Parents who circumcise, how do you feel about this one issue?

Question

OK, I know there are many reasons that you chose to have it done to your baby. But how do you feel about the fact that it will take pleasure away from him? It was first done by the Egyptions to deny plesure, then the Romans for the same reason. So that slaves could get as much plesure out of it. Then brought to american in the 1800s to punish young boys for masturbating. In that case it was done with no drugs to be extreamly painful so the boy would know he is being punished. Other cultures do it for religous reasons. It removes what would become 15 square inches of sensitive skin that would pleasure the person when intimate. But they will never know that pleasure.

Here is my quesiton. How do you feel about taking this away from him?

Ryan's mom, I keep getting evidence that says you are not correct. If you are feeling guilty about it, (poor ryan) than you should admit it and not dispute facts.

Men who have been circumcised later in life say it's like having a color TV being replaced forever with a black and white one.

Also there apears to be a connection between circumcision and erectile dysfunction later in life.

jimend09, lets not lower ourselves to name calling. If you had never seen a color TV and had only seen black and white, then you wouldn't know what you were missing.

Answer 1

You sure brought up a flock of the pro-mutilation parrots with this question.

The US is the only developed country that routinely mutilates is baby boys. That is right, it is just us and some primitive desert tribes that do it. The European and Asian nations that do not "circumcise" have better scores than the US on STDs and HIV AIDS, (If "circumcision is so effective; WHY is that?)
The nations of Europe do not "circumcise" their baby boys and they have a lower infant mortality rate than the US; is that a coincidence?

You girls don't think it robs pleasure. How can it not? It removes five of the most sensitive areas of the penis, there is no area left on a "circumcised" penis that compares to that which is cut off, the glans (head of the penis) is actually the least sensitive area of the penis and that is all that is left for a "circumcised" boy to feel pleasure with. This was proven in a study published in the British Journal of Urology (April 2007)

A "circumcised" penis does feel some pleasure, enough so most males can function/father children; but many men that have been "circumcised" after becoming sexually active notice a severe reduction in sensitivity. Some have described it like going from color tv to black and white.

Some "circumcised" men have trouble getting enough sensation to ever reach orgasm. Girls, how will you feel if your guy can't climax when he has intercourse with you?

Many men have increasing sensitivity problems as they age, having only 25% of the pleasure feeling nerves may be enough to get by with when he is 25 years old, but all nerves cool down with age, by age 55 those few nerves left in a mutilated penis will not give much pleasure. No wonder the average age of "circumcised" men starting to use ED medications is 7 years younger than those with complete penises.

You say your boyfriend/husband doesn't have any trouble; I say YET! You people are young.

I have nearly 52 years of experience after being mutilated at the age of 6.

"Circumcision" is mutilation.


wolfwhaterver: Get your story straight. "Circumcision" is NOT required in the Quran. It it not a directive from Allah, just from some men.

people: Nobody is saying "circumcision" totally ruins sex for every man, if it did it would have stopped after the first idiot did it, but it does severely impact the performance and enjoyment of sex for some. Do you have that right to play this game of Russian Roulette with your son's sex life.

Should "circumcision" cause your son sexual problems, it is very doubtful that anything can be done to remedy it. If being left complete should be a problem for him he can always go get mutilated on his own at his choice.

Answer 2

No it's not mutilation. It doesn't fit the definition, nor does it take away a huge chunk of sensitivity from someone. It doesn't cripple the function of the ear etc. I don't agree with either. I wouldn't tattoo my child, or circumcise him or peirce anything on their body. I think lip peircings are really nice but I wouldn't peirce my babies lip and that's the same thing as peircing the ear. I don't agree with any but they can't exactly be compared. ================= Definition of mutilation (since a lot of you are having a hard time with this) To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple. Circumcision is depriving a child of a very important part of the penis that serves many functions and holds 2/3 of the penile nerve endings and keeps the head of the penis sensitive as well. You are also crippling the penis because it can no longer function in the same way AND circumcised men are much more likely to develope sexual dysfunction including premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: Circumcisions can NOT be repaired altho you can restore it is in now way the same and you can't restore every little bit. It causes perminant nerve and vascular dammage. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts. You are greatly altering the penis, taking away most of it's function. Also you are making it unnatural so imperfect so to speak. The only way it's not making the penis imperfect is if your son thinks it's perfect but that's his ultimate decision not yours as a parent. It fit's the definition, you can't argue with that. I'm so sorry. It doesn't need to be done with agression, nor are you excused from it because you don't "think" you are mutilating him. It's mutilation by definition it's ignorant to dissagree with that. -Connor

Answer 3

We didn't get our son circumsized, but it definitly was not for fear of making him sexually disfunctional. Everyone says it helps reduce the risk of specific cancers of the penis - it does, from like 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 200,000 or something like that, which we figured was not worth the sure pain it would cause him as an infant. In this day and country where everyone bathes almost daily, the health benefits are just slim to none

Answer 4

A lot of answerers seem to get confused - thinking you're accusing them of having no pleasure at all - but you're right they won't know what they're missing.

Raising your child one way is reasonable...but permanently removing a healthy body part without their consent, and just because you want to, is not.

Answer 5

In Islam which is my religion it is a law from ALLAH(SWT) for all male infants to be circumcised. I doubt it takes away your pleasure because my husband is circumcised and he is perfectly fine when having sex. All the men in my husband's family are circumcised as we're all Muslims and my sons will be as well. It's all better for your health and easier to clean your penis if there's no skin over the head.

Answer 6

I've never known a male, circumsized or not, who had any problems with pleasure. If my husband had any more pleasure (he's circumsized) then I would never get the chance to reach my pleasure zone. So, I'm not concerned at all about taking away any of my future son's pleasure. He'll have plenty I'm sure.

Answer 7

My son was circumsized and it's a decision hubby & I made together, IN ADDITION to religious reasons. My husband has no problems at all in the pleasure department.

How you parent and raise and make decisions for your child is 100% your business. I would never bash someone in how they raise their child. Therefore, please respect the way in which I chose to raise mine.

Since you seem to be very passionate about the subject, please include your sources of information, and also join some kind of advocacy group elsewhere. IMO, Yahoo Answers is NOT the appropriate forum for your propaganda. Again, JMO.

Answer 8

Circumsicision began a covenant between Abraham and His God. It has practical purposes (no penile cancer, no adhesions, bilantis, phimosis etc) and spiritual purposes (obedience).

Because of personal experiences, I know the horrors of what happens when foreskin is left intact. I've never known any man to state he lost pleasure because he was circed. Men who develop diabetis tend to have penile probs and a foreskin is a huge problem, then. Ever seen a 57 y/o man have to get circ'd? Not pretty. Mates of uncirced males have a 50% higher rate of cervical cancer. Plus, there's the smegma!

Answer 9

That is BULL. My husband was circumcised and he has no problems. This is just another one of those stupid questions in order to pit one opinion against another. People need to quit doing this!
EDIT: You cannot believe everything you read on the internet! How do you know that these are actual studies and not fakes just to incite people. Some people will believe anything!

Answer 10

You fail to mention the fact that men who are UNCIRCUMCISED run a higher risk of getting the aids virus than men who are circumcised.