“My penis looked like a pig in a blanket: Gauze was wrapped around the shaft, and I could see only a little bit of the tip,” Lionel Wills recalls in a new article titled That’s When I Realized They Had Completely Frankensteined My Dick: Life After Circumcision At Age 25. “And there was a considerable amount of blood on the bandage. I started pinching it out of sadistic curiosity because it was still numb from the local anesthetic.”
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Wills was born with phimosis, a rare condition where the foreskin of the penis is so tight it can’t retract to expose the head. Phimosis affects just 1 percent of males 17 and older.
“My foreskin was strangling the head of my penis,” he recalls. “[It] was so tight it would fill up like a balloon when I peed and I had to, like, milk my dick like it was an udder just to get the piss out. And it would spray everywhere.”
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Wills also couldn’t have sex without feeling excruciating pain.
“My foreskin was so tight it would rip and bleed during sex,” he says. “Afterward, it would heal and scar. And scar tissue doesn’t have the same elasticity as normal tissue, so that would make it even tighter.”
When he was 25, Wills decided to undergo a circumcision in hopes of correcting the problem.
“I had absurd concerns before the surgery, like they might make some terrible mistake and cut off the knob,” he recalls. “The worst part was anticipating what it would look like underneath. Just seeing the blood on the bandage, and not being able to feel it?—?my imagination was working.”
When the anesthetic finally did wear off and Wills was able to unwrap the bandages, he was horrified.
“They had completely Frankensteined my dick,” he says “In removing my foreskin, they removed the skin that connected the head of my penis to my shaft, leaving a gap of exposed penis flesh. So they had to stitch together the remaining skin on my shaft to my head to cover up the gap.”
But it gets worse.
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Wills continues, “In my case, however, when they put the stitches in, they misaligned where the skin on my shaft should meet the head of my penis. Imagine putting a dress shirt on and the buttons are off by a hole, except it’s your penis. The seam of my penis?—?the ridge of skin that runs along the bottom of the shaft?—?wasn’t a straight line anymore. It was twisted.”
He describes the whole experience as “shitty.”
For the next several days, Wills lived in constant fear of getting an erection. When it finally happens, however, he was overcome with a sense of “relief.”
“It happened a few days after the surgery while I was walking around a bookstore,” he remembers. “The base and the knob were simultaneously pulling at the stitches, and I was worried about them exploding?—?that they’d rupture and it’d be gross, Frankenstein flesh. But that didn’t happen.”
Phew!
Sex also improved.
“There’s no ripping,” Wills says, “even though I have decreased sensitivity. But I didn’t even think about my new dick the first time I had sex afterward. I was just psyched to be having sex. Appreciating the sensation of a circumcised penis was secondary. It wasn’t like ‘Wow, having sex without foreskin is great.’ It was like ‘Cool. This works.’ Then I went back to focusing on the sex.”
“There’s a beauty and simplicity to a circumcised penis,” he concludes. “Sleek. Functional. It now looks like what it was meant to be?—a torpedo rather than an anteater.”
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orrine
I was circumcised when I was adult too, although I didn’t have such a bad case of the phimosis – it’s just when I was erect and foreskin was retracted there was slight constriction fo the shaft by the skin. I didn’t have any difficulty and didn’t feel pain, but it didn’t look good so I decided to get circumcision. Now I regret this decision – first of all, sensations are weaker, secondly when doctor asked how much to cut, he didn’t properly explain what’s the difference and suggested to leave only a little part of foreskin because there’s lower risk of complication. Well, now head of the penis is not covered by foreskin at all. Turns out I could have left more foreskin so that head was at least partly covered and probably I would have had more sensation left. I would also be able to jerk off without lube. More then that, there are alternative operations that give same result :\
Mark
Can’t believe a simple TRIMMING of the foreskin to about 2/3 of its former length wasn’t an option.
Paco
He seems happy and pleased with the end result, so that is all that matters.
Billy Budd
Circumcision should be criminalized. It is a criminal act. I have difficulty achieving orgasms because I had it done as a child.
