My current partner is circumsied (all my previous partners weren’t) and we talked about it as pillow talk recently. He expressed that is makes him sad. He feels like he has been mutilated without his consent and compares it to a woman losing her clitoral hood in terms of the sensitivity he thinks he is missing. I try my best to be supportive and can see where he is coming from. I’m from the UK, so men here aren’t typically circumcised, but my partner is American. Just wanted to ask other men how they feel about this
How do you feel about being circumcised (if you are)?
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Yeah it’s fucking bullshit and I feel the same way, I Hate it and I don’t believe in Judaism anyway
Same as your guy.
I don’t feel any sort of way about it tbh. It’s all I’ve ever known so there’s nothing to compare it with, and it’s the norm for us Americans.
I feel nothing about it. not bad but not good, it’s just something that never really was a thought to me
I still get plenty of sensitivity, I couldn’t imagine having more tbh.
never has anyone said “dang I wish you were uncircumcised” to me before
I haven’t had anyone complain about it and I wouldn’t know what being uncircumcised is like, so I have nothing to compare it to. Being told by the women that I’ve dated that it looks very good (in more flattering words) is enough for me to give it the ol’ thumbs up.
Yeah I don’t really give a shit. I’ve got nothing to compare it to. It’s all I’ve ever known.
I have nothing to compare it to. Been that way my whole life. Don’t bother me none.
I’m from UK, and it isn’t done here as a standard as you say. I am circumcised but for medical reasons, my peehole was not fully formed and my foreskin would swell like a balloon lol.
it has not affected me in any way I am aware of, an my sex life is perfectly normal. I literally do not care. Better than having a balloon penis.
Only men with sever mental problems and depression are concerned about it.
Normal guys are not the least bit worried.
Every time I hear complaints about a males hygiene down there I’m glad it’s a concern I will never have to have. That and I’m glad I don’t have a floppy tubesock looking bit of dangly skin hanging off.
There is not a single negative of having it done unless it was done incorrectly.
Most American and Canadian men are circumcised. And to be honest, there is a big stigma against the guys who aren’t – for both heterosexuals and gay people. Yes, there’s more nerve endings and pleasure for those who are not circumcised, and it’s less sensitive and needs less lubricant, but dealing with a huge portion of people being turned off by it…not fun
I was uncircumcised since I was born. Girls love it especially if they’re not accustomed to it.
Eta: sorry I’m drunk and misread your post lol
I mean… I get the consent thing. But being snipped is so much easier and cleaner and, opinion: aesthetically pleasing. Maybe I’m blessed in that regard.
Partners way more enthusiastic about oral. Can’t compare the feeling but I’m not complaining.
Some elderly relatives aren’t snipped and they wish they were.
All in all, thanks, parents.
I’m circumcised. It’s not something I spend a ton of time thinking about, but I do think it’s absolute bullshit and should be illegal.
I don’t mind it, but it’s not something I’ve ever really thought much about. I do agree that it’s messed up to do it when a baby/kid can’t consent and has no idea what they might be losing. Objectively, I agree, but personally, I don’t hold anything against my mother. It was just common practice at the time, and I’ve never had any issues related to it.
Never even think about it, nor do I care.
Glad that I am. Of course idk anything else though, but I definitely prefer the look
I’ve only ever been with circumcised men. I guess I can never go to the UK cause I don’t know what I’d do with a foreskin.
I’m circumcised and it is all I’ve ever known since I was cut shortly after my birth.
Sex was better before. Still good, but not as good.
I love it. No more tearing during rough ground-and-pound sessions.
Zero care in the world about it. I am, but don’t see any difference besides cosmetics, which I would argue in America favor circumcised. It’s really not that deep
I havent known not being so. so i have no opinions about it
Mixed feelings. On the one hand if you really think about what it is that’s being done to these babies (myself included) it’s incredibly messed up. On the other hand, I like the way it looks and think I’d prefer it this way. So thanks for the mutilation I guess.
I find it a bit weird to say “hey let’s cut a bit of our son’s dick off” before he’s even close to old enough to consent to it, but that could just be because I’m not from America where it’s more common, and there are loads of perfectly fine reasons for it to be done later on in life, medical or otherwise.
i am the opposite of you partner, uncircumcised and i wish i was circumcised…
why? p.e… it just feels so good and i can’t last very long at all, hard to please a woman…
also, it’s hard to keep clean, my ex-wife wouldn’t touch it unless i had just showered or washed it in the sink XD
I have nothing to compare to it and my sexlife is gooooddddd
I’m circumcised, but I didn’t circumcise my kids. I didn’t see a point to it.
