PENISES: Cut, un-cut or intact?

[Cronus Protagonist]

Poll question: PENISES: Cut, un-cut or intact?

Quick fun survey of DU. Which are you?

(Mods: this is not a joke, this is a serious subject with an odd approach.)

[LAGC]

1. You left out an option for those who are cut who wish they were never mutilated.

Like we had a choice as a new-born...

[aSpeckofDust]

2. Yup.. and they did mine wrong. Fun times for my entire life.

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. I couldn't think of a single word for that

I still have time to add it, if you can come up with one...

[LAGC]

7. Regretful? Abused? Unwhole? Incomplete?

Just missing part of our bodies, the way were naturally born.

[Cronus Protagonist]

12. too late now, but I got the item added inside the window

I think the poll covers all the bases now, at least.

[keopeli]

4. I know a lot of people that feel that way, fwiw

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. I added a category for that

Just like you mentioned.

[Paradoxical]

5. It's not in it's original packaging. But I have suffered no ill effects.

[99th_Monkey]

8. I'm uncut and actually have a black t-shirt to prove it.

with "uncut" printed in small white letters on front, and on back it sez "IFC.com"
which is some off-beat cabal channel's acronym.

I love wearing it to The Club, to see how people respond to it.

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. I'm wondering... are they surprised?

...when they get you in bed?

[99th_Monkey]

32. No the t-shirt is anatomically accurate in my case. nt

[franzia99]

15. Do your partners notice any difference regarding the "gliding mechanism?"

That supposedly makes sex better for the female? I've read about this online and was wondering if it's true.

[Cronus Protagonist]

27. It is absolutely true

An intact penis has a gliding motion just like those toys that come in little tubes that you can hardly hold because the outer layer is not held in check by the interior. A cut penis has an action similar to a stick.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

40. That is absolutely right.

Uncut ones feel much better during sex. The foreskin has a purpose. A cut one feels like a stick.
It makes me sad that so many men had their foreskins cut off when they were babies and had no choice in the matter. I assume the cut ones don't know what they are missing.

I say this as a mature female who has experienced mostly cut, but a few uncut ones. They are much much better.

I didn't know about foreskins until I met a guy who had one. I did not know much about penises, and thought they naturally came cut. I had no idea how much better sex was with an uncut guy.

Mother Nature thinks of everything!!

[99th_Monkey]

33. Actually that has never come up. But I'll check it out when next opportunity arises.

both puns intended.

[Codeine]

9. Properly trimmed. nt

[Cronus Protagonist]

That's "cut"

This labeling has been well established in polite society already... but hmmmm..... does the fancy wording mean you're gilding the lily for some psychological gain, or do you just enjoy flowery language in general? :D

[Ken Burch]

10. I was circumscised at birth for health reasons, like most newborn males in the early 1960's

Personally, I've never regarded it as mutilation.

[Rabblevox]

11. cut, but oh well. I don;t remember feeling traumatized, and the junk works fine...

if I had my choice, I'd have chosen uncut. My friends with boy children almost universally choose uncut. There is no good reason to do it. But honestly, aren't there more important things to worry about?

[Mimosa]

18. There are very good reasons for circumcision

Circumcised males are less prone to contract and spead STDs including HIV, HPVs and cervical cancer to female sex partners. Look it up.

[Rabblevox]

21. that really only applies to men that don't know how to wash their dick. n/t

[Esurientes]

24. +1,000

Sounds about right!

[Confusious]

31. Most girls who've I've talked to don't think guys are able

That being said, I wash mine. :)

[NickB79]

34. Washing doesn't change infection rates of STD's like HIV or HPV. nt

[Cronus Protagonist]

28. Hahahaha!

Sometimes memes hang around forever. The problem, I think, in some cases, is deliberate ignorance, not always a lack of educational material.

[NickB79]

35. Damn CDC, spreading outdated, ignorant memes

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/circumcision.htm

"Male Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission and Other Health Conditions: Implications for the United States"

[Crunchy Frog]

39. I think the CDC has the potential to really damage its credibility with this.

There are some serious liability implications should an official government organization come out with a reccomendation for unneccessary neonatal surgery. And they also seem to be spreading a potentially dangerous public health message. "If you're circumcised you don't have to worry about AIDS or other STDs". I know that's not what they're really saying, but that's the message that's getting propogated in the popular media, and the message that lots of Americans (not the brightest bulbs in the bunch) are likely to pick up on. A dangerous message in a country where 80% of the sexually active male population is circumcised and we still manage to have just about the worst STD rates in the developed world (the rest of which mostly doesn't circumcise).

So unfortunately, yes, I think you're right about that.

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[Keith Bee]

17. Well, 2.5 inches IS my erect size

Worship me! :P

[Agent William]

20. Democratic Underground, in it for the lulz.

:hi:

[Rabblevox]

22. there is a brilliant republican joke here somewhere. n/t

[KG]

19. neatly trimmed. totally cool with it, coz it totally rocks.

[Bicoastal]

23. I'm calling BS. Discussions of circumcision on DU are never "quick fun surveys"

They're surefire, happens-every-time flamewar starters--especially when the OP is so so SO clearly biased. But I digress.

My prediction: this thread will go on for hours, with plenty of angry language and ad hominem attacks from both sides, before finally being put out of its misery by the Mods. Please don't insult our intelligence and act like this is a big shock to you.

As predictable as the tides, once having been introduced, this discussion topic does not and will not end well.

[LeftishBrit]

25. I don't own one...

not that this has ever stopped the spammers trying to tell me how to increase its size!

[Rowdyboy]

26. Having a circumcision at age 53 was the stupidest thing I've ever done....

I should NOT have listened to my doctor.

[Cronus Protagonist]

29. Ouch!

Damn, I don't care what a doctor said, I would never believe that circumcision is the answer! Phimosis can be dealt with just by stretching exercises... "Pull it BACK Jack!" :D

[Rowdyboy]

30. Not every case.....regardless, I should have refused

Sadly, some mistakes can't be taken back.

[Ken Burch]

36. Perhaps they can do something with stem cell research.

n/t.

[Rowdyboy]

37. They'll probably just waste stem cell research on diseases, accident victims etc.

While true victims like me suffer in near-silence!

I know its an insignificant problem but it still pisses me off. I wish I could personally speak to every adult male considering this particular option. Just a little "heads up" (sorry) about what to expect.

[xchrom]

38. they cut something off that i don't miss and i enjoy it just the way it is. nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

41. You did not offer a choice for female preference.

I prefer uncut. They glide much better. You can have sex and not get sore. The foreskin lets the man glide inside his own skin.

Unfortunately in my age group, baby boomers, the vast majority are cut. That's sad.

I don't think infants should be circumcised. They should make the choice when they are old enough.