Stache
@orrine: Thanks for explaining the difference between cut and uncut. Since it was done when most had no say in the matter they’ll never know the difference.
It really comes down to $ for doctors and the ignorance and vanity of the parents. I don’t understand how female mutilation is looked at as barbarism yet male mutilation is looked at as a-ok in this country. Neither serve any medical purpose.
SF tried a few years ago to stop it (let the kids have a say in the matter) but the religious community and their cries of discrimination along with public ignorance is just too strong.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
My allegiance shifts between the Roundheads and Cavaliers, aesthetically speaking. But from a moral standpoint I’m: God save the Schwing — in his full baroque feathered plumed majesty!
redcarpet30
From what I understand there are plastic surgery techniques to treat this that are much less extreme and let you keep most of your skin.
I’m trying stretching with flesh tunnels for my less-extreme case. Its kinda working but its a slow process and its really hard to remember to do it.
Bad Ass Biker
@Billy Budd: You would make it a criminal act even when someone is having problems such as the author describes?
Minerva pomerantz
His phimosis could have been corrected without a circumcision. Just like letting out a sleeve, a snip to the top of the prepuce would have opened up the skin without removing any. Any penis surgery done as an adult should be done by a cosmetic surgeon. This was madness.
Darsithis
I’m getting circumcised myself very soon, partially for medical reasons and partially because I dislike being uncircumcised. Kind of a irony that this particular article comes at this moment.
I’m not sure I understand the people saying they want to keep the skin. The whole point of circumcision is to remove the foreskin. Why would you want to keep 1/3 or 2/3 of it?
Hussain-TheCanadian
I’m kind of glad that i’m circumcised; hygienically speaking I think it’s alot cleaner, less smelly, and looks overall better.
I personally haven’t “lost” any feelings or sensation at all; also female genital mutilation is nothing like circumcision.
Tobi
I blame lobbying by the lube industry. 😉
Mkiel
Strangely I had 2 lovers who were circumcised in their 20’s due to painful erections/sex. Both had to avoid erections for a while as it was painful. I do not like long foreskins & much prefer cut guys,I think the penis looks sexier.
Ronald Goldman PhD
Actually, there are nonsurgical treatments for a non-retractable foreskin. The consequences of circumcision include loss of a natural, healthy, functioning body part, reduced sexual pleasure, potential psychological problems, and unknown negative effects that have not been studied.
Some circumcised men resent that they are circumcised. Sexual anxieties, reduced emotional expression, low self-esteem, avoidance of intimacy, and depression are also reported. Some doctors refuse to perform circumcisions because of ethical reasons. Relying on presumed authorities (e.g., American Academy of Pediatrics or doctors who echo AAP views) is not sufficient because of their personal, religious, financial, and political conflicts of interest. Instead, watch a circumcision video and trust your instincts. Would you allow someone to do that to YOU?
da90027
@Billy Budd: Oh PUHLEEZE I’m 55 and can still have four orgasms a day without any trouble…and I was circumcized at birth too. So tired of people using this as an excuse for erection problems or not having an orgasm.
Pistolo
I really don’t think this is responsible for Queerty to put up, in all honesty and I say this coming from a very personal place.
I had phimosis and I was led to believe, by quite a few sources including my PCP, that I would *have* to get circumcised. I would wager this man was met with the same “solutions” to his issue because the ignorance about alternative, less invasive options are startling. My PCP was so rude to me when I asked about other procedures, he dismissed me instantly and suggested that I would get all kinds of infections and STDs if I remained uncircumcised- I’ve never felt so personally denigrated and, by the way, I’ve *NEVER* had infections or an STD. Thank god I researched not only the condition of phimosis but the methods of treating it and doctors who could help me. It took a very long time, way too long for me to find someone I could consult and I actually had to change my PCP in order to get approval to see him.
