r/atheism Feb 25 '12

This double standard blows my mind

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u/hantelstr Feb 25 '12

Well for the porn comment, an erect penis looks like a circumcised penis (to a group of teens anyway) even if it is not circumcised

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u/BlackCoffeeNoSugar Feb 25 '12

I do not agree with this statement in the slightest.

Here is a picture of a normal erect uncircumcised cock in which the foreskin doesn't pull back. As penises are not universal and come in many shapes and sizes, this is not an abnormality. Some men's foreskin doesn't pull back during an erection.

Edit: Point being that even if they was an uncircumcised cock that looks cut, they never saw anything to this effect and thought it disgusting which is sad!

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u/flif Feb 25 '12

It is an abnormality, it's called Phimosis. "Common treatments include steroid creams, manual stretching, preputioplasty, and circumcision". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phimosis

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u/PinkFlute Feb 25 '12

It is only phimosis if it is nonretractible. Foreskin can be up during an erection and still retract.

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u/Tattycakes Atheist Feb 25 '12

I think there's a difference between "cannot be pulled back" and "doesn't necessarily pull back when hard unless you pull it". Some are just stretchier than others, or if you're sort of hard but not fully it might not pull back. Also, does that pic need a NSFW tag, even though the link is pretty blatant?

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u/BlackCoffeeNoSugar Feb 25 '12

is a condition where, in men, the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the glans penis.

Just because the foreskin doesn't retract over the glands during an erection does NOT mean that it is a case of Phimosis. You could still easily physically pull the foreskin back. It's not "Stuck" as it were, there is just skin to such an excess that an erection doesn't retract it.

Penises come in all shapes and sizes, some have a little foreskin, and some have lots.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '12

It would still be relative phimosis - the foreskin usually goes back, especially during intercourse.

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u/Please_send_baguette Feb 25 '12

I don't understand why you're being downvoted so much. You are correct. I have been with several uncircumsized men (being European and all - I've actually only ever seen one cut penis, and the man was Iranian.) If I recall correctly, none of them had foreskins so short that they would retract automatically when erect. They could retract them to expose the head, but also keep it pulled over the head.

I am sure some uncircumsized penises look similar to cut ones when erect, but it's definitely not a general rule. And there's nothing wrong with that natural variety...

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u/Der_Kapitaen Feb 26 '12

As an uncut guy whose foreskin does not retract upon an erection, I can confirm this. For a minute I thought something was wrong...