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dar512 11-04-2009 09:29 AM

Are you circumsized?
 
Religious reasons or health?

fargon 11-04-2009 10:02 AM

Health reasons.

Spexxvet 11-04-2009 10:50 AM

Who knows? Tradition?

monster 11-04-2009 11:01 AM

circumsized? Does that mean having someone measure the girth? :p

Sundae 11-04-2009 12:45 PM

Interesting points here (another Cellar thread).

I'm still baffled by two Western nations (US & UK in my case) having such different attitudes.
Cut or uncut makes no difference to me - and neither grosses me out.

The only men I've known who have been cut have been for health reasons. And by health reasons I mean because of specific foreskin problems. Hygeine problems occur with cut and uncut men - that's not health, that's personal grooming.

Undertoad 11-04-2009 01:19 PM

Quote:

The only men I've known who have been cut have been for health reasons. And by health reasons I mean because of specific foreskin problems.
You mean

Phimosis

It seems common. I knew a guy with it. He said it was terrible. He said he would cut his son if he had one. Sure, just look at that picture.

SamIam 11-04-2009 05:39 PM

I've been with both. Can't say that I can tell any reason difference once we get down to doing the nasty. ;)

Juniper 11-04-2009 09:32 PM

I never saw one that wasn't. Except in pictures. It's weird!

Elspode 11-04-2009 10:35 PM

I have no idea why I'm circumcised as it was done when I was born 53 years ago, and thankfully, I can't remember it. I'm pretty sure it wasn't religious, though, as we aren't Jewish.

xoxoxoBruce 11-05-2009 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SamIam (Post 605800)
I've been with both. Can't say that I can tell any reason difference once we get down to doing the nasty. ;)

I've been both, and I agree.;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 605884)
I'm pretty sure it wasn't religious, though, as we aren't Jewish.

But there's a good chance your Mom's doctor was.

morethanpretty 11-05-2009 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 605884)
I have no idea why I'm circumcised as it was done when I was born 53 years ago, and thankfully, I can't remember it. I'm pretty sure it wasn't religious, though, as we aren't Jewish.

A lot of christians (that I know) practice circumcision too. Also, it could be that there is a belief that its somehow healthier, which I have no idea what the reasoning is behind that.

monster 11-05-2009 10:01 PM

christians don't do it for religion.

.... See what happens when you ban religeous education from schools....?

the health reasoning is...
(1) foreskinsa are harder to wash than no foreskins
(2) penile cancer is usually cancer of the foreskin. Remove foreskin, reduce risk....

xoxoxoBruce 11-05-2009 10:53 PM

At least that's what the Jewish doctors said.

monster 11-06-2009 07:14 AM

right. Except that wasn't the Jewish reasoning was to mark the chosen people as separate from the hoy polloy?

monster 11-06-2009 07:15 AM

But I guess as Jesus was a Jew, cutting makes you more in his image?

ooh sorry that was supposed to be an edit to the other post. now it looks like I'm talking to myself. well nothing new there, I guess.....


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