These things are very controversial when it comes to women, but apparently most think it’s ok when it’s about men.
Do you blame your parents? Why did they do it? Scared of HIV? Not wanting to explain their son how to clean underneath the foreskin?
That’s a very leading question, don’t you think? (heh)
It’s technically correct, the best kind of correct.
I understand the implications and I think it should be the person’s choice, not the parents but as a person with a penis whose parents had him circumcised, I don’t think about it ever really and it doesn’t affect my day to day life.
In answer to your questions, I’m not sure why they did it.
Maybe you should ask them. What will you do with your son?
Both of my parents worked in health care and in the US, circumcision is treated as preventative treatment for things like UTIs and other complications.
At this point in my life, I’m not planning on having children. Would I circumcise them? Probably not as I think it should be a personal choice.
Not happy with their decision but there’s nothing I can do about it.
You can restore
Really? How?
As much as I hate to say it, check out r/foreskin_restoration on reddit. They have a ton of good info in the wiki. Tl;dr: the same way people grow skin when they get gauges in their ear or gain weight: tensioning the skin over time
Looks like you’re looking for a very specific answer that you’re not getting.
Doesn’t bother me one bit, as far as I’m aware I could have been born like this
When I asked my parents they said “We did it in case you wanted to marry a Jewish girl.” It didn’t make any sense at that time either, but since I don’t have any problems with it and have never known my penis any other way, I don’t really mind.
Did you marry a Jewish girl?
Nope
“Nope” yet.
“We did it in case you wanted to marry a Jewish girl.”
Wow
I have literally never thought about it other than when these types of discussions come up. If I hadn’t been circumcised I would probably think about it the exact same amount
What if you have kids?
I wish it wasn’t done to me. I blame American customs more than my parents. What a barbaric thing we do to our children.
As someone who medically needed one as an adult. I both appreciate my parents for not doing it to me as a child and have the horrible perspective of how painful this actually is.
You’re a monster if you do this to a baby. I barely survived it as a full grown man.
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This is a very personal question, and I know I’m not entitled to an answer, but curiosity has gotten the better of me: why was it required in your case?
This clearly isn’t a pleasant memory, so feel free to ignore me. Either way, thanks!
So I kept getting infections down there. This would usually occur due to hygiene. Now before you write me off as a basement dwelling Reddit moderator, the issue only occurred when I would have long layovers at the airport or would go for a weekend camping trip where I couldn’t properly wash myself down there to the fullest extent.
The worst one was finally from a 72 hour delay where I was stuck in the airport. After that infection I had enough and asked the doctor why this was such a big problem for me. He recommended due to the frequency of the issue to have it removed. I have not had infection down there since the operation, despite my activity or plans.
Yikes. I’m sorry you had to go through that. I’m glad it hasn’t been a problem since, at least!
Now before you write me off as a basement dwelling Reddit moderator…
I wasn’t expecting to laugh, but this line got me.
Thank you and I’m glad you found my humor acceptable. Conversation was getting a little glum 😅
About the same as I feel about rage bait titles
I’m actually kind of annoyed by rage bait titles.
I like my penis though.
Do we have to use such charged language? I was circumcised for a genuine medical procedure, nothing to do with hygiene, religion, or trends, so I’m very glad my parents had that done. Not so glad it had to happen in the first place, but very happy with the end result.
You’ve presented quite the leading question but I’ll answer for myself.
I was raised Muslim (now I’m atheist) so naturally, I was circumcised. It was done because that’s the rite of passage. Am I angry that it was done without my consent? Yes. Could my life have been better with a foreskin? I have no idea. How is my life now? I have many things to complain about, and none are related to my circumcision.
TL;DR: Don’t care
Was a baby when it was done so don’t remember any of it. Been this way my whole life so have nothing to compare it to. Never bothered me, never was a topic of conversation, and nobody ever cared…probably because it is extremely common where I live.
Very unhappy and violated. I don’t have a lot of sensitivity left (except in one area they missed) because they took too much foreskin. It makes me last longer but I can’t help but wonder what I’m missing.
I’m not actively mad about it but I agree it shouldn’t have been done and shouldn’t be normalized.
In my opinion in 100 years it will be viewed as genital mutilation as it’s done to children without consent for basically no reason at all. But by then it will be purely an elective surgery adults get so they feel their dick looks prettier, so whatever.
Pretty far from the biggest problem of our age. Maybe don’t stress about it.
