Male genital mutilation (circumcision)

Circumcision is totally unnecessary both aesthetically and medically. Frankly I feel bad for the kids whose parents make the selfish and misguided decision to force them through the process before they have the chance to make the decision themselves. That being said, something is seriously wrong with people who would actually tease someone for not being circumcised. Since when is mutilating yourself based on some superstitious nonsense something to be proud of?

Hey Rasputin, you know what happens when you jump on a thread without reading it first? You get repititive replies. It's already been debated_
Only one other person brought up the 'making fun' thing, and it wasn't in due process of people being shamed.

SOMEBODY CLOSE THIS THREAD!!!
 
It's funny to, because I swear, reading this thread- I don't think some people know the difference. Then again, I live in the U.S. so I won't preach how the rest of the world goes about it. Not exactly my prime subject, ya kno ^_^. All I can is that practically every major form of religion that has to do with the God of Moses proposes that circumcision is necessary. That's gotta be at least half the world population. I mean: Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc.
I just find it amazing that there are coincidently sooo many people on the forum that claim sooo many of people they know aren't circumcised..

What exactly do I have to do to prove it...post a picture of my penis?:starwars:

I don't think it's a horrible thing...I just don't think not doing it's a horrible thing. I think it's a person's choice what they're privates look like..not their parents or anyone elses for that matter. Certainly not my priests, or reverends, or preacher's.
 
Hey Rasputin, you know what happens when you jump on a thread without reading it first? You get repititive replies. It's already been debated_
Only one other person brought up the 'making fun' thing, and it wasn't in due process of people being shamed.

SOMEBODY CLOSE THIS THREAD!!!

When the people in favor of an argument are unjustified their assumptions, there is no sense in trying to endlessly follow their tangents of reasoning. It's better to reiterate why their presumptions are wrong to begin with.

You for example make the staggeringly incorrect claim that Christianity (which you also erroneously separate from Catholicism) is in support of circumcision, when anyone with a basic knowledge of the Bible knows that Saint Paul and many other crucial early Christan prophets denounce the practice as irrelevant on multiple occasions.

1 Corinthians 7:19 "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."

I could continue on with all the ridiculous and indefensible quips you've made- "And besides, circumcision keeps you're penis from looking like a snail" and "those guys, the starving liberals- they will do anything to make any form of civilization bad"- but your basic assumption that there is nothing inherently wrong with circumcision blatantly ignores the negative influence of the procedure's religiously charged origins and overwhelming medical evidence denouncing it's effectiveness. Only until we agree that mandated circumcision policies are primarily the realm of batshit insane social conservatives can we look at our responses point by point and come to an effective conclusion to the debate.

Also, trying to respond a post by demanding the debate be locked hardly helps your case.
 
:D So you read the thread and justify the entirety of it by a single quote from the Bible, and from the new testament at that-
Conservatives are the ones that push Christianity on others. If there's one thing I have against contemporary Christianity, it's that they completely ignore the by-laws of the old testament, which at the very least, ARE followed by the majority of world religions.
Lemme tell you, there is a big difference between Catholicism and Christianity. Sure they both believe in Jesus, but they have two completely different takes on it, spiritually and intuitively within their churches.
Even still, I don't want this to sway too far from the subject, so I'll just conclude with the fact that if you google it, study it, whatever,, you will find out very fast that it really DOES NOT MATTER. That is why I asked that the thread be closed_ bc the truth is a click away!
And like I had said, getting a haircut is perfectly normal but as soon as theres unneeded foreskin being snipped, everybody gets crazy about it. It's fuckin absurd_

EDIT: I'm pulling out of this debate, like I said I would do earlier. I'm not arrogant, but I see no more room for argument and am not going to spend my time disproving every claim that is made on here. Bye thread :)
 
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I don't see it as a bad thing, I already said that.

I just hate when people clam that people who didn't do it are like more likely to get picked on and stuff. It's not true. I mean, if someone's going to pick on you they're goign to find something to use. They're not going to come up to you and go "Hey you've got a foreskin...HAHAHAHA!

