Are Boys Bullied for being Uncircumcised?

[Anonymous]

Who the hell is looking that closely at some other guys junk? Besides men's locker rooms are more private than in the past. Urinals are individual with dividers today. Not like the old days when everyone hung it out and pissed in one common trough.

Bullying occurs in locker rooms for different reasons, but guys just aren't that much interested I'm each other's junk. Can you imagine a men's locker room where the boys/men said things like, hey did you see Joe, man he has a really big dick or hey, what's the matter with Johnny? Did you know he's not circumcised!!!?

It's a non-issue.

[Anonymous]

An erect penis looks the same, whether cut or not, so not sure what the problem is regarding sex and blowjobs.

Re: cleanliness. Anything about odor is ignorant. The same way you teach girls to clean their folds, you teach boys to clean under their foreskin. Or are we in favor og getting rid of the "icky" labia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In America we have money to circumcise because it is healthier and not stinky. It is low class to not circumcised.

You are beyond ignorant -and you want to talk about class? Have you traveled anywhere? Have you met anyone from another culture? Have you discussed cultural norms or world-views with them? You think it's money that stands between circumcised and uncircumcised?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The son of a friend of mine had to be circed at age 13 because he kept getting infections. I don't think he was ever bullied, but I think in retrospect the family wishes they had had it done when he was a baby.

A relative of mine had to have her left foot amputated late in life. Somehow I doubt she would have wished to have it done when she was a baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The son of a friend of mine had to be circed at age 13 because he kept getting infections. I don't think he was ever bullied, but I think in retrospect the family wishes they had had it done when he was a baby.

A relative of mine had to have her left foot amputated late in life. Somehow I doubt she would have wished to have it done when she was a baby.

So you're seriously equating cutting off a flap of skin (an elective procedure for which there is a small, but documented medical benefit and little, if any, long term consequence) with losing a foot? You need some perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The son of a friend of mine had to be circed at age 13 because he kept getting infections. I don't think he was ever bullied, but I think in retrospect the family wishes they had had it done when he was a baby.

A relative of mine had to have her left foot amputated late in life. Somehow I doubt she would have wished to have it done when she was a baby.

So you're seriously equating cutting off a flap of skin (an elective procedure for which there is a small, but documented medical benefit and little, if any, long term consequence) with losing a foot? You need some perspective.

No, you need to stop underestimating the PERMANENT removal of healthy skin just because it doesn't affect you personally (I'm guessing you are a woman).

Are you in favor of removing the labia of newborn girls? You know... to get rid of the skin that hides smegma and can harbor odors?

[Anonymous]

We had our son circumsized. We are Catholic and educated. I didn't even realize it was a point of debate until our Jewish doctor lectured us on how much it hurt. He made us watch the procedure..he said it was how he educated other parents in this horrible custom and that he wished he could make everyone watch a DVD on the procedure before doing it. I came home from the hospital wondering if I missed the boat. After reading the AAP position, I'm glad that we did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had our son circumsized. We are Catholic and educated. I didn't even realize it was a point of debate until our Jewish doctor lectured us on how much it hurt. He made us watch the procedure..he said it was how he educated other parents in this horrible custom and that he wished he could make everyone watch a DVD on the procedure before doing it. I came home from the hospital wondering if I missed the boat. After reading the AAP position, I'm glad that we did it.

You're glad you put your tiny newborn through unnecessary pain? Have you read the AAP statement? It is not a blanket endorsement for circumcision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I was young the reverse was true in this area, and seeing someone uncircumcised was unusual. However, there was one guy on several teams with me who was uncircumcised, and he was not bullied for it.

The reason for this is that to bully another boy for something related to his penis means you were looking at his penis, which opens you up to the accusation of being gay.

Boys notice, but that's not something that they're likely to bully over.

Was his family from Europe? No one does it in Europe unless it's their religion. They think we're crazy here for doing it to our baby boys.

This. DH and I are greek and they do not circumsized there. I just laugh when I hear people act like their sons dicks will fall off if they keep their foreskin. DH had only one friend his entire life that had to get cut as an adult due to issues with being uncut and even then he had an abnormality (way too much foreskin).

And personally I find sex feels 1000 times better with someone uncut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
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The son of a friend of mine had to be circed at age 13 because he kept getting infections. I don't think he was ever bullied, but I think in retrospect the family wishes they had had it done when he was a baby.


A relative of mine had to have her left foot amputated late in life. Somehow I doubt she would have wished to have it done when she was a baby.


So you're seriously equating cutting off a flap of skin (an elective procedure for which there is a small, but documented medical benefit and little, if any, long term consequence) with losing a foot? You need some perspective.


No, you need to stop underestimating the PERMANENT removal of healthy skin just because it doesn't affect you personally (I'm guessing you are a woman).

Are you in favor of removing the labia of newborn girls? You know... to get rid of the skin that hides smegma and can harbor odors?

Well no, that would be genital mutilation. With a boy it is different.

[Anonymous]

I wonder how men like circumsized women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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The son of a friend of mine had to be circed at age 13 because he kept getting infections. I don't think he was ever bullied, but I think in retrospect the family wishes they had had it done when he was a baby.


A relative of mine had to have her left foot amputated late in life. Somehow I doubt she would have wished to have it done when she was a baby.


So you're seriously equating cutting off a flap of skin (an elective procedure for which there is a small, but documented medical benefit and little, if any, long term consequence) with losing a foot? You need some perspective.


No, you need to stop underestimating the PERMANENT removal of healthy skin just because it doesn't affect you personally (I'm guessing you are a woman).

Are you in favor of removing the labia of newborn girls? You know... to get rid of the skin that hides smegma and can harbor odors?

Well no, that would be genital mutilation. With a boy it is different.

How is it different?

[Anonymous]

The only complaints from women are from uncirc (smell, weird look, etc....) No one really complains about a circ'd one. Being there are health benefits is the most Batkid reason, less smell, easier care and a more attractive look are bonuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only complaints from women are from uncirc (smell, weird look, etc....) No one really complains about a circ'd one. Being there are health benefits is the most Batkid reason, less smell, easier care and a more attractive look are bonuses.

Valid not Batkid, lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

So you're seriously equating cutting off a flap of skin (an elective procedure for which there is a small, but documented medical benefit and little, if any, long term consequence) with losing a foot? You need some perspective.

No, you need to stop underestimating the PERMANENT removal of healthy skin just because it doesn't affect you personally (I'm guessing you are a woman).

Are you in favor of removing the labia of newborn girls? You know... to get rid of the skin that hides smegma and can harbor odors?

Given your vehemence about that piece of skin I'm sure you're not a guy. As for me, I'm male and circumcised and don't miss that flap of skin at all - and certainly would miss a FOOT a hell of a lot more, especially if I had to have it removed as an adult.

Female circumcision is an entirely different thing and is done for different reasons - all of them bad as far as I know. On the margin, the medical benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risk, while both benefit and risk are very small.

To put things in more equivalent perspective, I suppose you are just as vehement about piercing ears, since that serves no benefit whatsoever and carries a risk of infection?