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Originally posted by jheated5
I love being circumsized, it's great really I don't have to worry about pulling skin back to clean out that disgusting cheese or fungus or whatever you wanna call it in there yuck!
Plus the women LOVE it! Every woman I've been with or talked to say they CRINGE at the sight of an uncircumsized one and say it's absolutely gross!
No need to feel sorry for us cut guys, we're doing just fine....
1. Full penis length and circumference. The "prepuce" (foreskin) constitutes 50% or more of the skin system of the penis [1]. If unfolded and spread flat, the average adult foreskin measures 60-90 square centimeters (10-14 square inches) [2], or about the size of an index card [see illustration]. The foreskin creates a visibly longer penis, especially when the foreskin extends beyond the head of the penis. Also, the double-layered tissue of the foreskin engorges with blood during erection and creates a visibly and sensually thicker shaft and glans.When the engorged foreskin retracts behind the coronal ridge of the glans, it often creates a wider and more pronounced "ridge" that many partners find especially stimulating during penetrative intercourse. The circumcised penis appears truncated and thinner than a full-sized intact penis.
2. Protection. The sleeve of tissue known as the foreskin normally covers the glans and protects it from abrasion, drying, callusing (keratinization), and environmental contaminants. The glans is intended by nature to be a protected internal organ, like the female clitoris [see illustration]. The effect of an exposed glans and resulting keratinization on human sexual response has never been studied. Increasing reports by circumcised men indicate that keratinization causes a loss of sexual sensation, pleasure and fulfillment [3, 4].
The foreskin protects the glans, keeping it soft, moist, and sensitive, it has a lot of nerve endings on the inside, which are sensitive.
Acts kind of like a natural lubricant, so you don't need external lube.
Can make sex easier. About 70-80% of the world's men are uncircumcised, some women prefer it.
A very recent study in New Zealand followed a cohort of boys through life from birth to age 32.
Source: Wikipedia
Estimates of the proportion of males that are circumcised worldwide vary from one-sixth[2] to a third,[3] and it is commonly practiced between infancy and the early twenties.[88] The WHO has estimated that 664,500,000 males aged 15 and over are circumcised (30% global prevalence), with almost 70% of these being Muslim.[88] Circumcision is most prevalent in the Muslim world, parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, the United States, the Philippines, Israel, and South Korea.
Originally posted by sputniksteve
reply to post by PsykoOps
What you dont have the right to do is tell me what i am allowed to do. Notice no one is saying that everyone should be circumcised, they are defending their right to choose as a parent.
You only say that because you dont have a foreskin.
So it's perfectly ok to mutilate children as long as they dont remember anything and they dont lose function to their bodily parts? Are you seriously saying that?
Why would you even compare injuries or defects with something that is 100% natural? Not the same thing, not even close.
Btw, you are a fool if you argue that you're allowed to slice up your children because some dude who floats in the sky told you to.
I see no mention of foreskin as a vestigial.
So your point is bit moot.
Also just because there might be some problems later on doens't justify mutilation. If there is no medical reason to circumcise then it's just pure mutilation.
Originally posted by SyphonX
I forgot where I found it, but I once read an interesting correlation between circumcision, aggression and the military. Some ancient armies were forced into circumcision, with the worn-out excuse for "health" reasons. Anyway the article postulated that it was to make the men more aggressive, because they received less pleasure from their member, and it engrained in them a practice of having their manhood "branded" and themselves essentially "owned".
I think it's interesting, that of the countries that have "enforced" circumcision, most of them contain the most warring, violent men in modern times. Namely, America, and the Middle-East.
Source: Wikipedia
Estimates of the proportion of males that are circumcised worldwide vary from one-sixth[2] to a third,[3] and it is commonly practiced between infancy and the early twenties.[88] The WHO has estimated that 664,500,000 males aged 15 and over are circumcised (30% global prevalence), with almost 70% of these being Muslim.[88] Circumcision is most prevalent in the Muslim world, parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, the United States, the Philippines, Israel, and South Korea.
I think it's rather interesting. . .edit on 8-7-2012 by SyphonX because: (no reason given)