Circumcision?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Hey now, mine was good information when you're thinking about your sons sexual future. (Or your own chances to have some chick eat your banana).

LMAO.

Don't I need the latter before I can ponder the former?

[return to the red]

after reading the entire thread, this is by far the funniest thing that has come up (no pun intended) in some time

a few things:

1) there are some things about people you really just don't need to know and if I ever meet any of you in person it will be way too disturbing (neeper, Redman, J-pold) Firefly I can deal with.

2) 30% less stimulation getting the chop? as long as you get to the destination It's all the same in the end. Besides, I would rather take the scenic route anyhow

3) I will be gettin my little guy chopped if I ever have a boy. Rather him go through life as a German soldier then have to deal with a cuban missile crisis!

[Mike Oxlong]

Helmet for sure!!

I am blown away by how many guys on here have Toques and are advocates for toques.

The helmet is the way to go for sure. As Firefly eloquently stated it is better for fellatio. Plus the hygeine issue, it looks way better and most importantly chicks prefer the helmets. At least the ones I have talked to anyways.

Ladies feel free to chime in here....helmet or toque on your man?

I have a tough time believing that I lost 30% of the sensation when I had it cut off. If he was anymore sensitive he would go off when I looked at it the wrong way.

When I was growing up guys constantly got ridiculed for having an anteater.

My boy will be circumsised for sure. Get it done when he is first born and he won't remember a thing his whole life.

[StoneCole]

This thread reminds me of the classic ep of South Park "Ike's Wee Wee".

The whole ep Kyle tries saving his (Canadian) brother from having his wee wee cut off.

In the end, Kyle's dad explains: "we're not gonna' cut it off, we're just snipping it, so it looks bigger"

to which Kyle responds: "oh, that makes sense"

My point is: everyone's making a big deal about the procedure, but I bet it's not as bad as some think. It's just "snipping it." Sure it's "down there" and there may be some blood, which is hella' scary, but in reality, I don't think it's as bad as some think.

Still though, would I have it done? No chance in hell (it is after all down there, and there may be some blood)

[RedMan12]

I think it's all about prefrence and background. I know lots of people that have a touque or a helmet and they seem to get through life fine and it really doesn't effect your sex life.

It's just hilarious talking about such a taboo subject with a bunch of randoms on a message board.

Don't worry about meeting me anyways. I don't tell new people when I first meet them, "hey im redman12 on calgarypuck.com nice to meet you."

[Bobblehead]

It shouldn't be taboo.

<Stand on soapbox> There are too many things people won't talk about, especially sexually related, and I believe that promotes fear and/or ignorance.</Step down>

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Mike Oxlong

Helmet for sure!!

I am blown away by how many guys on here have Toques and are advocates for toques.

The helmet is the way to go for sure. As Firefly eloquently stated it is better for fellatio. Plus the hygeine issue, it looks way better and most importantly chicks prefer the helmets. At least the ones I have talked to anyways.

Ladies feel free to chime in here....helmet or toque on your man?

Now now, that's not quite what I said. It's better for spontanious banana eating, but it's more fun if the banana is unpeeled and not ripe. There are pros and cons to both.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Now now, that's not quite what I said. It's better for spontanious banana eating, but it's more fun if the banana is unpeeled and not ripe. There are pros and cons to both.

I really wonder how this conversation would go if I approached a girl at the bar.

Me: "Hey, so do you like your bananas peeled or unpeeled?"

Her: "Excuse me?"

Probably end up with me in jail half an hour later.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I really wonder how this conversation would go if I approached a girl at the bar.

Me: "Hey, so do you like your bananas peeled or unpeeled?"

Her: "Excuse me?"

Probably end up with me in jail half an hour later.

Are you kidding it will all go fine!....as long as I am your wingman

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

Are you kidding it will all go fine!....as long as I am your wingman

LOL, I'm sure a good wingman could find a way to turn that around like:

"Oh I apologize for him. He's not feeling too well right now. You see he's an NFL quarterback and it's training camp and he took a pretty hard shot to the head this week."

[peter12]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Now now, that's not quite what I said. It's better for spontanious banana eating, but it's more fun if the banana is unpeeled and not ripe. There are pros and cons to both.

