To circumcise or not to circumcise?

[Losty]

Losty, off the record, be carefull not to throw around opinions. Some might use the fact that you are on staff to throw you off balance. Hmm just an advice.

Not really sure I know what you mean, but I'll try not to have too many opiniony opinions just in case.

[thesummerqueen]

Fucking hell... is it that bad in America that people get freaked out over a natural... 'uncut' ...penis?

American children get terrible sex advice and education.

[Losty]

Fucking hell... is it that bad in America that people get freaked out over a natural... 'uncut' ...penis?

Yes, even doctors.

[Silver]

American children get terrible sex advice and education.

That's quite the statement.

I was an American child. I was a virgin until the age of twenty. I think sexual education here in America taught me a thing or two.

[emjay]

Is it all religiously motivated or has it gone into mainstream as well?

[SteelCurtain]

Arms are not absolutely necessary. Are you going to cut those off too?

Arms are not absolutely necessary? In what world are you living where you never have to use your arms?

Jibbers Crabst you pegged my irony meter twice in this thread. These things are expensive!

[Silver]

Jibbers Crabst you pegged my irony meter twice in this thread. These things are expensive!

No worries. I can compensate you with a hug.

[thesummerqueen]

Is it all religiously motivated or has it gone into mainstream as well?

Sex is a squicky topic religious or no - it makes people uncomfortable to discuss. There's a lot of misinformation that gets perpetuated in all circles - including information about circumcision.

But it's not just the mechanics of sex that need to be explained - it's also body image and relationship health that should be promoted, and they don't do that either.

[LastPoet]

I got to page 11 and I couldn't keep going.

I've been with more than a few penises. THEY ALL LOOK FUNNY.

But to be fair, vaginas look like goddamn face-huggers.

Consider teaching your kid to be strong about what he or she looks like without taking a knife to them before they can consent. I'm surprised I hadn't heard anyone encourage this, but did hear a lot of "I don't want them to be teased -" look, motherfuckers, kids tease each other about EVERYTHING in school. If you're afraid of that, homeschool them until they're a social pariah, because life is way fucking harder than "someone made fun of my pee-pee."

Cut and uncut dicks are no different when a guy is erect, unless someone botched the circumcision. If you don't like uncut dicks because you think they're dirty, then you are either having sex with someone who needs a hygiene adjustment, or you're being ignorant. I literally had to watch an idiot woman I knew claim that 'uncut dicks were dirty and smelled funny' and she'd NEVER have sex with one, even though I knew she'd had sex with my ex - who was uncut, and fastidiously clean. So either she was full of shit, or ignorant, or both. Most likely, she'd never fucking know because in dim light or the dark, if you're not going down on him or giving him a handie, you're not going to know the fucking difference.

I really get angry about this aesthetics issue - there's absolutely nothing wrong with an uncut cock. It's a penis. Everyone should start familiarizing themselves with 'normal' people genitalia - it's not going to be the 'aesthetically pleasing' shit you are conditioned to in porn, where people bleach, and surgery themselves, or get picked specifically for the shape and size of their equipment. Do you decide not to be with someone because every part of them isn't 'perfect' or 'perfectly aligned' with your pre-conceived standards?

Stop taking away your child's physical agency just because you THINK it'll save him from bullying. It won't. Don't do it because you think it's cleaner. It's not. Don't do it because some girl might be fucking retarded enough to squeal EWWWWW over an uncut penis - your son should never risk pregnancy or any other binding emotion or action with someone who is that ridiculous.

I missed you so much. Thanks.

[emjay]

Is it all religiously motivated or has it gone into mainstream as well?

Sex is a squicky topic religious or no - it makes people uncomfortable to discuss. There's a lot of misinformation that gets perpetuated in all circles - including information about circumcision.

But it's not just the mechanics of sex that need to be explained - it's also body image and relationship health that should be promoted, and they don't do that either.

Yeah, I can understand that - not about circumcision cos that's just not a 'thing' here in the UK, not at all - but in general sex is still an uncomfortable topic for most people. And overall I think that is probably due to religious baggage down through the ages, but who knows whether it would still be the case even without religion. I know that I was very uncomfortable talking explicitly about sex in A69 when I first got to this site but now I'm more comfortable saying the sorts of things I've said in this thread... so this uncomfortableness can be challenged and overcome. So I thank AF for that... for opening me up hehe. But yeah, I'm all for being more open about sex and more realistic sex education all round. Especially about body image etc... as it is everyone's essentially isolated because of this fear of talking about it, leaving everyone to their own ignorance and delusions.