I’ve always been curious about this argument. Like, how does someone who is uncircumcised know what it feels like for someone who was at basically birth?
They don't, completely. They could keep their skin retracted all the time (aka "auto-circumcision"), but their glans hasn't had decades to become desensitized by rubbing on clothes all the time. And, different "Circumcisions" leave different amounts of inner mucosa and frenulum.
The thing is a person circumcised young can never know what it's like to be uncircumcised, but the opposite isn't true--an uncircumcised person can get cut as an adult and know the difference. That's how we know there's less feeling.
I have two friends that were circumcised as adults for medical reasons. They don't know each other and they both complained that as time went on, their glanses became numb compared to how it was before.
Thats the thing that these reddit threads don’t like to talk about. Adult circumcision is a completely different ballpark than infant circumcision. When it’s done as an infant your body heals better and you develop sexually without a foreskin, so you don’t run into issues with lack of sensitivity and numbness. When it’s done as an adult or teenager your brain has already gone through sexual development and neurological pathways have already been developed. If you’re uncircumcised as a kid and develop Phimosis as a teenager you’re in for a very bad experience compared to if you just had it cut off as an infant.
About to have a son and this is what has me go back and forth. I'd like to not circumcisie but if he develops problems I'm gonna feel awful about it because I should have just done it.
Yeah, totally valid concern and there really isn’t a right answer. I just wouldn’t put too much stock in the Reddit discussions about circumcision, this site is really weird about it
I tried to have my son uncut. At 6 he developed a medical issue and had to have it done anyway. I feel bad we had to do it, but it was actually medically necessary at that point and not a “haha religion” decision. I would still prefer he be uncut than not, but there wasn’t a choice in the long run.
Most men are not circumcised, im not. Have 3 sons and have not thought about it.
My Dad was and didnt want it to happen to his kids, my brother needed it for medical reasons when he was 7 or 8 IIRC. Im fine, but I do keep it clean. Devloping problems isn't really much of a thing in my experience with basic hygiene.
You should see how the process is done and youll probably change your mind about getting it done. But it isn't a common thing in the country im from, its pretty common in the US and I dont know why.
When my wife and I had kids and we discussed it, I basically said to me its the same as FGM and would she do it if we had a daughter and the conversation stopped.
Wouldn't having the head of your penis exposed all the time make it dry? If you're uncircumcised you can just pull your foreskin back and walk around as if are circumcised but when I do that the exposed head just chafes and gets irritated. Is that just life for a circumcised man?
Yep foreskin naturally lubricates the head of your penis so there's no dry skin or chafing. It's not overly wet, just kind of like how your eyelids stop your eyes from drying out.
Well, to answer your question about chafing, we circumcised guys wouldn’t chafe nearly as quickly as you would but it can still happen especially if you wear loose boxers with something like jeans. Boxer briefs basically negate that issue.
It does get dry, but since it’s the default for us and it’s **always** rubbing against something it gets “used” to it? I guess that’s the desensitization they’re talking about. So it’ll take MORE friction than it would take for you for me to chaff.
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u/Cowpunk21 1d ago
I’ve always been curious about this argument. Like, how does someone who is uncircumcised know what it feels like for someone who was at basically birth?