Circumcision - to do or not to do

[billybrown Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close billybrown]

My wife and I are debating whether to circumcise our 2 sons or not. One is 3.5 years old and the other one is a newborn.
We'd like to know the pros and cons especially from personal experience. How would it affect them as adult men, the possible trauma, sexual performance, etc?

[Padawan787 Moderator ReservePEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Padawan787]

Leaving the loss of thousands of nerve endings due to the removal of the foreskin aside, it's morally wrong because it's effectively mutilation without consent.

[draggin Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close draggin]

Don't do it. I was circumcised since birth. Over the years and decades of my glans being exposed it became rough, keratinized, and desensitized.

People laugh at me when I recommend foreskin regeneration, but for me personally growing my foreskin back has made sex feel so much better, my delayed ejaculation went away, hand jobs and blow jobs feel more amazing, I get hard easier, my glans turned smooth and shiny and ultra sensitive, my penis looks bigger, functions better, and even my turkey neck went away. Who knew foreskin has a purpose?!? It does.

My son is not circumcised. That's all I have to say.

[TLCTugger Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close TLCTugger]

My wife and I are debating whether to circumcise our 2 sons or not. One is 3.5 years old and the other one is a newborn.
We'd like to know the pros and cons especially from personal experience. How would it affect them as adult men, the possible trauma, sexual performance, etc?

Proxy (parental) consent for any medical intervention is only ethical if waiting for the patient's own rational informed consent would lead to harm, and when less-destructive options are exhausted. Circumcision of a healthy child fails this test decidedly.

Informed adults can decide for themselves about their own bodies.

Foreskin feels REALLY good. Circumcision alters sex dramatically by leaving the glans exposed to desensitize, by eliminating the exquisite frictionless gliding mode of stimulation, and by amputating thousands of specialized pleasure-receptive nerve endings.

Most of the world is intact, including 95% of non-Mulsims. Hundreds of thousands of men are enduring non-surgical foreskin restoration to undo a measure of the sexual damage.

-Ron

[MrB8 Senior Member Member of the Month Nov 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close MrB8]

I will not repeat the negatives outlined by the gentlemen before me, but I am really compelled to ask, why would you want to do that to your child?

[WantGirths Banned Find all posts View Profile Close WantGirths]

My wife and I are debating whether to circumcise our 2 sons or not. One is 3.5 years old and the other one is a newborn.
We'd like to know the pros and cons especially from personal experience. How would it affect them as adult men, the possible trauma, sexual performance, etc?

You are a horrible human being for even considering this.
That is all.

[arkham Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arkham]

My wife and I are debating whether to circumcise our 2 sons or not. One is 3.5 years old and the other one is a newborn.
We'd like to know the pros and cons especially from personal experience. How would it affect them as adult men, the possible trauma, sexual performance, etc?

Simple answer - NO

If they feel weird with foreskin in adult life, well then its their choice to do what they want.

[aBone2pick Senior Member Member of the Month July 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close aBone2pick]

The only reason to ever circumcise a baby is for religious reasons. It's considered to be a separation of sexual sin and paying a SACRIFICE to atone for that. If you don't want your children to pay a sacrifice for something you may or may not believe in, don't do it, there really is no other reason.

[billybrown Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close billybrown]

Thanks all for the great responses, I really appreciate them!

Firstly let my clarify, my cock is uncircumcised as you can see in my photo album, and I would not have it any other way. However my wife comes from a muslim background, although she doesn't practice it herself, there are some things that are also traditionally and tribally customary in her culture, hence the question popped up. They also do female cutting where she comes from, but thankfully her father said no to that when they tried to do it on her.

Since there seem to be no pro arguments, let me throw some up and let me hear your arguments on them.
-Cleanliness: less smelly-cheesy (I know that's a bit OTT, but you get my point), nothing gathers under the skin (sometimes when I do sports, little fluffs from my underwear get under my foreskin, etc).
-I know guys that are circumcised and they don't complain about the loss of sensitivity, some are actually horny as hell, can come multiple times during one session (which even I can't).
I understand that this site will attract people who rightly oppose this practice as it has left them scared but aren't you a minority? Sorry for playing devil's advocate but I want to approach this from all angles (even though I'm on the con side myself)

Thanks again guys.

[Steneo Senior MemberPEGym Hero Member of the Month Dec 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close Steneo]

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Don't you think this is a bit much, especially after his explanation above?

[schlittle Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close schlittle]

Thanks all for the great responses, I really appreciate them!

Firstly let my clarify, my cock is uncircumcised as you can see in my photo album, and I would not have it any other way. However my wife comes from a muslim background, although she doesn't practice it herself, there are some things that are also traditionally and tribally customary in her culture, hence the question popped up. They also do female cutting where she comes from, but thankfully her father said no to that when they tried to do it on her.

Don't do it Billy. As you have already said you wouldn't be doing it for religious reasons because your wife isn't religious, so why put your boys through pain with an unnecessary operation.

[Steneo Senior MemberPEGym Hero Member of the Month Dec 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close Steneo]

Don't do it Billy. As you have already said you wouldn't be doing it for religious reasons because your wife isn't religious, so why put your boys through pain with an unnecessary operation.

Yep,

[tropheus Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tropheus]

The only reason to ever circumcise a baby is for religious reasons. It's considered to be a separation of sexual sin and paying a SACRIFICE to atone for that. If you don't want your children to pay a sacrifice for something you may or may not believe in, don't do it, there really is no other reason.

Religious like FGM! Religious nutters

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

You are a horrible human being for even considering this.
That is all.

That is uncalled for, it is a decision that he wants to be informed on. We will discuss this without judgement and that is all I have to say on that.

Billy, I had my kids before I was here at the gym. My boys are all circumcised as am I. I have had a great sex life but now with what I know if I could do it over again I would not have my children cut by the doctors.

[billybrown Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close billybrown]

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What's wrong with you boy?! Stop rattling your cage a little bit and read properly. I'm here to ask questions. If I didn't care about my kids I would have just done it, don't you think? It's a conversation I had with my wife, as it's part of her culture, and we decided to broaden out horizons on the matter and ASK people who may have more personal knowledge about it.
Guys, thanks again for the responses, the good news is that this has reinforced us in our decision to leave it to them when they are old enough. If anyone has anything else t say about the subject, I'm still keen to hear all arguments, even yours WantGirths.