What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Having A Circumcised Penis Or An Uncircumcised Penis?

I have a circumcised penis with a large mushroom head that swings back and forth under my thin cotton light blue walking shorts when I am wearing a package lifter and no underwear. The package lifter has a plastic strap that the penis fits into and which creates a bulge in my shorts. When I walk into adult bookstores or adult video arcades on a Saturday night, the movement of my penis when walking and its large mushroom head attracts the attention of both men and women. When I become aroused due to men and women staring at my penis, it becomes semi hard and hangs lower. As it swings back and forth as I walk around the bookstore or video arcade, it sometimes becomes erect and creates a large bulge in my walking shorts. This sometimes causes men and women to walk closer to me to observe the large outline of my erection under the thin cotton material. The large mushroom head of my erection can become highly sensitive during sexual relations with a man or woman, especially if I am close to having an orgasm. What experiences have you had that indicate the advantages and disadvantages of a circumcised penis and an uncircumcised penis?

I will post an advantage in favor of the intact penis that is the specific pressure and movement sensing nerve endings of the inside foreskin provide a special and different sexual sensation that circumcised men will never experience.

I think the superior advantages of a circumcised penis, are aesthetics, cleanliness, resistance to infection, and less sensitivity, I'm glad and proud to be cut, and think it should be freely available to all english lads not just the priveleged few

....... a circumcised penis,........ proud to be cut, and think it should be freely available to all......

You should come to my state in America. If you want a circumcision but can't afford the cost the state will pay for it.

As an American gay circumcised male, I do not support mandatory circumcision, I believe it’s usually medically unnecessary, and millions of years of evolution gave it to us, we should have it. But, I would add two issues I don’t see talked about that much. (sorry if I missed it, I’m new here!)

so here’s the truth, All else being equal, I would pick a cut guy as a boyfriend over an uncut one. The reason is I love touching the guys penis exactly the same way I touch mine and knowing how he’ll respond. I love masturbation and working my head and frenulum. I want the same thing with my boyfriends penis.

I don’t think this is that relevant to the debate of to get cut or not. But these are practical concerns that some have to deal with.

@GilbertF You have an important point about masturbation. My cousin (circumcised due to phimosis) complained about clumsy girlfriends giving uncomfortable or even painful handjobs, and perhaps the reason is that they tried to apply the technique they knew about uncut penises.

I like my foreskin too much to get cut. often though about it because i like the look of my glands exposed. but i like masturbating and my foreskin gives me more to play with. i like watching the skin go back and forth over the head and i guess it helps with friction too

sex though i wish i was cut because my foreskin does roll about and get in the way. ive tied my foreskin right back so its like a cut guy and then fucked with it and the sensation is so much more intense and pleasurable. but i wank more than i have sex and i can always tie the skin back when needed.

Intact is my preference and I let my in laws know I didn’t care for their decision to cut my husband as an infant. My husband has restored a little bit of foreskin with some stretching but we can never fully recover the treasure that was stolen.

Honestly I don’t see an advantage either way. I’m cut and comfortable with it. But many women have posted they love uncut. Used to think cut guys were cleaner, but what I’ve heard here that’s a myth for most. I never had a choice and if I did, not sure how I would have gone. Probably would have avoided it.

During my time in the US Navy 1966/1970 a doctor on our ship performed over200 circumcisions all voluntary because uncut sailors were getting disease from women in bars in SE Asia, one fellow in my division was extremely happy to be cut and exclaimed that masturbation was so much better now that he had got cut! They even had a ceremony on the flight deck for the doctor after his 200th circumcision, similar to a pilots 200th landing with a cake and drinks for all And the cake looked like a gigantic cut penis!! Oh and yes I got a plate full!

@gwhap some people like an uncut penis because its not so stabby like a cut one. the penis is in a sleeve so its not causing the same friction. your cock is rolling in and out of your own foreskin. thats what some women have told me. ive also had sex with my skin tied back and my partner at the time said it felt better because you could feel it. so i guess its a preference thing

During my time in the US Navy 1966/1970 a doctor on our ship performed over200 circumcisions all voluntary because uncut sailors were getting disease from women in bars in SE Asia,

That is just a transparent and flimsy excuse to circumcise servicemen who happen to be uncut. If a man has sex with an infected person, a lack of a foreskin will not help in preventing an infection. Wearing a condom will.

But for those cut-happy doctors in the military, urging condom use would mean foregoing their pleasure in cutting penises. Gotta wonder what kind of satisfaction they get out of forcing uncut guys to undergo circumcision. Must be some kind of paraphilia that hasn't been designated with a proper word yet.

To A Gracier from Codjer, nobody was forced to get circumcised ,it was only opened to anybody who wanted to be circumcised, apparently lots of sailors wanted to be and it was free!

one fellow in my division was extremely happy to be cut and exclaimed that masturbation was so much better now that he had got cut!

I fail to see how being cut enhances the pleasure of masturbation, quite the opposite I would say as it takes away choice. If you are uncut then you can masturbate normally with the foreskin or roll the foreskin back and masturbate without it. I've done both and masturbating without a foreskin doesn't compare in anyway to masturbating with the foreskin. A female friend here on Zity tells me that her husband, who is cut, masturbates while wearing a condom and a little lube. I can well understand why he needs to do that. As for the foreskin moving back and forwards while having vaginal sex, well that doesn't happen with me as my foreskin rolls back behind the ridge during an erection and stays there tucked in. So I have the best of both worlds, a sensitive exposed glans during intercourse, and a foreskin for pleasurable natural masturbation…

To A Gracier from Codjer, nobody was forced to get circumcised ,it was only opened to anybody who wanted to be circumcised, apparently lots of sailors wanted to be and it was free!