Even right before the procedure, I read things online that scared the crap out of me- people on the internet said that this operation, a dorsal slit, would make my penis ugly. I was beyond scared for this surgery even though it was exactly 1 incision, 45 minutes, in-office, and totally covered by insurance. When all was said and done, I made the BEST decision I could’ve possibly made- my dick didn’t look all that different but functioned a 100 times better, I healed and didn’t even scar afterwards and I’m very happy with the outcome. I had a rare, under-recognized, and under-researched condition and I got superb treatment but what makes me sad is that many other men probably wouldn’t have either the resources or the search engine-savvy I had and would’ve ended up falling prey to dangerous ignorance in the medical community (in the US, at least).
People act like circumcision is this air-tight, simple procedure that we shouldn’t get worked up about – those people are just plainly ignorant. I’ve seen men without frenulums, with odd and disfiguring skin grafts, with arches and turns in their penises as a result of crappy circumcisions and I’ve spoken to many men who would’ve chosen to stay uncircumcised if they had the choice. Just because it works out for some men, it doesn’t mean it works out for all men. Just because you never wondered about the alternative, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be given the option. Just because this guy turned out okay, it doesn’t mean everyone does and perhaps he would’ve been able to keep his foreskin had he been around different care.
Also, that last line of the article about the “sleekness” of a circumcised penis just evidences a low intellect and extreme superficiality to me- it’s a real insult to men who are happy with their uncircumcised penis. I hate this propaganda, I really do. I would NEVER say a circumcised man is lesser or uglier than me, I just think he should have the CHOICE- I can’t say the same for circumfetishists who body shame.
For Queerty to post this dangerously stupid article while it touts positive self-image in the gay community and acceptance of self is *extremely* disappointing since this does damage to both.
skilos
In some cultures women were circumcised also. Not sure if it’s still happening.
kurt_t
@Pistolo, way to do your research, dude. Bravo.
Christopher Guest– not the actor who plays Corky St. Claire but a Canadian physician who has spoken out against routine infant circumcision– has said of North American medical culture “The only thing we know about foreskin is how to cut it off.”
I think I got that right. It’s in this video somewhere…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQIp9f4krVQ
skilos
@da90027:
Different people, react differently to different things. You are not the perfect example. But man you probably have a well developed arm from all that jacking.
chuck
@Billy Budd: I totally agree. It should be illegal to make this decision for a helpless infant. Imagine if it were breasts or labia. Female circumcision gets plenty of attention. Someone should take their pediatrician to court trial. Maybe that would stop this practice!
Paco
@Ronald Goldman PhD: “Instead, watch a circumcision video and trust your instincts. Would you allow someone to do that to YOU?”
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Watch any plastic surgery video and ask yourself that same question. Surgery isn’t pretty and despite the fact that there are risks of complications for any surgical procedure, millions of vain people (including the many gay men seeking physical perfection) still choose to endure the pain and ugliness of surgery to achieve a more pleasing end result.
Even though the man in the article is happy with the end result, people still have to come and make their irrational fears of circumcision known, as if it is a personal attack against their own intactness.
LubbockGayMale
Argue all you wish, but the fact is that this is surgery done for the most part on patients who cannot give consent (newborns) for mostly religious and social reasons. For those with phimosis, delaying the cut until puberty isn’t a problem, as I understand, so why the rush to snip at birth?
As a gay man, I’ll never have kids, so I have little cash in this pot, so to speak, but that’s my opinion.
Stache
@chuck: I really wish we had female circumcision being done in the US. Women wouldn’t stand for is and all these forced mutilation procedures would’ve ended long ago.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Often it’s EXACTLY like male circumcision; not all female genital mutilation involves a cliterectomy, or sewing up the vaginal entrance (both of which I’ll grant are far worse than a male circumcision discounting the many painful botched jobs occurring around the world); often it “only” involves cutting away the “unnecessary” and, in the opinion of its proponents, “ugly” , ” unhygienic ” labia (inner or outer or both) and sometimes the clitoral hood (exactly analogous to the prepuce) — moreover all the foregoing potentially harbour smegma ..SMEGMA(!) and it stands to reason after the procedure these will “less smelly”, “easier to clean” and generations of tradition (God sanctioned no less) “looks overall better”
The biggest difference is that in females this rightly called genital mutilation.
