circumscision

[iceygirl]

or however you spell it.

get this, last time i was at my parents house, i heard that my cousin and his wife had their EIGHT YEAR OLD son circumscised (!)

discuss.

[zorra_chiflada]

yeah, i knew a guy who went to this crazy doctor and had a circumcision when he was 9. i don't know why.

[iceygirl]

i was horrified after i heard this. i would think he will probably hate his parents forever now. poor kid :(

[louise]

i was horrified after i heard this. i would think he will probably hate his parents forever now. poor kid :(


no he doesnt know better and if his parents decide this they will tell him why too don't you think ??

but still i would never do that with my kids

[Loppfessor]

Why did they wait so long?

[icy manipulator]

marlon brando was circumcised when he was in his 50's or 60's. no shit

[iceygirl]

Why did they wait so long?

well his wife his hungarian, and that is where the kid was born and it isnt common to do it there, and from what i understand they just decided against it when they came back here. i heard he was having some sort of 'problem,' but i dont know what the problem was.
i just cant imagine the pain he must be feeling after having something uncovered that has been covered and not exposed for so long. im sure it must be painful.

[louise]

well his wife his hungarian, and that is where the kid was born and it isnt common to do it there, and from what i understand they just decided against it when they came back here. i heard he was having some sort of 'problem,' but i dont know what the problem was.
i just cant imagine the pain he must be feeling after having something uncovered that has been covered and not exposed for so long. im sure it must be painful.


if he had a problem then it's a medical reason....it's infected or some what or perhapes it doesn't go over the head normaly / half way ?? don't now
my parent had to do this with my brother but only cause it had to be done cause of it beeing infected to and it would become worse again and again so it was better to do so !!

[Loppfessor]

I don't see what the big deal is, uncircumcised penises are more prone to infection and look really weird. Originally when I read this I thought it sounded like they had the family over for some sort of pseudo briss. If it was a medical procedure done by a doc for medical reasons then good for his parents. They just shoulda done it sooner.

[Documad]

i heard he was having some sort of 'problem,' but i dont know what the problem was.
Maybe he was too young to be teased yet. But my American male friends assure me that if you're one of the few who wasn't, you're going to get mercilessly teased by the other boys in the locker room at school. It's the only reason my friends give for having it done to their sons.

[Los Para Noias]

it's not supposed to be very painful.

[louise]

it's not supposed to be very painful.


if every thing is normale you get painkiller shot before but after that when it works out THAN the pain drops in ..so they say !!

[ms.peachy]

It's not all that uncommon for boys to be circumcised from 8-12 years of age.

As I reckon most of us know, all boys have spontaneous erections occasionally beginning in infancy. What happens is that as the boy becomes pre-pubescent, and the penis grows, these erections can start to become quite painful for uncircumcised boys, because sometimes the foreskin opening is too narrow for the fully erect penis to extend comfortably. Sometimes this results in tearing of the skin, which can lead to infections, etc. In this case, medical circumcision is usually the recommended course of treatment.

I would be willing to wager this is the case here.

[Documad]

It's not all that uncommon for boys to be circumcised from 8-12 years of age.

As I reckon most of us know, all boys have spontaneous erections occasionally beginning in infancy. What happens is that as the boy becomes pre-pubescent, and the penis grows, these erections can start to become quite painful for uncircumcised boys, because sometimes the foreskin opening is too narrow for the fully erect penis to extend comfortably. Sometimes this results in tearing of the skin, which can lead to infections, etc. In this case, medical circumcision is usually the recommended course of treatment.

I would be willing to wager this is the case here.
The little boys I knew all had been snipped so I hadn't thought of that explanation, but it sure makes sense.

[ms.peachy]

The little boys I knew all had been snipped so I hadn't thought of that explanation, but it sure makes sense.
Well, I'm not a doctor - but I play one on TV.

[Documad]

I used to work with environmental lawyers. They used to say they were practicing science without a degree.

[beastieangel01]

I don't see what the big deal is, uncircumcised penises are more prone to infection and look really weird. Originally when I read this I thought it sounded like they had the family over for some sort of pseudo briss. If it was a medical procedure done by a doc for medical reasons then good for his parents. They just shoulda done it sooner.

exactly. People always said it was a matter of "hygiene" but really, as long as you clean the skin it'll be fine. That's what it's there for, to help protect. Also, guys that are not circumsized have 40% more feeling than most guys who are.

I saw a special on this somewhere a while back, hence the 40% more feeling knowledge. It was the discovery channel or something else reputable.

