penis and become tight to retract and will cause pain.

Answer 2

Intact (not circ'd) penises are very clean and hygenic.

The infant male has a non-retractile self-cleaning foreskin. In most boys no preputial space exists because the foreskin is fused with the glans penis.7 The tip of the foreskin is flushed out several times a day by sterile urine. The protective functions of the foreskin work best if it is left alone and not disturbed.

You are just misinformed about circumcision. Many parents do this because they think it is cleaner. Not to turn this into a debate, but do you think the wound from the surgery is going to be hygenic? It's an open wound sitting against a diaper with pee and sometimes poop!

Some insurance won't cover circumcision. My sister even delivered her son in a hospital that wouldn't circ her son!

Answer 3

For some reason, this is a very touchy subject with some people. I have heard that it is easier to keep clean when it has been done. As far as sexual arousal goes, I dont know that it makes a difference. If it does, thank god my husband is circumsized! I had my sons done the day after he was born. I have medi-cal insurance, and it didnt cover the cost. It was 270.00 out of my pocket, but I really think that it was worth it.

Answer 4

You are 100% correct. It is alot more hygenic and does not decrease sexual desire, I mean if that were the case so many circumsized men would not be trying to screw everything in sight. Circumcision is covered by most insurances. She is just mad because the truth hurts. However I do not think I would have told her it was disgusting, that probably hurt her feelings and made her defensive. If men/boys are taught how to keep clean then it is not disgusting but most do not keep it clean as need to. Disease is more prevalent in uncircumsized men also.

Answer 5

First off, everyone is entitled to their opinion, including you! Your friend should not be acting like this, it is your choice, your son, your right! It is always covered by HMO insurances (I work for one of the big ones) so dont worry about that. Un-cut males sometimes have a higher rate of UTI's and other complications with the foreskin that may require the surgical procedure later in life, which is much more painful. However, it does take away a lot of the sensation, therefore limiting the sexual experience later in life. My husband never complains and he did have it done as a baby, so I wouldnt worry about that either!

Answer 6

Mam,

I think you should learn more about circumcision because you might change your mind about it. The thing to understand about circumcision is this: people cling to what they know and they do what’s been done to them. If the men in your family are circumcised, if the men you’ve been with have all been circumcised, and if you live in America where the dominant image of the penis is a circumcised penis, then you will like circumcision and believe that it is a beneficial thing to do to a penis.

But if you are like the majority of people in the world, the circumcised penis will look wrong, disfigured, maimed. It will just look funny. I mean, I once heard a woman from England call the circumcised penis laughable. And I know women who would rather not be with a man who’s been genitally modified. Women in countries where circumcision is not practiced do not think the uncircumcised penis is ugly, they think it is attractive. To them it’s a penis - what’s not attractive about it?

The foreskin plays a big role in foreplay, blow jobs, intercourse and in a man’s masturbatory pleasure. It is like a “mini-vagina”, always keeping the glans next to what it likes, skin. So the uncircumcised penis is normal and the circumcised penis, with its scar, no penile skin mobility, rough and dried out glans, gray look to it, is just freakish.

In America the picture is reversed, and people get very offended when what they consider to be a normal penis is called mutilated, inferior, damaged, etc. They deny what might be the truth, defend circumcision and perpetuate circumcision.

But no one can be really be condemned for liking the natural, normal human form, for wanting to be the way nature made you, and for wanting the whole body, and whole penis, that you inherited from 60,000 years of human evolution.

People who are strongly against circumcision are not just offended by people who support circumcision, they’re frightened of them. “Pro-circ” people cling to irrational cultural beliefs and myths such as that a normal, whole penis is somehow “gross”, disgusting, dirty, smelly and disease-ridden. Shouldn’t this be true of the vagina, also?
It’s especially frightening and sad to live in a society where the majority of people share these irrational beliefs and where the practice of circumcision is institutionalized.

Answer 7

Circumsision is a simple process. It is very hygenic if done with sterilized medical equiptmen. Most boys are circumsized at birth sometime during their short stay in the hospital, I am sure you can request the procedure to your doctor. Many say it is best because if one is not circumsized then you have to be extremely carefuly about other medical concerns like bacterial infections other things. It is your friends personal decision to have not circumsized her children, does not mean that cou can't. And I highly doubt that it limits the sexual arousal because it is only removing excess skin, and I think that has nothing to do with one's arousal.

Answer 8

First of all do what you want, second all insurance companies in the US cover it, third a uncirrcumcized boy needs to be washed better, there is some research that says that they are more prone to UTI & are latter potty trainers. Also foreskin makes it a bit easier to contact a std as the virus can harrbor in the foreskin. If you have your son done it will require extra care for a week to two weeks, pretty easy though. I had my son done, his daddy is & it was not even a thought not to. She should not be impossing her personal beliefs on you. I would wait for her appology.

Answer 9

Leaving a boy intact is not unhygenic. In fact, creating an open wound on a child's diaper area is unhygenic.

80% of the worlds circs are done in the US. The other 20% are done for religious reasons. The rest of the world isn't having problems with intact penis'. All you do to care for an intact penis is to clean it off like a finger. NEVER retract the foreskin or you will cause problems.

Answer 10

Ok, maybe both of you were out of line??? She stated her opinion after you told her your plans. And then you fired back with your opinion. Maybe both of you said too much. A good friend of mine asked if I was going to have my baby boy circ'd and why not. I simply told her God made him that way and I see no reason to alter him. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is always my line. I even told my husband, his mother and grandmother the same thing..."if it ain't broke, don't fix it." End of conversation.