tarc
@Billy Budd: Actually, it’s awesome and healthy, and you have no idea at all if it affected your ability to orgasm (it’s highly unlikely).
bottom250
I love uncut men and circumcision should be banned other than when medically necessary. Uncut men are soooo yummy
skilos
@kurt_t:
Great video and presentation. Wish there had been something like this around 20+ years ago when I tried to talk my niece out of having her son circumcised. Or 70 years ago, so my mom could have seen it.
Chris
I agree that it’s a personal decision – unless it was made on your behalf by your parents. People should research it; and then, whatever they decide, my best wishes to them. Sincerely.
Tobi
You think it’s bad in America?! http://d.pr/B69v
Maude
I seldom ‘bumped into’ (lol) a circumcised dick in Europe, and those that I ‘slept’ with were always appericative of my American circumcised dick.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Thank you for the explanation; I’m trying to find a stat that shows the percentage of “botched” male circumcision operations, or a stat regarding the “harmful effects” on men, and not really finding anything – Most of the men on the planet are circumcised, and logically speaking, knowing men, would of outlawed it long ago if it was harmful in anyway.
“Female circumcision” has the opposite effect on woman genitalia; the mutilation intentionally targets female sexual desire and function for destruction.
I have a hard time seeing how can they be the same as male circumcision.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Pistolo:
Great post, man! This will have helped someone. It’s culpable negligence bordering on criminal for sufferers of this condition to be denied access to the full unbiased facts and medical options available free of propaganda.
Adults reserve the right to do whatever the fuck to their own bodies, hopefully after making INFORMED choices, but to enforce a an unnecessary MEDICAL PROCEDURE (with all the implications thereof) on a child for an essentially cosmetic or other frivolous ( religio-cultural) reasons is a human rights violation the truth of which posterity will bear out.
Paul
@Hussain-TheCanadian: The World Health Organization estimates that only about 30% of the men on the planet are circumcised–not “most.” The lions’s share of them are Muslims. In the world’s most populous country–China–circumcision is barely known. In the second most populous country–India–only 14% of the population are Muslims. Hindus regard circumcision as a religious taboo. Please don’t conflate most of the men “you know” with most of the men “on the planet.”
kurt_t
@Hussain-TheCanadian, most of the men on the planet are not circumcised. China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Western Europe, and South America have low circumcision rates, lower than one percent in some nations. Female genital mutilation, as others here have pointed out, can consist of anything from a ritual pin prick to clitoridectomy, infibulation and removal of the labia and vulva. There are a lot of Internet sites where you can find information about complications related to infant circumcision. Here’s a good place to start.
http://www.yourwholebaby.org/complications-from-circumcision/
Stache
@Paul: Americans don’t have to look very far to see other men living just find uncircumcised. I wonder if that’s part of our selfish not caring about other cultures.
Think of gay marriage and socialized healthcare. All of which other western countries have had for many years and doing just fine yet Americans were talking about an apocalyptic end if we did that. If it was just about religion then I could at least understand. It’s juust weird.
Stache
@Tobi: Wow. Philippines are weird. This has everything to do with it…
“Fathers and mothers accompany their sons as they wait their turn for the operation. Uncircumcised boys are sometimes teased by their peers so the pain is worth it for the social acceptance”.
Stache
@Tobi: Wow. Philippines are strange. This has everything to do with it…
“Fathers and mothers accompany their sons as they wait their turn for the operation. Uncircumcised boys are sometimes teased by their peers so the pain is worth it for the social acceptance”.
Stache
In the Philippines it’s against the law to circumcise your kid till they’re of age yet most will when they get old enough. That’s the way it should be. I would bet you my left nut that here in the US it would be the opposite. No way in hell would your average american teen boys be getting cut to fit in.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
> “I’m trying to find a stat that shows the percentage of “botched” male circumcision operations, or a stat regarding the “harmful effects” on men, and not really finding anything”
It stands to reason that most botched cases would occur in poorly developed areas not readily amenable to reliable statical evidence if at all — or for that matter modern medical practices and anaesthetics. Shame, social stigma, embarrassment would stop many of others from coming forward.