[ScarySquirrel]

Maybe he was too young to be teased yet. But my American male friends assure me that if you're one of the few who wasn't, you're going to get mercilessly teased by the other boys in the locker room at school. It's the only reason my friends give for having it done to their sons.
That's about the time when you're supposed to turn the tables around and ask them why they're looking at your dick in the first place... unless they're all gay or something. You're just minding your own business and they're checking out your wang? No way, dude.

[Documad]

That's about the time when you're supposed to turn the tables around and ask them why they're looking at your dick in the first place... unless they're all gay or something. You're just minding your own business and they're checking out your wang? No way, dude.
I thought that's what you guys do when you're alone in your males-only places. I saw it in a movie once. Porkys? Last American Virgin? I can't remember.

[adam_f]

Originally posted by Documad
Maybe he was too young to be teased yet. But my American male friends assure me that if you're one of the few who wasn't, you're going to get mercilessly teased by the other boys in the locker room at school. It's the only reason my friends give for having it done to their sons.

Was it an all-boys school?

[beastieangel01]

Maybe he was too young to be teased yet. But my American male friends assure me that if you're one of the few who wasn't, you're going to get mercilessly teased by the other boys in the locker room at school. It's the only reason my friends give for having it done to their sons.


that stinks. I remember hearing about that too. It's ridiculous.

I'd be like "bitch, whateva! I got 40% more feeling once I get a vagina later in life so BOOYAH!"

but I guess that really would be wasted on boys that age that tease about it. Oh well.

[adam_f]

That made the entire library look at me once I started laughing. Now I'm :o

[beastieangel01]

oops

:cool:

[Documad]

Well, a lot of American women think it's gross if men haven't been snipped. That's why my female friends do it to their sons. And men seem to want their sons to look like them.

One guy in particular who felt strongly about this was on a lot of sports teams. He said that boys tease other boys all the time, and if you were one of the 2 or 3 in class that still had the foreskin you would be miserable.

One of my close female friends read about it and thought about it and talked about it with me and the other women at lunch for months and never could make up her mind. I visited her in the hospital two days after she had her baby boy. She was asleep and her husband was holding the baby. Her husband said the baby was sleeping because he just had his little procedure and I said, "Wow, I never knew that Karen made up her mind about that" and her husband said, "wow, it was never even an issue for debate as far as I was concerned." :)

This whole thing started in America in the 20th Century. I guess because doctors thought it was more clean?

[beastieangel01]

I don't think it's gross. :confused:

weird.

[adam_f]

Originally posted by Documad
Well, a lot of American women think it's gross if men haven't been snipped.

edit: that wasn't said right.

Hopefully my gf doesn't think it's gross. I'm not gonna lose this one.

[Freebasser]

It's not that big a thing over this side of the pond.

So I'm told.

[Documad]

I think it's a pretty uniquely 20th Century American thing.

Except for Jews who do it for OT reasons.

In my Christian history reading it said that Christians gave it up so that non Jews would join the new sect. Apparently adult males who were converting to early Christianity didn't want to give up their foreskins. I don't blame them because there's a passage in the OT where a woman removes foreskin from a bunch of men with a sharp stone. :p

[miss soul fire]

I don't see what the big deal is, uncircumcised penises are more prone to infection and look really weird. Originally when I read this I thought it sounded like they had the family over for some sort of pseudo briss. If it was a medical procedure done by a doc for medical reasons then good for his parents. They just shoulda done it sooner.
Seriously, all penises look weird.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a lesbian, because I really hate the penis' look. I really wish penises looked cute.:(

[yeahwho]

It's not all that uncommon for boys to be circumcised from 8-12 years of age.

As I reckon most of us know, all boys have spontaneous erections occasionally beginning in infancy. What happens is that as the boy becomes pre-pubescent, and the penis grows, these erections can start to become quite painful for uncircumcised boys, because sometimes the foreskin opening is too narrow for the fully erect penis to extend comfortably. Sometimes this results in tearing of the skin, which can lead to infections, etc. In this case, medical circumcision is usually the recommended course of treatment.

I would be willing to wager this is the case here.

The old "Pomp and Circumstance" diagnosis.

[hardnox71]

I dunno. I've heard the pros and cons about this situation several times. To me it just seems more hygienic. I'm snipped and if I had a son he would be snipped, too. But not at eight fucking years old. That's just traumatic and the cause of many years of therapy down the road.