Haha all this talk of peeling and unpeeling has me kind of confused. Then you throw in ripe. Maybe I'm just naive.

[Lucky boy]

Originally Posted by J pold

Are you kidding it will all go fine!....as long as I am your wingman

Ya, you can show her diagrams and everything so she can understand

[Ro]

I have three comments to add to the discussion:

1) I have a hard time believing that the pain an infant boy experiences during a circumcision does not affect him in some way. Yes, he isn't going to "remember" the procedure, but how will it affect his psychological well-being down the road?

The pain infants experience during a circumcision is not only as real as the pain a grown man would have if he were undergo the same procedure, but it is inflicted at such an age when the child is still developing and maturing. I believe the so-called risk of infection is easily outweighed by this potentially more harmful (but admittedly, harder to measure/prove) side effect.

2) My Dad was circumcised. I am not. There was never an issue with "why isn't mine like Daddy's." As long as parents take the time to educate their children about this particular body part in question, there should be no problem. Pull back the foreskin, and wash your penis with soap and water. Simple as that.

Also, any kid under 10 or 11 who gets an infected foreskin is not to blame. His parents are at fault for not making sure he practicing proper hygiene. Yeah, it might be difficult or awkward to talk about for some people. I imagine having a circumcision done at age 11 would be a little awkward also.

It's not rocket science here. It's not like you need to clean the thing with bleach three times a day. Kids getting infections under their foreskin are children who don't know they need to clean under there regularily, or aren't bathing properly/enough. With responsible parenting, this is a non-issue, save for extreme circumstances.

3) During intercourse, the foreskin acts as a gliding mechanism, allowing for a less-abrasive and smoother motion in and out of the vagina. Not to mention it keeps the head of the penis (and its millions of nerve endings) covered up, preserving the sensitivity that is so greatly diminished when the penis is circumcised.

A good link: http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/

[StoneCole]

Originally Posted by Ro

1) I have a hard time believing that the pain an infant boy experiences during a circumcision does not affect him in some way. Yes, he isn't going to "remember" the procedure, but how will it affect his psychological well-being down the road?

The pain infants experience during a circumcision is not only as real as the pain a grown man would have if he were undergo the same procedure, but it is inflicted at such an age when the child is still developing and maturing. I believe the so-called risk of infection is easily outweighed by this potentially more harmful (but admittedly, harder to measure/prove) side effect.

That's it...round up all the serial killers and rapists and look if they had their foreskin snipped. There's the answer.

Guess I have to disagree with your statement about the pain having some lingering effect.

[pepper24]

Either way, who cares.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by pepper24

Either way, who cares.

I bet you'd care if you had to have part of your genitalia cut off without your consent.

[Bill Bumface]

6 pages of foreskin!

Interesting to hear FireFly's perspective.

A question for all you Asians out there, is it ture this is never done in Asia? I remember hearing besides North America (and mostly the US) and a very few parts of Europe, that the rest of the world leaves their foreskin intact.

[Mike Oxlong]

Originally Posted by Ro

I have three comments to add to the discussion:

1) I have a hard time believing that the pain an infant boy experiences during a circumcision does not affect him in some way. Yes, he isn't going to "remember" the procedure, but how will it affect his psychological well-being down the road?

LOL....Now this is starting to get ridiculous. How can getting circumsised affect your psychological well being?
Are you saying roughly half the male population that got circumsised when they were a baby is psychologically messed up?

I think there is more psychological damage when a kid is walking around with an anteater that looks different from the other boys, he gets bugged about his turtle neck wearing soldier, and then has to get it removed if it gets infected one day down the road. When he is 12 years old and has to get it removed that could be psychologically damaging!

Get it chopped early so the kid doesn't even remember, then he is set for life.

[RedMan12]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

6 pages of foreskin!

Interesting to hear FireFly's perspective.

A question for all you Asians out there, is it ture this is never done in Asia? I remember hearing besides North America (and mostly the US) and a very few parts of Europe, that the rest of the world leaves their foreskin intact.

I'm not Asian but my woman is and she said in Japan most parents circumsize their baby boys.

[Vansmack]

Originally Posted by Reaper

I bet you'd care if you had to have part of your genitalia cut off without your consent.

I did, and I don't