> “Most of the men on the planet are circumcised, and logically speaking, knowing men, would of outlawed it long ago if it was harmful in anyway. ”
Perhaps they don’t see it as harm because they are psychologically incapable of conceptualising it thus, as to do so would be to question their own personal culpability, the parents they love who nevertheless did this to them, and that of their deeply ingrained cultural inheritance even up to their sense of God.
Do you imagine these mutilated girls’ fathers love THEM any less, less than we love our daughters? Do they inflict this believing it’s harming their child? No. Logic doesn’t come in to it; the worst type of FGM doesn’t even make sense from the fathers or mothers perspective Evolutionarily. And the mothers who’ve been through it nevertheless internalise it as an unquestionably good thing. Cultures are fucked up irrational things, male circumcision doesn’t have to obey logic any more than does tribal earlobe stretching, lip plates, bones through noses, scarification — all at one point considered beautiful and culturally necessary and was done because it was done because it was done.
>” Female circumcision” has the opposite effect on woman genitalia; the mutilation intentionally targets female sexual desire and function for destruction.”
Not necessarily in all cases else why leave the clitoris?
> “I have a hard time seeing how can they be the same as male circumcision.”
“Same” as in *unnecessary and without legitimate consent
(*Unless absolutely medically necessitated)
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID:
> “Most of the men on the planet are circumcised, and logically speaking, knowing men, would of outlawed it long ago if it was harmful in anyway. ”
Logically speaking any insult to the body’s integrity is by definition harm; this is not cutting fingernails or clipping nose hair. But it’s not losing a limb ether. At the very least you must see that reduced sensitivity is some kind of category of harm?
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Paul: Thank you Paul, I appreciate the correction.
@kurt_t: Thank you for the link, I will go over the website for sure.
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: I agree with you regarding FGM, so we really have no point of contention.
I’m very interested on your view regarding the possible psychological cover circumcised men might force in order to accept circumcision as a covenant with God.
I think I would accept your hypothesis if male circumcision did result (in the majority of cases) in harm; whether its a necessary procedure in the 21st century is a completely different matter, but I do wonder, from a procedural standpoint if its harmful, doesn’t effect hygiene, and simply aesthetic?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Can someone here make the logical case for why womens ‘ clitoral hoods shouldn’t be cut?
Hussain-TheCanadian
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Is there any reduced sensitivity?
Also, regarding FGM, the father’s sense of “love, honor, and dignity” is usually riled up to convince him that FGM is beneficial.
tarc
@Ronald Goldman PhD: @Ronald Goldman PhD: That’s an interesting, if only mostly true and utterly one sided, comment that haves me rather grave doubts about your ‘degree’. Most of your points really aren’t points. Loss of sensation? Few circumsized men have any difficulty at all in readily achieving orgasm – pre-mature ejaculation is an medical issue, not the inability to reach orgasm, and most men (and their partners) are thrilled not to be a ‘minute man’. Few men that are circumsized require lube, and some men that are not circumsized do. Bizarrely, you have to invoke medical issues that don’t even measurably exist in your comment. OTOH, we *know* that circumsized men have a lower rate of pre-mature ejaculation, bladder infection, foreskin injuries, and at least a 30% lower chance of infection with HIV (with other STDs being similarly reduced. It is inarguably healthier in the big picture, and has a huge impact in reducing global medical costs.
kurt_t
@tarc, do you have citations for any of these claims your making? Where is the study that shows circumcised men have a lower rate of premature ejaculation? Or 30 percent fewer STDs? And how can circumcised men have lower rates of foreskin injury when circumcision is a foreskin injury?
JLJ
@Billy Budd: I think you may look into therapy. I was circumcised as a baby and am damn glad I was. No memory of it. It would have been very difficult as an adult because I WOULD have done it AND I’d be pissed at my parents for not doing it.
