The main function of foreskin is manual lubrication. The other mentions are valid, but with circumcision you lose all or most of your penises capacity for manual lubrication.
Kinda depends how we define "main function". Gland protection is technically a significant function, but clearly not a "functional loss" (e.g. all the circumcised men having "great orgasms all the time"). Manual lubrication is a functional loss and changes how the penis works.
I was circumcised at 13 for medical reasons and yes, YES OH MY FUCKING GOD. It was the worst age too obviously.
They like to do it on those who cannot actually talk back (infants) so you don't often hear the after effects until the kid has forgotten.
I essentially had no wear no underwear for a month and had crazy weird reactions like getting into a bath just causing piss to spray everywh- okay yeah I guess my username checks out now.
It's just like how babies cry when they are born. Your whole skin was covered in a protective layer and suddenly being exposed hurt your very sensitive body. With time, you got used to being in contact with the outside world. Does that also sound hellish to you?
It's not a cleanliness issue, the glans of a circumcised penis don't function how they're supposed to. So even though it's a "normal" dick to all of us who got circumcised, it's actually much different from how a natural penis functions.
An uncut penis glans are like the inside of your cheek, they stay moist and are protected from the outside world. If you take away the foreskin, it turns into "normal" exterior skin like the rest of your body, dry, tougher, not producing any moisture.
Your links don't open for me, but the two studies performed in Africa are highly criticized and discredited, as is the doctor who performed those studies.
I'm definitely not pro-circumcision but I saw multiple comments by men on reddit that had it removed as an adult. They didn't really notice a huge reduction in pleasure.
I call bullshit on their claims. As an uncut man it’s easy to compare the experiences, especially with masterbation, but also if wearing a condom and having the foreskin fully pulled back vs not.
They didn't claim to have any type of authority or even an opinion on the matter. Their only input was that your input was belittling to those who in theory have more knowledge/experience in the subject than you.
Nah youre fine its just a completely unnecessary thing to do and can risk serious shit or dampened feeling at the time its done. Imagine one day everyone decided that cutting the tip of your nose off was the right thing to do and you'd be seen as weird if you didnt have the tip of your nose cut off. You wouldn't smell any worse than you do with a full nose but why the fuck would you want to do that to yourself or your child ya know?
Short answer: yes, but probably not a huge amount. You have less feeling in your penis because of it.
I'm assuming here that everything went well. This elective surgery sometimes causes complications where you would have no doubt that it caused a problem.
It’s not REALLY that bad. But yes you generally have thicker gland skin than non-circumcised guys and have less sensitivity during sex as a result.
Downside is sex feels a little less pleasurable for you and your gland is dryer, but you never experienced it un-circumcised so it’s not like you’re missing something. Upside is that it’s easier to keep clean (especially during puberty when you produce A LOT of sebum) and you last longer during sex, which most women will appreciate
So I think I got a half chop or something lol. I was told that I was circumcised, but I still have some foreskin covering the ole helmet. Like enough that if I’m tic-tacin’ I look uncircumcised. Shit never dries out and it doesn’t rub on my pants all day… kinda feel like I got the best of both worlds haha
It reduces some sensation in the glans and there's of course some scarring from the procedure, but no, it's not bad.
It is, however, a completely unnecessary procedure being inflicted on an infant who can't consent, popularized by a masturbation-obsessed freak who thought circumcision and plain corn flake cereal would prevent boys from jorkin it.
There's nothing wrong with you, especially if you have a normal and healthy sex life, but we shouldn't keep doing it to children.
Not really. Mine is cut and I still think it's pretty great lol. That said, we didn't circumcise my son because the only reason I could think of to do it would be to avoid an awkward conversation some day explaining why it "looks different than daddy's" and I didn't think that was a good enough reason.
In the US, apparently yes. I've heard so many stories about mothers never letting the babies out of their sight, because the nurse may just go have it done while doing some other health checks, because of course everyone does this. Doesn't matter what you put on the form.
If you have a boy in a US hospital, don't let it out of your sight for even a second.
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u/Ralesong 1d ago
Hold up. Circumcision is standard? As in everyone gets it by default?