Trust me I was made fun of...and the skin on my penis never factored into it all.
 
That is why I asked that the thread be closed_ bc the truth is a click away!
And like I had said, getting a haircut is perfectly normal but as soon as theres unneeded foreskin being snipped, everybody gets crazy about it. It's fuckin absurd
I agree in that case that circumcision is normal...if your foreskin kept growing and trailed down to your knees. Alas, it doesn't, therefore there's no real need for it. So you're fucking absurd, sir.

EDIT: I'm pulling out of this debate, like I said I would do earlier. I'm not arrogant, but I see no more room for argument and am not going to spend my time disproving every claim that is made on here. Bye thread :)

Your ignorance and inability to actually "disprove" anything won't be missed.
 
I really don't see the whole point of circumcision myself, I've never known anyone to be circumcised and even if I did, I don't think it would bother me, unlike FMG it's done when you're a baby, nothing you're really going to remember, and the only other way it's gonna be done is by choice, or religion.

So yeah, not really against it, but in some circumstances, if it was done by force and the child was old enough to understand what was going on, then I would be against that kind of situation.
 
I don't see it as a bad thing, I already said that.

I just hate when people clam that people who didn't do it are like more likely to get picked on and stuff. It's not true. I mean, if someone's going to pick on you they're goign to find something to use. They're not going to come up to you and go "Hey you've got a foreskin...HAHAHAHA!

Trust me I was made fun of...and the skin on my penis never factored into it all.

I guess where I live, it's just a normal thing for men to be circumsized that to not be would be like seeing someone with one arm or three eyes. It's more of a "what the hell is wrong with your penis!" Or "Why the hell did your parents not have you circumsized!"

I do realize that in different parts of the world, it's more common for men to not be circumsized. Maybe it's all a cultural thing. I don't have anything against people that aren't though.

I will probably still get my son circumsized. I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable not doing so.
 
I agree in that case that circumcision is normal...if your foreskin kept growing and trailed down to your knees. Alas, it doesn't, therefore there's no real need for it. So you're fucking absurd, sir.



Your ignorance and inability to actually "disprove" anything won't be missed.

Lol, I keep going back on my wordd_ but I will ammuse you with this slice of thought:
Where the hell were you Kerrigan while this was being debated? It helps to read the whole thead before jumping on a single sentence and trying to denounce someones whole case_
So, to keep it relevant, this is my argument to that statement^^^:
(copy and paste entire thread here)

Way to insult everyone's intelligence_
 
Sum1sgruj, drop it. Kerrigan and Rasputin, come on now, you know better than this. Let's keep this at a reasonable discussion without stooping down to name calling and insults even if you believe it's warranted. You're familiar with the PM alternative. ;)
 
Lol, I keep going back on my wordd_ but I will ammuse you with this slice of thought:
Where the hell were you Kerrigan while this was being debated? It helps to read the whole thead before jumping on a single sentence and trying to denounce someones whole case_
So, to keep it relevant, this is my argument to that statement^^^:
(copy and paste entire thread here)

Way to insult everyone's intelligence_
I did read the entire thing...well done btw @ keeping in the spirit of a debate rather than trying to pwn someone (at which you also failed).

I will probably still get my son circumsized. I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable not doing so.


Would it not be better to let him choose, though? Which I think is the general consensus of the anti-snippers
 
Yeah I doubt very seriously that was the reason at all. I find it quite strange that extra foreskin makes a man more sensitive at all, to be honest. Just look it up, this will be my last post on this. Every attempt at experiment ANYONE has ever made has resulted in a stalemate. It is a medical myth.
Besides, I'm a man. I know_
first it's not "extra" foreskin, it's the natural amount of foreksin, second are you intact or not, you claim you know, were you intact and then cut, or were you cut and then restored? how do you know? from the only study I found where they compared in a fair way comparing parts that exist only on the intact penis they did find quite a difference (some studies only compared the parts both have, assuming the glans is the only sensitive part, since it is the only sensitive part on a cut male.
And by saying this, I am not proclaiming that everyone get circumcised. All I'm saying is that it really does not matter
And from my firsthand personal experience I can say it very much really does matter, sex and masturbation are WAY better after having a restored foreskin, I don't think it's a stretch to assume the natural foreskin is just as good or better especially since it hs the most sensitive nerves (sorrell's study: google it)