JLJ
@tarc: agreed.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
> “is there any reduced sensitivity? ”
Hussy baby, can we talk about your mushroom tip? ( I held back for as long as I could!) Specifically, are you team “glossy” finish or team “Matte” finish ? I’m presuming from your ( frankly sexy) name that you are a good (bad ;p) Muslim boy, therefore team Matte — (hey so am I! Our dicks should meet up); well, that dull mattified surface is a direct consequence of your extra-tingly “glossy” good stuff being worn and worm and worn away by your embarrassingly provincial Canadian leg wear — probably corduroy (mustard); so unless you favoured MC Hammer-style pants (say it please!; and, well, Canada!) that erosion of sensitivity is as certain as it was inevitable as it is irreversible By the way there is precisely zero citations from peer reviewed medical journals contained wherein this post and I could literally be pulling stuff out my ass so somebody better correct me before I murder Scientific Method; but really that doesn’t even matter actually because this was all just an excuse to talk about your mushroom tip and I won’t stop talking about your mushroom tip, your big Canadian mushroom tip. I could fill one of your Canadian milk bags thinking about your mushroom tip.
…Mushroom tip.
(yes I may have imbibed)
Minyassa
@Darsithis: I think the reason people are suggesting leaving more skin is because when someone has to be circumcised for medical reasons, it’s not a cosmetic choice and they are looking to keep it as close to natural as possible. It’s sort of like if you had to have an eyelid removed for medical reasons. You’d want to leave as much of that protective covering there as was humanly possible because we are used to having our eyeballs be internal organs. People who don’t think of circumcision as an upgrade are used to having the glans be an internal organ.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: damn prince, I haven’t had a man talk dirty to me in awhile; thank you for putting a smile on my face 😉
dinard38
I’ve had a circumcision a few years ago. I have to say…..it was one of the worst decisions I ever made. 🙁
I had the operation because the foreskin started getting tight and was hard to pull back during erection. So I let my doctor talk me into getting circumcised. If I only knew what I know now, I wouldn’t have done it.
Just like this dude mentioned. After surgery your wee wee will look scary. Those bandages wrapped around your head with just a little tip sticking out. Bloody bandages from the stitches. But eventually it all healed very nicely. Aesthetically it looks very good (if I do say so myself…..haha).
So what’s my issue? I lost a LOT of sensitivity. It takes a lot more work to ummmm…….cause explosions. lol. Think of having intercourse with 3 condoms on. That’s about how dull the sensation is.
But the worst of it is that because the head is now exposed as it has never been in my 40+ years, I get constant irritation from the head rubbing against my underwear. It actually hurts when I walk. So I wear those bikini type underwear to keep things from moving around. Most of the time it works, but some days it doesn’t. I probably need to go back to the doctor to see if anything can be done about it.
So I would caution anyone thinking about getting circumcised as an adult. It’s one thing if you were circumcised as a child. You couldn’t understand the level of sensitivity you lose when getting cut.
Ok…….I’m off to build a time machine that will take me back a few years to tell the doctor……..HELL NO!!!!!!!
Bellamy
Humans are totally sick. They are the only creatures on earth that are so disgustingly perverted that they mutilate their own genitals for a thrill. The foreskin is there FOR A REASON – not only does it protect the glans-penis (which is an INTERNAL ORGAN like the eye ball or the tongue!!!!) and not only does it have more sensation nerve endings than any other place on the human body, but the foreskin also produces Lysozyme WHICH KILLS HIV (contrary to the outright lies that having foreskin raises the chances of HIV contraction). And for heterosexual couple, the foreskin is the only part of the penis that can reach the clitoris to stimulate it during the natural in/out motion without getting into contorted positions.