I don’t see it as mutilation, and I never had any concerns about sensitivity.
Not something I’ve ever thought about.
Unless there is some medical necessity to it, I don’t know why you would.
I understand some religions do, but I’ve still never understood it and would never want to have it done myself or to my son.
It’s all I ever known…. It is what it is
I’m fine with it, but also wish it wasn’t done. If it’s done for medical reasons, that’s fine, but we probably shouldn’t be cutting off chunks from a child without good reason.
I’m glad it happened. I think uncircumcised peepees look weird.
I feel absolutely nothing about it and I have never given it thought.
I am circumcised and wish I wasn’t, but it hasn’t affected me in any negative way.
I’m circumcised and think it’s astonishingly stupid.
I’m not sad or happy about my situation. It’s all I’ve ever known. However, I think it’s shitty to do this baby boys on a large scale like we do. If I could flip a switch like it never happened to me, would I? Probably.
When I had it done, I couldn’t walk for a year!
I feel like I was robbed. No respect for his body his choice.
I’m good with it. I’ve got a couple of buddies uncut and they’ve dated women that were not fond of it.
I’m not mad that I didn’t have a say.
The science and the way it was sen at the time. My father is circumcised. And I probably would find it weird if I wasn’t like my dad.
My wife likes the way it looks and it works. So……no complaints.
I do not care at all. Tbh, I personally think it looks better aesthetically than uncut, and most of the women I’ve been with have shared the same sentiment.
I don’t know why this issue is such a big thing on Reddit, but it only ever seems to be on Reddit… I don’t feel violated, or mutilated, or whatever the hive mind says that I’m supposed to feel about being circumcised.
Im against it and Im glad that I’m not
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a guy being upset about it, let alone give it much thought at all. It’s just what has always been for us since we could think and remember. So there’s nothing to compare it to honestly. Unless they did a bad job and it’s messed up down there? Or he’s like obsessed over it and it’s something he’s read into too much. I really don’t know what to say with how you said he is about it.
I think the way the guy is expressing it to you is kinda weird and over dramatic personally. Does he just sit there and look at it once in a while and get depressed? Strange.
Every woman I know prefers it
I feel the same as your bf
people who mutilate the genitals of newborn babies should rot in prison
I prefer it. I know for a fact having foreskin would drive me nuts just having loose skin there
I don’t really have anything else to compare it to, yknow?
I don’t have any big feelings about it as it relates to me personally; but I also probably wouldn’t have done it to my sons if I’d had any. I think it’s something we should revisit our acceptance of for sure.
I’m glad as hell. I’d hate to have all that extra skin, and never have I ever heard a girl say she wished I wasn’t trimmed.
I think there’s this strange new-ish phenomenon of men feeling regret over being circumcised in the US. Obviously, it’s not very common in many other developed countries, so the US is an anomaly when it comes to this.
That said, you’d think American men wouldn’t really care since (at least historically) American women also tended to prefer and be used to circumcised penises (since that was the norm).
I’m not circumcised, but most of my friends are. I live in the US. People go on about how being uncircumcised is better, lets you feel more during sex, etc… but I don’t know of any uncircumcised guy who cares about the fact that he’s uncircumcised. Outside of actual problems with your penis, sex is going to feel good with or without foreskin. In fact, there are plenty of men who were uncircumcised, but later get circumcised as adults due to medical issues (etc.). I don’t recall ever reading those men saying, “Man, sex feels way worse without my foreskin.” All them basically say it feels about the same, from what I’ve seen.
Whether that’s true or not… what’s he going to do about it? This is like being sad about having lost a limb when you were younger. You can’t get it back. You need to move on, because lingering on what could’ve been is a waste of time.
Never new any different. But I wish someone had asked me before slicing off a sensitive piece of my johnson. So I didn’t have my sons cut.
I don’t care. It’s what I’ve always known
Never thought about it. Women have always said they preferred it. Currently have a child so… never really impacted my life at all.
I’ve nothing to compare it to so I think absolutely nothing about it.