My penis doesn't look like a snail...it looks like a penis is supposed to look.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it myself. I just don't think people should act like it's some sort of social service to the child. I'm not and I've gotten by without being picked on and such. It's not a social service, the health advantages are marginal.

It's more of a cosmetic decision and I don't think it's a parent's place to make that sort of decision. That's it.
It's far more then a cosmetic decision, it changes the function of a penis, masturbation/sex without a forskin feels so much worse then intact

It's funny to, because I swear, reading this thread- I don't think some people know the difference. Then again, I live in the U.S. so I won't preach how the rest of the world goes about it.
Sadly few americans do, and even fewer know how the foreskin works or any benefitis it adds to sex, they just think "well, I don't have it, so it must be worthless" instead of seriously considered that there were quite literally short changed
i don't see any benefits either way, circumcised or not. if you're a person who supports circumcision because it gives aesthetics, you need to reconsider your values. there's nothing wrong with foreskin. it doesn't crowd out your penis like wisdom teeth, so why remove it? no reason to.
and many reasons to keep it, like sexual pleasure and comfort

I do realize that in different parts of the world, it's more common for men to not be circumsized. Maybe it's all a cultural thing. I don't have anything against people that aren't though.
*Most of the world
I will probably still get my son circumsized. I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable not doing so.
What about him? why put him through that trauma especially when most men left intact will never get circumcised themselves, so knowing if you left him intact there is a 99% chance he will choose to leave himself intact you will go ahead and make the choice you know he wouldn't so that he can never have the human right to decide to be intact? that doesn't make any sense

I know this isn't what you want and will hurt you, but it's what I want (even though the function fo your penis doesn't effect me) I will still lessen your sexual pleasure for my sexual preferences (based on biased assumptions I bet)

is that what you are saying?
 
Oh wow, so you look at one study on the internet and proclaim that it's right? Well, look at all the 100's of studies and compare and contrast like anyone should do when looking up info on the web. You take one man's word for anything? You won't get far on this debate with that//
And the 'extra' foreskin thing.. technical word play at it's worst. But I will say it's unneeded. The only reason there is extra foreskin is because many 1000's of years ago, when man ran around naked, it shielded the sensitive parts from debri. Now that we wear clothes, it makes no difference.
In fact, It's pretty much common sense that masturbation is only more pleasurable with extra foreskin bc you get more slide. And if you need that, there's a problem with your sex drive, not your penis.
And just bc America is different from the rest of the world doesn't mean that you're better, so that extremely bias statement only proves that your argument is bias. I'm saying that it doesn't matter, and you're trying to diss half the world with an uneducated aim at circumcision.
You know nothing more about other parts of the world than an average American_

Geez, I'm embarrassed to even post this_:D
 
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Oh wow, so you look at one study on the internet and proclaim that it's right? Well, look at all the 100's of studies and compare and contrast like anyone should do when looking up info on the web. You take one man's word for anything? You won't get far on this debate with that//
And the 'extra' foreskin thing.. technical word play at it's worst. But I will say it's unneeded. The only reason there is extra foreskin is because many 1000's of years ago, when man ran around naked, it shielded the sensitive parts from debri. Now that we wear clothes, it makes no difference.
In fact, It's pretty much common sense that masturbation is only more pleasurable with extra foreskin bc you get more slide. And if you need that, there's a problem with your sex drive, not your penis.
And just bc America is different from the rest of the world doesn't mean that you're better, so that extremely bias statement only proves that your argument is bias. I'm saying that it doesn't matter, and you're trying to diss half the world with an uneducated aim at circumcision.
You know nothing more about other parts of the world than an average American_