And for people who ridiculously try to use the Bible to justify this horror, the circumcision initiated in the covenant with Abraham and the Hebrews is NOT the same thing practiced today. When a baby is born, the skin on the penis shaft is fully attached. The “foreskin” on consists of the tiny bit of skin, the pucker, which hangs beyond the glans (head) – which is why it is called FORE-skin. This tiny bit was cut off, which fulfilled the covenant and also totally prevent phimosis – but the rest of the protective, nerve-filled shaft skin remained to properly protect and lubricate the glans AS GOD DESIGNED IT TO DO. But during the ancient Greek Olympic games in which men had to perform in the nude, Hebrews were forbidden to perform because of the vileness of circumcision which exposed the tip of the penis (which they considered pornographic). So Hebrew athletes began the practice of stretching the shaft skin in order to appear uncircumcised. This freaked out the rabbis who then issued the order to rip back the skin attached to the baby’s penis and totally obliterate ALL of the shaft skin except for enough to cover the shaft of the organ, totally exposing the head. This terroristic practice was adopted by Christians in the Victorian age DESPITE the Apostle Paul’s direct order to Christians to stop this barbaric practice (calling those who continued to do it “The Concision” – meaning “The Mutilators”), and saying, “Are you called (of God), being uncircumcised? Do not seek to be circumcised!”
People who engage in the practice without real medical cause, and those who believe that mutilating genitals is attractive and sexually appealing, should be locked in a lunatic asylum!!
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“And for heterosexual couple, >>>the foreskin is the only part of the penis that can reach the clitoris to stimulate it during the natural in/out motion without getting into contorted positions.” <<<
This getting my brain into contorted positions! Anybody???
ethan_hines
Better to have it done as an consenting adult then to have it done at birth forcefully with no say at all.
pahucke
I was 17 when I had my fore skin taken off. It was different at first , showering was hard at first. But you get used to the water tap in on the tip of your head . They say you loose sensitivity a little but it’s cool now. I just last longer having sex. If I had a boy I would circumcise him at birth. I would make sure the doctor only cuts the tip off. This way you keep your sensitivity and the skin can pulls back enough to play. This way you have both!
Ridpathos
I don’t think that seam is supposed to be straight. I am circumcised, but the uncircumcised part of my dick has a totally unstraight seam, while the circumcised part is straight (dunno if the doctors did this on purpose or not, I was a baby). All penises are weird and have odd things about them. None are perfect.
Darsithis
@Bellamy: Lysozyme is produced by human excretions, not the foreskin. The skin itself does not produce it. Our mucus, tears, saliva, seminal fluid, and so on, do.
The reason why someone who is uncircumcised is at a higher risk is because it is easy to create micro or larger tears in the foreskin during sex, exposing either infected blood (from the uncircumcised man) to the partner or exposing the uncircumcised man to possible infection from the other person. This is true for both homosexual and heterosexual sex.
Your history of circumcision isn’t true, either. Paintings and carvings from upwards of 4,000 years ago show the entire foreskin was removed for circumcision. I’m not sure where you got your idea that they just snipped the very tip of the foreskin. Although the Greeks didn’t practice it (considering the default look to be beautiful), a large number of cultures, not just Jews, have practiced circumcision for thousands of years.
JamJewel
We don’t have a history of circumcision either in Jamaica or my family but my sister (a supposedly intelligent woman) went ahead – notwithstanding the arguments against from the men in the family – and had her son circumcised because the US hospital said it was for the best healthwise and for the sake of cleanliness.
JamJewel
@Hussain-TheCanadian: Not true: only one-third of men are thought to be circumcised. It is not common in China or Britain, just to name two diverging cultures.
JamJewel
@Tobi: This is also the country where improvised parents sell their children in child sex labor It would be more humane for them to have been circumcised at birth if it is so common; what’s depicted in that story is just horrific and brutal.
CarlIsle
Just because some guys have problems with their foreskins (phimosis, infections, etc) it does not mean all male babies should be circumcised “just in case” they develop problems. In this day and age of better hygiene than ever before in history, there is not need to routinely circumcise boys.
I come from a family of all boys, none of us were circumcised and none of us ever had problems as a result of being unscathed downstairs.