Circumcision status same as father's?

I am uncut. Dad is cut. Not sure why. Dad was born in 1971. Was circumcision more common in England then?

I never knew my dads status because I was very young when he left. I was brought up by my mom until I was 6 and then by her brother, my uncle. They were both nudist but he lived nude 24/7, and I did too as soon as I moved in with him. He was cut and noticed that I was uncut as soon as we showered. I saw he was different from me and he explained why. I have written in another discussion here how I needed medical attention at about 7 or 8, but after a minor procedure I was able to keep my foreskin. My uncle was always very concerned that I would wash it properly in the shower and liked me to fully retract for him so he could see it was clean underneath the foreskin. He had a lot of nudist friends of all ages so I saw a lot of penises most of which were cut. I preferred the look of uncut penises and so did my uncle. He was sorry that he had been circumcised and always said he liked uncut penises much more, which made me feel pleased and loved.

I am circumcised, but I never knew my fathers status as I never saw him naked, and in those days, you never talked about things like that.

Being ‘cut’ is not very common here in the UK. A couple of times in the gay sauna I go to, I have been asked if I am Jewish or Muslim, when I state that I am neither, they are quite surprised.

Mine is different but I think bc my Dad was circd as an adult. I used to dislike the difference but now appreciate it.

My Dad was uncut, and the first time I realized that there were differences. Saw more guys in the shower in Jr. High / High School with various foreskins which intrigued me to say the least, as some openly pulled back them as we showered. I still remember some of them having regular skin tone on the outside, but a big red bulbous head when peeling their foreskin back.

That, and not realizing that I was Bi, turned me on by seeing it..

Same. Most likely due to custom.

@NerdyEnglishLad I think that until the 1980s included it was common in England to remove the foreskin of boys who had trouble retracting it.

Mine is different but I think bc my Dad was circd as an adult. I used to dislike the difference but now appreciate it.

I am confused. Was your father circed as an adult or are you unsure?

I'm pretty sure my father was uncut, but I don't know why he wasn't circumcised. I wasn't circumcised because I needed quite serious surgery shortly after birth, and my mother didn't wan't me to have to undergo that circumcision following that. I have had no problems with the foreskin, always clean and neat to have.

I am uncut. Dad is cut. Not sure why. Dad was born in 1971. Was circumcision more common in England then?

it was going on for religious reasons then Certainly Catholic and Jews

@NerdyEnglishLad As far as I know, circumcision was then very commonly applied to boys with phimosis. I think now they are less trigger-happy.

it was going on for religious reasons then Certainly Catholic and Jews

Circumcision is not a catholic thing. Per church doctrine, to make a clear distinction from Jews and Muslims, circumcision was considered an un-Christian thing. It was normally proscribed. In fact, circumcised Christians were often considered converts or apostates to Islam unless they could show they had been cut as prisoners of war or as a slave in the endless wars between Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages through the 18th centuries.

In the US in the early 20th century it was catholic immigrants from countries like Italy or Poland who were normally uncircumcised (another reason at the time to consider them less than worthy as citizens).

In the US, once circumcision became more or less a universally imposed procedure in the military and because of the great masturbation scare and the wish to integrate, somehow catholic doctrine was conveniently forgotten on the issue.

I can confirm circumcision is not a Catholic thing. France was traditionally Catholic, and routine circumcision is almost unknown outside of Jewish and Muslim families. In fact, I've even heard of families being reluctant to have their boy circumcised due to phimosis because it's a Jewish thing; my aunt was convinced to have her son operated on because her doctor claimed (erroneously) that “it's not like circumcision, they remove less”.

I can confirm circumcision is not a Catholic thing. France was traditionally Catholic, and routine circumcision is almost unknown outside of Jewish and Muslim families.

Not to forget about the residual lingering historical fear about being circumcised and being mistaken for a Jew during the Occupation years. This was literally a death sentence for many, being an easy way to identify a Jewish male.

People in France and Belgium and other formerly occupied countries during WWII have not forgotten.

@agracier Technically speaking, people could and did argue they had been circumcised for medical reasons, show baptism documents etc. But, yes, a circumcised penis could mean trouble.

@agracier Technically speaking, people could and did argue they had been circumcised for medical reasons, show baptism documents etc. But, yes, a circumcised penis could mean trouble.

That is indeed correct and in occupied countries like France, Belgium, the Netherlands such things would have been considered by German racial authorities.

But less so in the Baltics, Poland, the Balkan or occupied parts of the USSR. I fear that circumcised was as good as a death sentence in those places. There would have been much effort made to find out the correct state of things.

My dad is circumcised and so am I

My father was circumcised (growing up in England in the 1920tes) I at around age 10 due to phimosis

@elover77 and you?

My father was (born 1920) and cut. As were the vast majority of American males of the era. A hold over from masturbation concerns. I was in 1947 like probably 99% of American males in the 1940s & 50s, whose parents had the same concerns

@chamed Talking about masturbation concerns, were you ever caught jacking off and what was the adult reaction?

Yeah, we are both cut. Family tradition.

I am uncut but my father isn’t. My mom was against it and my dad didn’t really care.

The same. I’m told that all men in my family on both sides are circumcised. Plus I’m Jewish on my mom’s side.

Same, both uncut. My mother was insistent on me being left intact.

I was circumcised when I was 5. I was in the hospital for 3 days. I was given an enema every day. 1945. It has been very good for me. Easy to keep clean. In later years it made my catheters easy to insert.

I'm cut. Dad wasn't. Mom had the last word.

@Cleanout_lover Any idea on the motives for her insistence on having it done?

My status was different from my father’s due to my mother not wanting me to be circumcised. I got circumcised in college to correct a phimosis problem.

Same of my father hight and tight