Geez, I'm embarrassed to even post this_:D
100's of studies.... come on, there have only been a few, please post links to them (and not links to multiple articles referring to the same study) and then compare how in depth their study was, did they test just 3 points or 18 points? seriously I would like to see a study as detailed as the sorrell's study that proved otherwise

clothing is another reason why we need it, having the glans sit against clothing all day does dry it out and desensitize it, having it covered protects it and keeps it moist and keeps it sensitive in the manner that sensation still means something

more slide? sex drive? you really don't know what you are talking about, that's not a sex drive issue, that's a sex pleasure issue, the skin is there to act as a bearing to reduce friction so you don't need things like lube in order to have sex

it's not half the world, even the highest estimates of genital mutilation are 1/3

uneducated??? I think that is you, you took the side you are on and just swallowed the b.s. whole, I tried to convince myself it was good, I read all the pro and anti circ articles I could(have you), I actually READ the studies (have you), and I decided to restore my foreskin (have you ever had a foreskin while sexually active) I can tell you from personal experience it does make a big difference]

So don't you dare tell me I know nothing about it, I've seen both sides, I have experienced the difference (from what could be restored), I know it makes a big difference, so go back and pretend it doesn't, live in denial thinking genital cutting isn't bad

oh and most of the world that does male genital cutting does it as a form of sacrifice, think about that, you don't sacrifice worthless things....
 
It isn't a sacrifice, it's an order by God. Like not eating the blood of animals and things of that sort. There is no presumption in the Bible that indicates circumcision as a restriction of sexuality. It was simply what God posed as clean.
And, what you say about how beneficial extra foreskin is.. this is what it all breaks down to- and for God's sake, this will be my last post because nobody can argue with this small little fact:

Millions of people are doing perfectly fine with their circumcised penises. What is the foreskin doing that is so beneficial when others are doing just as well? Nothing. There is no other answer.
I WIN
 
*Most of the worldWhat about him? why put him through that trauma especially when most men left intact will never get circumcised themselves, so knowing if you left him intact there is a 99% chance he will choose to leave himself intact you will go ahead and make the choice you know he wouldn't so that he can never have the human right to decide to be intact? that doesn't make any sense

I know this isn't what you want and will hurt you, but it's what I want (even though the function fo your penis doesn't effect me) I will still lessen your sexual pleasure for my sexual preferences (based on biased assumptions I bet)

is that what you are saying?

What trauma? It happends after birth. The children don't remember it. I have never met a man that was traumatized by circumsion nor one that gave second thoughts about it. I had my ears pierced shortly after birth. It is usually painful, but I don't even remember it. I am actually relieved that I never had to go through with it as a child and that it was already done for me when I was too young to remember it.

With pleasure, you wouldn't know the difference if you hadn't felt better pleasure. And who is to say that men with foreskin enjoy sex more? No noe can feel what another person feels. I also don't live in a clean place (inner city atm, when I turn on water, I hate to wait for a few seconds so it's not rusty). I would be more worried about cleanliness issues with my son not circumsized. Germophobia also tends to run in my family so... The neighborhood I live in is also a little rough and people pick fights for stupid reasons. I don't want that to be some stupid reason why my kid would get beat up. Espeically since people are sensitive about that area.

I really don't see why it matters either way.

Would it not be better to let him choose, though? Which I think is the general consensus of the anti-snippers

In the situation of the guy who was not circumsized and did so to be like everyone else, he gets to remember the pain now. You have it after birth and you don't remember.
 
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Anyone noticed that when yer penis is hard and then gets back to normal,the skin of the penis protect the foreskin from the sensibility ! Its a normal thing to have skin on the penis!And by the way if the boys in the locker room are laughing at the non-circumcised guy,loll.normaly i feel normal laughing at them ,why they want to remove the skin of the penis? It gives more pleasure,cuz when you are bating yer penis instead of the hand doing the sensitivity,the skin of the penis make it more smooth and sweet,so its not rude when you masturbate! so anyway its my point!
 
