Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised?

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Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised?
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Mon, 10-02-2006 - 3:17pm
Ladies, which do you prefer your penises to be? Or does it matter? And why? Guys, do you like being circumcised or uncircumcised, or would you prefer to be the opposite of what you are now?
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Mon, 10-02-2006 - 3:30pm

I don't see any difference at all...well, ok, I SEE a difference, but when it comes to what it can do........NO DIFFERENCE at all.

As for guys, since 99% of men are circumcized at birth.....I don't see how a circumcized man can even imagine what it would be like to be UNcircumsized.......and the other way around would be the same. If you've been one way all your life, how can you possibly know what it would be the other way?

The only thing would be that an uncircumcized man COULD have it done any time he wants to, but I don't think most men are up for that unless for some reason it's medically necessary. And any guy that would have it done because a woman prefers it cut.....is about as crazy as women who have implants because the b/f likes big boobs.

I had 3 sons, and one was NOT circumsized for medical reasons...and from the standpoint of hygiene, it's easier on a circumsized penis...at least for babies, and I would guess for grown men, too.

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Mon, 10-02-2006 - 4:59pm

It wouldn't matter to me either way.


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Tue, 10-03-2006 - 7:59am
I'm sure that guys can imagine being uncircumcised or vice versa...that's why they call it imagination. BTW, that 99% is a very high number...and in most countries, it's the other way around
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Registered: 04-17-2003
Tue, 10-03-2006 - 9:13am

There's little difference once it's hard and in action.
As for wishing I was different? No.

 

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Tue, 10-03-2006 - 11:19am

Ok, so 99% might be high, but I'm thinking of males born in the USA in the first 2/3 of the 20th century. I tried to search an exact percentage, and there are 25,467 pages to search! If you want to know about "imagination"......check out this link: http://www.circumcision.org/adults.htm

It basically says what I did....if you've never experienced the opposite, it's pretty difficult to imagine what it would feel like. It's a known fact that the head of a circumcised penis is not as "sensitive" as that of a circumcised penis. But I don't think that difference makes a whole lot of difference in a man's enjoyment of sex. I haven't done a scientific poll, but since most of the partners I've had have been circumcised, I've never had one of them say that "I wish I wasn't circumcised....I would have enjoyed that SOOO much more!"

You can't miss what you've never had.

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Tue, 10-03-2006 - 1:55pm

I feel that a lady has to have signifigant experience with both kinds of men before she can have a valid judgement.

I am uncircumcised. Although I knew the difference technically, I never knew of a signifigant difference.

I became divorced in the mid 80s and initially was somewhat promiscuous (before the prevalence of AIDS). When ladies would bed me, they would generally be astounded about how "great" it was and could not get enough. I had to become very choosy about whom I would be intimate with. I could not understand what was different about me that made me so "great." I learned that being uncircumcised gave the ladies a new sensation. This has become more clear to me by some articles I read on the net.

I am grateful for being uncut.

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Registered: 11-22-2004
Tue, 10-03-2006 - 3:01pm

All my bfs have been circumcised. Never seen an uncird'c one in person. The last one mentioned that he'd far prefer to not be though. I thought his penis was rather amazing and unusually attractive but I guess when they are not circumcised the skin on the head does not dry out as much, it is more like the skin inside your cheek, etc. so it's more sensitive. On the other hand, when it would get hard the head of his was like a sculpture, it would be bad to cover that up.

All in, I think they should just leave well enough alone; it seems like "make work" for the delivery doctors.

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Sat, 10-07-2006 - 3:34pm

My Dh is circumcised and I wouldnt want it any other way. All my previous partners have been circumcised too. So, its true I cant make a fair judgement on the subjet, but I have heard 2nd hand about the uncirc boys.
My friend's 2nd husband is uncirc (her bf's and 1st husband were circ.) and she tells me he is much for sensitive and this sensitivity makes him orgasm quicker. A girl I knew from S America told me horror stories about her brothers who were uncirc. She said the mother didnt know she had to basically massage the extra skin because when the bother hit puberty and would get fully erect it ripped the skin and the boy needed medical help. She said from then on all her brother were circumcised. ( I dont know how true this story really is since I do not have first hand/ sight knowledge.)

Also , I have an 8 mon old son and I think the best gift I could give his future wife/ SO is a nice clean circumcised penis. It looked like a lil deformed finger for the first 2 days of his life and I am so thankful to the doc for doing a good job on him.

But then that is just my opinion ...dont want to start a war.

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Registered: 10-18-2001
Sat, 10-07-2006 - 6:56pm

>>Ok, so 99% might be high, but I'm thinking of males born in the USA in the first 2/3 of the 20th century.<<

I think that you'd be right about that, but in recent years there has been a decrease world-wide in the number being circumsized and I know that here in New Zealand, it's almost the opposite. Very few babies are circumsized nowadays. I know that thirty or forty years ago there was a fair bit of (international) research done on it and the stats showed that there was, medically speaking, no good reason to circumsize boys. Both circumsized and uncircumsized do have their pros and cons. One of the main reasons cited for circumsizion was reduction in possible cancer of the glans, however it turned out that the odds of getting this cancer versus seriously botching a circumsizion were about the same so they sort-of cancelled one another out.

The hygiene issue is definitely hyped up. Honestly, I'm uncircumsized and it's a no brainer. A couple of seconds in the shower as you're soaping up everything else and it's squeaky clean and done. I think no more about it than I think about washing my armpits or soaping up any other part of my body. I would guess it's probably similar and probably takes about the same time and effort to wash a vulva. And don't forget that even circumcized guys have to grab theirs and give it a bit of a wash too.

Another interesting fact was that what we tend to think of as being an unhygenic uncircumcised penis is actually a normal and healthy one. The foreskin actually produces emoillients and secretions that protect and moisturise the head of the penis. So washing it until it's pink and smells like lavender may not actually be the best thing for it - which is interesting when you relate that to being a parent and having to wash your child's penis - it may not need as much washing as you think that it does . But if you do want it squeaky clean and washed - as a child or as an adult, it's not difficult to do.

You could get problems with adult men not cleaning it adequately, but I bet that if they're not cleaning that part of their body then they've probably got some other serious hygiene issues too.

As for sensation? Who knows? Like you said, dakine, if you never had it....
I suppose that logically says that uncircumsized would be more sensitive but that debate has raged for years and no-one seems to be able to conclusively prove the point. Even adults that have been curcumsized are prone to bias because it takes time for a newly circumsized penis to get back into action and become whatever it becomes after years of rubbing against underwear.

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Sun, 10-08-2006 - 12:54am

>>It looked like a lil deformed finger for the first 2 days of his life and I am so thankful to the doc for doing a good job on him.<<

LOL! Of course, it's not *actually* a finger; and you get used to what you normally see. An uncircumsized penis is going to look odd if you've never seen one before. I've heard (secondhand) from some younger women that circumsized penises are the odd looking ones these days - they look like they've been scalped and they have a scar around them! :-)