C'mon, in the military there must be umpteen different ways for officers to get servicemen to ‘volunteer’ for something they ordinarily wouldn't contemplate.

Back in WWII I know that in the Marine Corps, circumcision was mandatory. Uncut recruits were not accepted unless they got cut. Other services I am not certain about, but for a long time in various services circumcision was mandatory. You might get out of the cut with some luck and crafty dodging. But woe unto you if your medical officer was one of the cutting fanatics.

Later, circumcision became an ‘advisable’ but not mandatory procedure.

However try bucking the officers higher up. The results are not always pleasant. There were many an instance of a servicemen having to undergo an operation, being put under and the medical officers decide to ‘take care of the circumcision’ while they were at it. So, you wake up with a bandage around your aching prick and then whaddya gonna do? Lodge a complaint with a commanding officer? Your time in the service will take a turn for the worse. Ha ha …

I am pleased to have a circumcised penis as do the overwhelming majority of American men born in the 1970s. I prefer the circumcised penis for aesthetic reasons since it displays the anatomical features of the penis much better than the uncircumcised version. With an intact foreskin a man’s glans cannot be seen except in sexual situations when he is erect whereas the uncircumcised penis always proudly displays the shape, size, and skin color of the head, the meatus, and the frenulum or the cleft from which the frenulum was removed. I am also fond of checking out a guy’s circumcision scar as another source of visual interest when checking out a penis for the first time. Being circumcised also makes penile hygeine much easier. The first boy to ever play with my penis was a classmate from school when I was 13. It turned out that he was uncircumcised so playing with each other’s penis was a new experience for each of us. I really preferred the appearance of my penis compared to his and he preferred mine as well. He loved giving me handjobs and did it for me regularly until his family moved to another city. He never had any difficulty with doing it for me, possibly since I have enough skin movement that I am able to masturbate without lubricant.

I'm also circumsized since I was born in the US. As a college athlete I hardly ever saw any guys who weren't cut. But lately I am noticing more and more younger men at the gym who are uncut – even American guys. I think the trend is changing.

I'm also circumsized since I was born in the US. As a college athlete I hardly ever saw any guys who weren't cut. But lately I am noticing more and more younger men at the gym who are uncut – even American guys. I think the trend is changing.

One of these days, socio-political protesters are going to latch on to the declining numbers of ‘real’ Americans not being circumcised and throw a collective fit.

Actually, I'm surprised it hasn't already been happening … ha ha ha

I've been an active member of Zity for 13 years and over that time have followed and contributed to any number of circumcision debates. But I've not once heard a valid reason for non-consensual routine infant circumcision without a compelling medical reason. If an adult wants to get himself circumcised then good luck to him although be careful what you wish for, but leave children alone…

As an American gay circumcised male, I do not support mandatory circumcision, I believe it’s usually medically unnecessary, and millions of years of evolution gave it to us, we should have it.

There is a school of thought that the issues caused by the foreskin are not related to evolution but our wearing of clothes. Much like foot issues have developed, such as athletes foot, from the wearing of shoes.

I supposed the Scottish may have been on to something with kilts as they are not constricting like pants are.

I don't see any real advantage for the male. unless he just wants to create a backache from thrusting forever to get himself off. Of course that should be an advantage for the female having him do that for so long she should have an orgasm or two while he gets nothing but a warm penis. Some girls like the feeling of his glans rubbing directly on their vaginal walls while some such as my wife can't stand that. The outline of that glans as seen through clothing is enticing for some girls and when exposed the look of the bare glans is too, providing the whole foreskin was removed so the groove is not covered.

An uncut guy can emulate being circumcised by pulling his foreskin back against his belly, cleaning the whole thing off to get rid of any stickiness and then he can stroke it bare and dry just like a cut guy can but with more feeling from the stretching of the foreskin. I think the stretching of the foreskin creates a desire to push harder on the thrust possibly for the purpose of planting the swimmers as close as possible to their final destination.

So in my opinion circumcision is probably more desirable to the girl while keeping the foreskin is more desirable for the male.

Medically there are few articles/studies mentioning of some benefit, there is no proven data supporting circumcision as a big health benefit.

When it is performed at earlier age it has less complications.

To my reply there are no disadvantages to having a circumcised penis, however boys who are uncut must go through a cleanliness routine of skinning back the excess skin and thoroughly washing the penis,if not done properly urine can accumulate under the skin and smegma can build up possibly causing infections and terrible odors several of my friends have gotten circumcised to eliminate these issues and said that masturbation felt better also.

however boys who are uncut must go through a cleanliness routine of skinning back the excess skin and thoroughly washing the penis

My father was uncut like me and from my earliest age I was taught to wash thoroughly. Never been an issue and never had any infection.

Wonder if women find the bulbous penis head that stands out on the circumsized guy sexier than when it is not so exposed?

Wonder if women find the bulbous penis head that stands out on the circumsized guy sexier than when it is not so exposed?

I've seen some women post that they like/prefer uncircumcised men. Depending where you're from, you may be exposed to one or the other based on culture and/or religion. Even though this thread is on “Male Sexuality”, It would be interesting if more women would express their preferences. Maybe they could influence us one way or the other.