Are Boys Bullied for being Uncircumcised?

[Anonymous]

I'm not a liar. In a sports locker room (in my sons case, it's football) boys/young men tease the crap out of each other over everything and call each other names constantly but it's all in love. Teenage boys have their own code in life.

And another story. My nephew wasn't circ'ed at birth and had horrible infections for years until he was finally circ'ed at 8. He was legitimately freaked out.

Just get it done at birth. Those of you who believe that no one gets teased, no girl cares and that it's anywhere near attractive are in lala land. And those crunchy moms who have absolutely no idea how the teenage boy mind works, carry on with your delusional thinking. Good luck raising your mama's boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have older sons. No one says anything.

I have hard time imagining the conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a liar. In a sports locker room (in my sons case, it's football) boys/young men tease the crap out of each other over everything and call each other names constantly but it's all in love. Teenage boys have their own code in life.

And another story. My nephew wasn't circ'ed at birth and had horrible infections for years until he was finally circ'ed at 8. He was legitimately freaked out.

Just get it done at birth. Those of you who believe that no one gets teased, no girl cares and that it's anywhere near attractive are in lala land. And those crunchy moms who have absolutely no idea how the teenage boy mind works, carry on with your delusional thinking. Good luck raising your mama's boys.

You realize this is an old thread, right? And your 17 year old son tells you all about what happens in the football locker room? Hmm.

[Anonymous]

No circ is like crooked teath

[Anonymous]

I'm not taking advice on circumcision from someone who can't spell 'teeth'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not taking advice on circumcision from someone who can't spell 'teeth'.

Shame on you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to my 17 year old son, kids definitely get teased and mocked for being UNCIRCUMCISED in the locker room. In fact, one of his friends got surgery over the summer to get circumcised at 16. It's still considered gross by most people to have that nasty hood.

How very odd that your son spends so much time looking at other people's genitals in the locker room. Have you had him assessed PP? That must concern you a great deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not pp but why is it every time someone says that the uncirc. penis is unattractive to them and/or others they know someone has to respond with doubt. It is true. I think the look of an uncircumcised penis is offputting. I'm not going to sit down and consider the whys and the biases of it all, to me, it just is. And evidently it is to others as well.

You must not be attractive. If the guy you're with is turned on by you, you wouldn't even notice if he's circumcised or not, because, when erect, they look the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not pp but why is it every time someone says that the uncirc. penis is unattractive to them and/or others they know someone has to respond with doubt. It is true. I think the look of an uncircumcised penis is offputting. I'm not going to sit down and consider the whys and the biases of it all, to me, it just is. And evidently it is to others as well.

You must not be attractive. If the guy you're with is turned on by you, you wouldn't even notice if he's circumcised or not, because, when erect, they look the same.

That's not to say I would dump a man once I find out he is uncirc. The point was whether objectively the uncirc. penis is less attractive than the circ. penis.. Yes. To me, and many opther people, a uncirc. penis is less attractive than a circ. penis.

Some men objectively like large breasts. Some women objectively like tall me. Some men objectively like large calves on a woman. Some women objectively like the look of limber man.

It is OK to say the physical aspect of a person is more or less attractive.

I'm not saying you assign value to a person for it, sheesh.

[Anonymous]

oh dear.
I have never posted any grammatical or spelling corrections before because I find them a little obnoxious. But here goes. Your use of "objectively" bothers me. In your sentence it is meaningless. (it means without bias, but you're using it to describe preferences that are the opposite of objective)

I don't really have any other comments on your post, since you're right that people do have their own tastes and preferences. I personally would never use "attracitive" to describe a penis in an detached sense. As a body part, they are rather awkward looking. To me a penis only becomes attractive if I'm attracted to the man it's attached to, and as a PP said, at that point I couldn't care less if it's circumcised or not.

And the PP who said that boys have their own locker room culture... I think he was saying boys would be teased for being uncircumcised. But as he points out, teasing happens no matter what. It'd be stupid to do surgery on a child in hopes of preventing teasing. Confidence is the only armour against teasing that I'm aware of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oh dear.
I have never posted any grammatical or spelling corrections before because I find them a little obnoxious. But here goes. Your use of "objectively" bothers me. In your sentence it is meaningless. (it means without bias, but you're using it to describe preferences that are the opposite of objective)

I don't really have any other comments on your post, since you're right that people do have their own tastes and preferences. I personally would never use "attracitive" to describe a penis in an detached sense. As a body part, they are rather awkward looking. To me a penis only becomes attractive if I'm attracted to the man it's attached to, and as a PP said, at that point I couldn't care less if it's circumcised or not.

And the PP who said that boys have their own locker room culture... I think he was saying boys would be teased for being uncircumcised. But as he points out, teasing happens no matter what. It'd be stupid to do surgery on a child in hopes of preventing teasing. Confidence is the only armour against teasing that I'm aware of.

Your spelling of armour bothers me.

[Anonymous]

I think in today's global economy it is ridiculous that anyone would consider circumcising for these reasons. What if you move to Europe in five years and suddenly your kid is the odd one for being circumcised? And while a man can get circumcised later in life, you can never become un-circumcised (Europa Europa anyone?)

Regarding other boys, as any kid who has been bullied will tell you, bullies pick a person to make fun of, then search for something about them that might be funny, not the other way around. From what I've heard, most high school locker rooms aren't even like that, but if your son ever finds himself in the kind of sports locker room were boys parade naked in front of each other, and making fun of dicks is fair game, they will find something else about his dick to make fun of.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry but it is gross and the boys that aren't have those weird moms anyway. Not a person to get involved with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry but it is gross and the boys that aren't have those weird moms anyway. Not a person to get involved with.

Hadn't thought of the potential MIL aspect. That's hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, this will not happen, and neither will the no sex thing. In no situation can I imagine a couple getting all hot and heavy and naked, and then saying, "Oops, look at that. Never mind."

Guys do not spend that much time starting at each other's penises in the locker room, they just don't.

I don't really care how you feel about circumcision one way or the other, but I wish people could actually have a conversation about it without resulting to myths, stereotypes, and unfounded conjecture.

I understand that what the women often decline is oral. Penetration is no biggie, but oral.... not happening.

Guys I know have said they circ'd their son because they didn't want him to have a life with no or fewer BJs than he otherwise might have had.