What is circumcision?

Question

Also what is foreskin,and what do the Jewish people do,someone be specific.

Answer 1

Here's an illustration that shows the difference:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19093.htm

The one with the foreskin (how boys are born) is not circumcised (it's uncircumcised).

Otherwise, when hard (erect) they can look very much alike, since the foreskin slides down (and slides up and down during sex and masturbation to stimulate the head).
http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/
http://net.indra.com/~shredder/intact/anatomy/index.html

Risks of circumcision include:

In a medical study, it was found that females are more likely to hit orgasm with an uncircumcised man:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/60750.html

The lubricated foreskin (on the inside... like your eyelids) slides up and down during sex and masturbation to stimulate the head.
http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/

Studies have found that circumcision reduces sensitivity (this article also mentions how it has lost popularity in the USA in recent times):
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,285532,00.html

And despite being more sensitive, they still last in the same six minute range (average) that circumcised guys do:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00070.x

Makes masturbation more difficult:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x

Which makes sense, that's how it was made popular in the USA:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/27-03-2006/77873-circumcision-0

Increases erectile dysfunction rates:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14979200&dopt=Abstract%7C

If too much skin is removed, it can make the penis smaller since the penis needs some skin to expand during an erection:
http://drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&ref=1125
http://www.altermd.com/Penis%20and%20Scrotal%20Surgery/buried_penis.htm

The USA is the last developed nation doing circumcision on a significant scale without medical or religious reasons. That means Europe and Japan (and Latin America and China, for that matter) don't circumcise. Circumcision rates in Australia and Canada are low, and in Africa... it varies by nation/tribe. Here's a worldwide map that gives you a general idea of where circumcision is common:
http://www.circumstitions.com/Maps.html

In the United States, circumcision rates vary by state, race... and other factors, like the year you were born. For the most part, the West Coast has the lowest circumcision rates, with some states as low as 14% now. Compare that to national circumcision rates being around 90% back in the 1960s and 70s. US data:
http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/staterates2004/

In other words, circumcision has become less common especially now that you can research it online.

Answer 2

Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin.
When boys are born, there is a layer of skin that covers the head of the penis. (Think of the shaft being extended a bit over the end.) This "extra" skin, the foreskin, can be gently pulled back to expose the head for urination, etc.
During a circumcision, the foreskin is cut and removed. Different doctors do this procedure different ways. One way, is where a bell (looks like a thimble maybe) is placed over the head of the penis for protection, the foreskin is cut around and rolled off over the bell in one piece.
Many people have their infant sons circumcised with the thinking that it is cleaner that way. There are also lots of different religious beliefs regarding circumcision, but I'll let someone else answer that part!
It used to be that the majority of males were circumcised, but now it seems to be closer to 50/50.

Answer 3

Male genital mutilation. Baby boys are born perfect, but some arrogant people think they can improve on this perfection by cutting off the protective skin (NOT "extra") that natural males have on the end of their penises. This skin is rich in nerve endings and is a major source of male sexual pleasure.

These days many Jewish parents are opting for a dedication ceremony that leaves the genitals intact. Jewish ritual circumcision is usually less severe than circumcisions done in hospitals, that is, less foreskin is amputated.

If you have foreskin, be very grateful to your parents for not having you mutilated!

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

In the Jewish and Muslim traditions and in the USA people remove the foreskin (it's skin surrounding the end of the penis, protects the glans) from the penis on baby boys. There is no reason for this it's just cultural. About 20% of men in the world are circumcised, usually by their parents' choosing when they are babies and before they can object. However some Jews are no longer doing it.

Answer 5

Circumcision is that which makes a human male different from and better than a mere male animal. It is the perfection of the penis by removal of the foreskin.