Wow, there is a lot of bs in this thread over a little flap of skin...

To be honest, you are the first guy I have ever met that has complained about being circumcised. In high school I only knew of one guy that was not circumcised and he was made fun of in the locker room by other guys. Girls wouldn't date him either because the thought of him not being circumcised grossed them out. He has recently been circumcised and is now engaged.

If I have a son, I will most likely have him circumcised due to me not wanting him made fun of in the high school locker room. high school is hard enough as it is. And I have never heard of a baby dying from circumcision.

I have to say, you must have gone to the most shallow school on the planet. Why would a girl date a guy for his foreskin, or rather lack thereof? I thought we dated for what's on the inside of a person.. not what's on the outside of their genitals. :wacky:

But (and as you later stated on in the thread) this may just be your area where you live. Personally, where I live and when I travelled, foreskin was never an issue before. Guys didn't get teased for it, and frankly.. I'm worried as to what sort of school everybody's going to where all the guys just stand around and stare at each other's willies.

I can say I'm glad to have had it done because I know it is more appealing to pretty much all women, it's easier to take care of, and I personally think it looks better to be circumcised.

Again, I don't recall a group chat with all the women on the planet that says they prefer a circumsized penis to a non. Does it really matter what it looks like, as long as it's getting the job done? And from what I've heard from friends, those who had it done and not, their sex lives vary greatly.


I mean damn, how sensitive does a penis have to be?

And besides, circumcision keeps you're penis from looking like a snail :D

Sensitivity, when it comes to sex, is pretty damn important.

Also, I haven't seen one before that looks like a snail. :mokken:

To be honest, I don't even really notice any real difference. It doesn't gross me out at all and I don't know why people make such a big deal out of it.

There is no way that I am circumcising my boys if I have any. It's an unecessary procedure. I don't want my child going under the knife for no good reason.

I would give my boy the respect he deserves and let him make his own choice.

Sense. This woman has it.

Besides, kids make fun of other kids no matter what. You can not use the excuse, 'Oh he'll be teased because of it.'

If you tried to eliminate every single little thing that others might think might be wrong with your child, you wouldn't have much left. =/ and there is always one person who will find something to pick on.
EXACTLY. How many girls go teasing each other because some develop early, or some develop late? Would you give your premature child breast implants, just because it will prevent her from getting teased later on in life if she's gonna be flat chested?

I know the statement above is a gross exaggeration, but teasing goes on in kids lives. Everybody gets teased; big noses, big ears, wide hips, big butts, acne... if your child is getting teased for his penis of all things, be grateful he's probably perfectly appealing on the outside, because not many kids are so lucky.

I don't see it as a bad thing, I already said that.

I just hate when people clam that people who didn't do it are like more likely to get picked on and stuff. It's not true. I mean, if someone's going to pick on you they're goign to find something to use. They're not going to come up to you and go "Hey you've got a foreskin...HAHAHAHA!

Trust me I was made fun of...and the skin on my penis never factored into it all.

Exactly my point as well. :mokken:

I will probably still get my son circumsized. I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable not doing so.

I'm sorry, but what right of yours is that? I don't mean to be rude, but shouldn't it be more the father's decision, considering he afterall.. has a penis as well? We as women have no idea what they go through life with a penis that may or may not have a foreskin, so I really don't think it's our decision to make.

All in all, I would never make the decision to have my sons (if I have any) to be circumsized. I'll leave that up to their father. And even still, I don't think I'd want them to be done in the first place.

I've been with guys who didn't have a foreskin, and those who did. There was no aesthetic appeal to it being circumsized.. in fact, it often prompted me to ask why they had it done. Those who did have it done, didn't seem to enjoy sex as much, whereas the one or two who did have a foreskin enjoyed it far more thoroughly.

