2026-04-13 17:55 UTC
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@village604@adultswim.fan 2026-04-14 18:38
How can you know that everything works perfectly normally if you've never experienced life with a foreskin?
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@homes@piefed.world 2026-04-13 18:01
we all have our own feelings about it. I'm not trying to say that the way you feel about your own circumcision is right or wrong, or how any man who decides - _on their own, as an informed adult_ - is right or wrong to do so. but I would vehemently argue that it is an adult man's decision to make, not a parent's decision to make for their infant son-- unless some medical condition makes it necessary to do so at that time (which are quite rare). and, yes, I understand that there are religious considerations, but, as an atheist, I'm not so sympathetic to that, either, as I classify all genital mutilation in the same category, regardless of age or gender: it is a decision to be made by the subject of the procedure, and only when they are a consenting, informed adult.
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@SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2026-04-13 18:36
There are several possible reasons why other men might be upset, although your own equipment still works perfectly normally: - Just like women's sexual responses differ, men's sexual responses may differ, as well. I've learned from a friend, who's had many male partners, that some men get intense pleasure from manipulation of their foreskin. Some can even reach orgasm that way. I've learned from several (intact) men on Reddit and Lemmy that their _primary_ source of sexual sensation is their foreskin, rather than their glans. Losing a major source of pleasure could be upsetting. - This same friend also reports that, in his experience, intact men have better awareness of their own state of arousal, and better control of it. In brief, they can "last longer." This is anecdotal, of course, but I seem to recall reading some research to back that up. That's part of the reason why he's upset by his being circumcised. - "Circumcision" is not just one thing. It ranges from the traditional bris (a small snip at the tip of the penis, so that the tip of the glans just peeks out) to amputation of the entire mobile skin system of the penis (about 15 sq. in. of adult tissue gone). I would imagine that men who have drum-tight skin on their penises, and _must_ use lube to facilitate penetration or masturbation, might not like it, whereas a man whose glans was still covered when his penis was flaccid might not notice much difference. - The dorsal nerve of the penis can be severed during the procedure, removing sensation from the glans almost entirely, leading to erectile and performance issues, as well as greatly reduced enjoyment of sex. - The healing of the circumcision wound can go not-quite-perfectly, leading to adhesions, assymetry, tight frenulums, phantom pain, and scarring. Journalist Gary Shteyngart wrote an essay about the odyssey of pain that he was thrown into when a skin bridge (an adhesion) on his penis became infected. Worse, I recall a letter published in _Savage Love_ from a man whose circumcision scar was so thick and inelastic that it caused the end of his penis to go ischemic, then necrotic, and then fall off when he was an infant. He's left with a stub of a penis, and a pretty good reason to be upset about circumcision, I'd say. ETA: I did not think of this, but @theleadensea@sh.itjust.works pointed out that removal of the foreskin complicates bottom surgery for trans women, I would guess because it gives the surgeon less tissue to work with.
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@a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 00:56
I mean, you lost a significant amount of your sensory nerves in your penis, but you do you. Anyway, I fucking didn't do it to my kids because it is unconscionable to mutilate a child's (possibly) *completely functional penis* for aesthetic reasons. BTW, You are bragging that you happened to be lucky. Many are not.
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@SanitationStation@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 19:53
Obviously most circumsised people have no issues with their dicks. And a lot probably sees it as a positive. I have heard a people claim that they look better. Doing plastic surgery on babies is still a bit weird to me.
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@Wilco@lemmy.zip 2026-04-13 22:48
Because sometimes there are scars. Sometimes they cut WAY too much and the skin left is too thin. Nature designed that weiner, no need for cosmetic customization.