Circumcise my baby boy?

[JihadOnTheRiver]

You can uaully tell very quickly if the talent is snipped or not. If you can't tell right away, once he pops you sure can.

[mslif]

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I would expect many, perhaps most American women to say this. People tend to like best what they're used to.

Go to Europe and it's the mirror image.

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I concur.

[brick]

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I voted you should not circumcise him.

I am circumcised.

Yes, my penis is "fine", works well, and using it is enjoyable. Some of it is missing though, and nobody asked me if that's the way I wanted it or not.

How do I know what it should have been like? I will never know.

Yes, my dad is circumcised too, so I "look like him". So what?

Do some searching and read about what actually happens during a circumcision procedure. Find a reference that shows pictures, if possible, so you can see what would actually be done to your son. Anesthetic is not always used. It's not as if you can just roll back the foreskin and snip it off, either; a newborn's foreskin is actually attached to the head of the penis, so they essentially have to tear the foreskin away from the head before they cut it off.

I find it interesting that, in America, the idea of a female having her clitoral hood removed at birth disgusts most people, yet the idea of a male having his foreskin removed at birth is widely accepted and practiced, and nobody bats an eye. It's the same damn thing.

If you do not circumcise your son, and he decides, later in life, that he really does not like it, he can always have it done later if he decides that it's worth it. But it will be HIS decision.

If you do circumcise your son, and he decides, later in life, that he rather would not have been, there isn't anything he can do about it. You have taken the decision away from him.

Also, although rare, hope that they don't botch the procedure if you do have it done.

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my thoughts exactly. also, it's not like dad and son need to be comparing penises.

why intorduce the risk of severe scaring, skin bridges, etc.

[gorie]

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Anyway, I'd like to hear more women chime in on the subject. I suspect they're usually just as slurpy for natural cocks as circumcised ones.

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i can definitely understand the argument against circumcision, i am not sure why the practice even exists in the first place.

i do think uncircumcised penises look weird and scare me a little. but i've never been with a guy that was not circumcised (that doesn't mean much), and never really see uncircumsized penises, so i assume my preference has a lot to do with just liking what i am familiar with as "normal" to me. if that makes sense. or maybe it's just what looks better. either way that doesn't mean much when it comes to being a reason to do it.

i am not sure the sensitivity issue is as big of a deal as it sounds though since most guys that are circumsized can still orgasm in like 2 minutes anyway. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] but again that doesn't make it right.

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I would expect many, perhaps most American women to say this. People tend to like best what they're used to.

Go to Europe and it's the mirror image.

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Yes, it's definately what you're culturally used to.

[renodoc]

Haven't read the whole thread, but have gone through the thought process a few years ago (the boy is 3 1/2)

Lots of reasons NOT to cut the kid. One good one would be to go to the nursery and watch the pediatrician do the procedure. Yuck. All of the other stated reasons in the thread seemed valid to me. My wife's male family is uncut and they swear by it. Also, if the kid wants to do it later when he is in his teens or twenties then he can do it and its his choice.

[KneeCo]

I wouldn't do it for the simple reason that there is no good reason to do it. If you however are inclined to cut up your child because it seems to be in fashion, it's your option.

If you have the chance, check out the episode of Penn & Teller's BullS**t on the topic (Season 3, Episode 1). It's quite good.

(If you haven't seen the show, it's basically a weekly debunking of a debated issue, and is always impressively researched).

[RunDownHouse]

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solid page of "proving it"

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I wonder if astro is going to bother showing up in this thread again...

[slickpoppa]

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Haven't you ever seen a porn with uncircumcized guys in it? That [censored] just looks awkward.

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Seriously, this is the best reason mentioned so far. Don't you want your son becoming a porn star?

[Sightless]

All I can say is watch Penn and Teller Episode on circumcision...