BODY TALK

Cut or uncut: which do you prefer?

The question of cut or uncut penis foreskin has always been a hotly debated issue among the sexually active. Some folks love seeing a throbbing uncut cock, while others find it vulgar and unsightly. Some people don’t have a preference either way. 

Cosmo spoke with two men — one gay and one straight — about their thoughts on circumcised and uncircumcised penises, and what they had to say was interesting.

Man #1 is a 22-year-old gay man. Man #2 is a 31-year-old heterosexual. Both gentlemen are circumcised. But when asked if they wished they weren’t, they had completely different responses.

Why the cut wish they weren’t

“I have never thought too much about the possibility,” Man #1 said. “I feel like most guys are circumcised so I guess I just feel like I was ‘normal.'”

Indeed, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, most American males (55 percent) are cut. However, that number has been declining over the past 30 years.

“I wish I wasn’t,” Man #2 lamented. “Mostly because I’ve learned that uncircumcised men experience more pleasure. It took me until my mid-20s to learn about this, and I felt cheated out of a natural and beautiful part of my body by a decision that was never given to me.”

He continues: “I think it looks better to be circumcised, [but] sex is less pleasurable, for both men and women, and the organ itself is more sensitive than it ought to be. I remember reading somewhere that there are about 12 square inches of skin removed in circumcision. Also, there is probably buried body trauma of the event itself that still affects me in sex although I don’t consciously remember it.”

Should we still be circumcising at all?

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The Cooperative Institutional Research Program confirms that body trauma can result from circumcision. Even though we’re babies when (most of us) get cut, disruptions to the parental-infant bonding process and grief over losing a body part, are common. The program also claims that, contrary to previous reports, infants experience pain from the procedure.

Still, many would argue that time heals all wounds. Especially those inflicted when a person is less than 10 days old. But, the body keeps score, as they say.

Cut vs uncut: is sex any different?

When asked if they preferred whether their partner had a cut or uncut penis, Man #2 remained quiet on the issue. Meanwhile, Man #1 said he didn’t care either way. “It really is a nonissue for me,” he replied. “I’m not going to complain too much about size or shape as long as things work in a way that pleases us both.”

He also said that, in his experience, whether a man is cut or uncut did not affect his overall sexual performance or the taste of his dong during oral sex.

“I also never noticed a distinct difference with this,” he explained. “If there is a strong taste for anything, I’m hoping it would just be soap.”

The most distinct difference between a circumcised penis and an uncircumcised one, he continued, was when it comes to hand jobs.

“Giving a hand job to a man with an uncircumcised penis is different, but definitely not a negative experience,” he said. “As a circumcised man, there is just a different ‘look’ to what is happening.”

What do you think? Do you prefer your man to be cut or uncut, and why? Sound off in the comments section below.

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