And it's my understanding, learning from my guy who has a foreskin, that it's far more senstive and therefor he enjoys sex about 10 times more than he thinks he probably would. With his penis always being shielded by his foreskin, when it's finally out and about, it's far more susceptible to touch. He's glad he didn't have it done, doesn't ever want it done, nor does he want his kids to have it done. And you know what, that's his choice, as he is the individual with the penis.

Quite frankly, unless the women in this thread just sprout a penis.. we don't really have valid opinions. :monster:
 
Oh wow, so you look at one study on the internet and proclaim that it's right? Well, look at all the 100's of studies and compare and contrast like anyone should do when looking up info on the web. You take one man's word for anything? You won't get far on this debate with that//
With so few scientists making up the member base of FFF we tend not to debate things like biology (or even psychology) properly, ergo we tend not to post a lot of studies. That said, if individuals such as yourself refer to studies as much as you have, and wish to discredit other studies...well, we would ask that you post your own. If you don't want to go to the effort of linking to studies and analysing the finer points of them, then I'd recommend you stop clutching at them. If you want to weild that weapon then you have to be willing to pull the trigger.

If, like always, we're just going to stick to throwing out opinions, then, again, I'd recommend not mentioning studies.

And the 'extra' foreskin thing.. technical word play at it's worst. But I will say it's unneeded. The only reason there is extra foreskin is because many 1000's of years ago, when man ran around naked, it shielded the sensitive parts from debri. Now that we wear clothes, it makes no difference.
In fact, It's pretty much common sense that masturbation is only more pleasurable with extra foreskin bc you get more slide. And if you need that, there's a problem with your sex drive, not your penis.
Insufferable ignorance at its worst.

uneducated aim at circumcision.
This reminds me of a lesson in my genetics lecture this morning.

The topic was haemophilia, so to be entirely fair the following statements are highly situational, yet nonetheless relevant.

It is widely accepted that, originally, mostly Jewish families participated in circumcision. Before Gregor Mendel did much of his research on genetics and inheritance, haemophilia was not widely understood, save for a teaching in the Jewish faith (forgive me if it's not word for word, I don't have my notes/references but upon request I'll post them when I get home), which goes as follows:

"For it is taught that: if a woman gives birth to a boy, and he dies as a result of bleeding from circumcision, it is terrible. If a woman gives birth to a 2nd boy and he dies as a result of bleeding from circumcision, then the woman is not to have the 3rd boy circumcised."

Again, not exactly word for word but close enough.

We later went on to learn (irrelevant to the lecture but lectureres tend to do that) that the individuals who were not circumcised went on to be shunned by the Jews.

So, as 2 points against circumcision:
- causes a problem from haemophiliacs
- condemnation among peers (if it becomes the social norm)

Millions of people are doing perfectly fine with their circumcised penises. What is the foreskin doing that is so beneficial when others are doing just as well? Nothing. There is no other answer.
I WIN
I think what everyone else, including myself, is trying to say is that neither's more necessary than the other, so why bother going to the extent of forcing it upon your child? You're not right, I'm not right; I don't want to be snipped, you're clearly okay with it. Bit of personal advice, stop trying to get a rise out of people; it's a debate, you can't dismiss other opinions just because you don't agree with or accept them.
 
For the 1st part: I always figure ppl educate themselves before offering themselves to a debate. I can't be responsible for someone else being wrong.

The insufferable ignorance thing.. umm were you agreeing with me, or were u being condescending?

The 3rd part: I know a whole lot about religion. Jews are not the only ones made due for circumcision. In fact, only contemporary Christians like to think themselves above the laws of the Old Testament. Why,, is beyond me. I think they just like to take the easy route through only obeying what fits their lifestyle.
Circumcision is a minor procedure and is done at birth. How can that be truamatic to someone? And in a modern hospital at that_ Hell, coming out of the womb and being snipped from the cord is far worse in comparison lol

And for the last part.. I've been saying that well before you_ It doesn't matter. I never said ppl can't be entitled to their opinion, I just gave a rational explanation that extra foreskin isn't the golden treasure of sexuality. It's a matter of physics_

I have beat you at every corner.
 
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