Is it bad to be uncircumcised?!


Question:

Is it bad to be uncircumcised?

will this effect a man's social and sexual life? will he be less attractive?

Additional Details

1 week ago
also, wat do ppl mean wen i they mean.."keep it clean?" or like "it doesn't matter, as long as you keep hygeine in mind"


Answers:

There's nothing wrong with being uncircumcised. Most guys are around the world, and an increasing amount are in the USA. Keeping clean should be no issue; it takes 5 to 10 seconds to pull back the foreskin and rub the head.

You have advantages, too.

Circumcision = loss of sensitivity according to new study
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2855...
http://www.circumstitions.com/sexuality....

Higher erectile dysfunction rates after circumcision:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...

When women didn't know what penis they were dealing with (circumcised or uncircumcised) 9 out of 10 preferred uncircumcised (study).
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/...

Foreskin anatomy and function (keeps the glans soft and protects it, etc).
http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/...

Circumcision is extremely painful.
http://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/pl...

The USA is the last advanced nation doing it, but rates have fallen down from over 90% in the 1960s to as low as 21% here in California currently. From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/health/06/18/cir...
http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/u...

Circumcision was actually promoted in the USA at first to stop masturbation (in hopes of it being tight enough to require lubes and not have skin to slide since the foreskin is already moist)
http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/...

USA = highest HIV rates in advanced nations (and highest circumcision rates). CIA statistics:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac...

And one study already trashed the claims of the study that said that circumcision reduces HIV.
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetcharti...

Worldwide circumcision rates:
http://www.circumstitions.com/maps.html...

And discussion of common circumcision benefit myths and discussion of all the risks that can develop over time and negative side effects (buried penis, meatal stenosis, etc):
http://forums.govteen.com/showpost.php?p...




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