[abcdefz]

I know a kid who just got circumsized last year (at age 17) because he didn't like showering with all the circumsized dudes. I guess it might seem weird; I don't know. Personally, I'd prefer not to have been circumsized; partly for sensual reasons and partly for theological reasons.

[monkey]

i like it with a hoodie :p

also: i was dating a guy whose family was asking him to get re-circumsized (at age 20!) because the first time around wasnt done with a rabbi present or some shit like that. he said hell no, he's still scarred from the first time around.

[yeahwho]

Maybe a new trend will begin along the same lines as piercings and tattoos and dudes will start getting custom circumscisions.

[hardnox71]

Maybe a new trend will begin along the same lines as piercings and tattoos and dudes will start getting custom circumscisions.
How exactly would one go about showing that off to friends and family?

[TAL]

Maybe a new trend will begin along the same lines as piercings and tattoos and dudes will start getting custom circumscisions.
Custom as in they will actually let the man with the foreskin decide if he wants to get a circumcision? Now that would be news!

[marsdaddy]

Maybe he was too young to be teased yet. But my American male friends assure me that if you're one of the few who wasn't, you're going to get mercilessly teased by the other boys in the locker room at school. It's the only reason my friends give for having it done to their sons.This and the "we wanted him to look like his daddy" argument are ridiculous. I don't remember parading my penis around the boys locker room -- can't comment on the girls locker room. :o Kids were not teased about circumcision. And I can't imagine boys comparing their penii with daddy's too often.

I have a feeling most American parents do it because they think they should.

[Chicka B]

Last year, this Jewish dude at my school which was 13 almost 14 got circumsised and I think he told his friend then his friend started telling everybody and they all made fun of him. But I didn't, because bullys are ghey.

[CiaoBellaXO]

I dated a guy once who wasn't "cut" it was scary.

[little j]

circumcision is an unnecessary evil

[guerillaGardner]

well his wife his hungarian, and that is where the kid was born and it isnt common to do it there, and from what i understand they just decided against it when they came back here. i heard he was having some sort of 'problem,' but i dont know what the problem was.
i just cant imagine the pain he must be feeling after having something uncovered that has been covered and not exposed for so long. im sure it must be painful.


He might have had a tight foreskin. If it is too tight to pull back over the helmet it can't be kept clean and causes a build up of guff (smegma I think it's called) which can lead to urinary infections.

The pain of circumcision isn't too bad - just the pain you would expect of having stitches - most of which is psychological as men are protective of their bits. I didn't get circumcised until I was 19. The worst part of circumcision is when a doctor walks up to your bedside with bunch of students and asks you to pull out your penis and to slide the foreskin back. Oh, and there's the young male nurse who wants to shave your genitals or the pretty, female doctor who has to inspect the stitches. :D

[icy manipulator]

i wonder how hard it would be to get someone to circumcise themselves when they're drunk........... :rolleyes:

[GetYourWarOn]

or however you spell it.

get this, last time i was at my parents house, i heard that my cousin and his wife had their EIGHT YEAR OLD son circumscised (!)

discuss.


that's muy loco

[QweenOfBoggle]

I had never seen an uncircumsized penis in real life, so I decided to look them up on the internet. Needless to say, I was horrified. :(

[zorra_chiflada]

they probably got him circumsized because they were worried that he'd have some superficial girlfriend in the future would go "eww, uncircumsized, oh my god, that's like, soooo gross" (n)

i'm kind of surprised how many girls here have said "uncircumsized penises are so gross" blah blah blah
if some guy started a thread "girls with cellulite are so gross" we'd never hear the end of it.

[GetYourWarOn]

just peel it back ladies. no worries. (y)

[icy manipulator]

i'm kind of surprised how many girls here have said "uncircumsized penises are so gross" blah blah blah
if some guy started a thread "girls with cellulite are so gross" we'd never hear the end of it.
hahahaha, that's so true, you should start it

and what's so bad about not being circumised? barely any of my friends are. out of our group back in the days of high school only 1 guy was out of about 20., Does that seem strange? because it doesn't to me

[GetYourWarOn]

since i live my life by what i watch in porno mvies, i'm gonna assume that most european guys are uncircumsized, while most american guys are circumsisized.

[zorra_chiflada]

hahahaha, that's so true, you should start it

and what's so bad about not being circumised? barely any of my friends are. out of our group back in the days of high school only 1 guy was out of about 20., Does that seem strange? because it doesn't to me

it's not very common here.

[icy manipulator]

it's not very common here.


good good

just another example that we're smarter than americans :p