what are the possitives and negatives to foreskin?

Question

which is better? why? im open to all opinions

Answer 1

I wrote the following to a mother that wanted to know the positives to a foreskin. I hope all the resources linked to it help.

I'm against infant circumcision. By leaving your son uncircumcised, if he's not satisfied with it he can always get cut and end up satisfied in the end. One survey found that about half of circumcised guys would have preferred to had made the decision themselves:
http://www.jackinworld.com/qow/q15.html

Circumcision has become less common. Circumcision rates were as high as 90% back in the 1960s and 1970s (that's partly why today's adults are so... brainwashed, I supposed you could say, about thinking that circumcision is better) but they have fallen to as low as 14% in some states. Here are the statistics:
http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/staterates2004/

The USA is the last developed nation doing it to a large number of newborns without religious or medical needs. (Europeans, Latin Americans, Japanese, and most Australians, Canadians, and Asians don't circumcise):
http://www.circumstitions.com/Maps.html

Christianity doesn't ask for circumcision, either. In fact, sections of the Bible are harsh against circumcision, and the Catholic Church even condemned the surgery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_in_the_Bible#In_Christianity

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 (which is why you don't hear of uncircumcised guys needing lube to masturbate).
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, uncircumcised guys 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

Circumcision 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 circumcision was promoted 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 in circumcision, 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

There's pain involved, often why doctors don't want you in the room when it's done:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1f21e.htm
(you can search online for a circumcision video, too)

Circumcision does not completely stop penile cancer. The American Cancer Society has already confirmed the myth that circumcision = no cancer.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Can_penile_cancer_be_prevented_35.asp

If circumcision did stop penile cancer, then penile cancer would not be more common in the USA (most circumcised adults) than in some European nations, where circumcision is not practiced other than for medical/religious reasons.
http://www.circumstitions.com/Cancer.html

And a new study found that circumcision does not reduce your chances to get HIV/AIDS. Unlike other studies, this one was done in a developed nation; the USA.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22096758/

Of course, there are other risks associated, but those are typically the ones due to surgery. You can research it more here:
http://shorl.com/deprygyfrykiny
http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/circumcision/against-circumcision.html

PS. As far as cleaning goes, it's really simple. For the first years in life the foreskin doesn't pull back. That prevents stuff like poo/fecal matter from touching the head. Later on all it takes it 5 to 10 seconds to pull the foreskin back and rub the head; it even feels good.
http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/circumcision/protect-uncircson.html

Answer 2

Positives:

--More and better sensation for the man.
--The woman is more likely to have an orgasm if her partner is intact.
--No pain or surgical risk.
--Protection from rubbing on clothing.
--Keeps the glans clean.
--Looks better - no scar.
--Extremely shallow women may not like it, so it's less likely you'll get stuck with a real twit.

Disadvantages of foreskin:
--None unless you want to convert to Judaism
--Oh, you might have to spend an extra 5 seconds in the shower to keep it clean, but it actually feels good. No hygiene problems if you do that.

Answer 3

Positives:
* Protects the glans of the penis, preventing fecal matter from getting in (in infants)
* Easy post-natal care - wash like a finger - no special instructions, soaps, or tricks
* Contains the majority of nerve endings of the penis, enhancing the sexual experience for a male.
* Provides "glide" during sex, enhancing the experience for a female
* Is a normal, functioning part of the male anatomy


Negatives:
* There are no negatives to remaining INTACT. Only for unnecessary cosmetic surgery. This is why almost no males in Europe are circumcised.


Circumcision DOES NOT affect HIV in U.S. men
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22096758/

Circumcision RISKS: (note that DEATH is not listed, but is a complication!)
http://children.webmd.com/tc/circumcision-risks

http://intactivist.wordpress.com/

http://www.sexasnatureintendedit.com/10F/1hook_scrapes.html

http://www.icgi.org/medicalization/#Page_1

Oh, and that hygiene thing? It's called bathing. Try it sometime. You might like not having to have half your penis cut off because you are too lazy to wash.

Answer 4

Leaving the foreskin intact may increase or maintain the sensitivity that circumcision seems to cause but if good hygiene is not practiced a foreskin is just a place to store germs and promote infection. There seems to be enough research that also shows that being uncircumcised may actually increase your chances of contracting certain STI's like HIV.

Answer 5

foreskins can became infected with germs collecting underneath. it's removed for hygene.