When you were a kid, how did you learn the difference between circumcised and non-circumcised boys?

I was aware from an early age that some apperared one way and some appeared another way but never get it a second thought. It was just one of those things like an inny or an out belly button or freckles or being tall or short or fat or thin. Circumcision was quite rare amongst my peer group.

It wasnt until secondary school age that it became apparent that it was done by choice. Either for preference, tradition, religion or for medical reasons. And that then aroused a curiosity that someone had made a choice for those boys.

Exam doc: I can imagine opposite effects of conservatism :

- Some conservative people may have antisemitic feelings and thus be against circumcision because they don't want their son to look like a Jew or Muslim (this may sound stupid, but I know of a family where a boy had repeat infections due to phimosis and his father refused surgery due to this reason).

- Some conservative people, conservative in the sense of "wanting to be like the majority", may want to have it done so that the boy looks like his father or his peers (my mother in law is basically like that - she expected us to have our son circumcised because it's done).

- Some decades ago, the idea that circumcision somehow reduced masturbation was still present, masturbation being considered a sin. Also, I've read some religious mothers appreciated circumcision because it reduced the amount of touching of intimate parts they had to do on their infant boys.

Half way through junior school our class started swimming lessons once a week at a local pool. There were no cubicles in the changing rooms just rows of benches, so this was the first time that me and my class mates has experienced seeing many bodies in the nude.

It turned out that only one guy in our class had been circumcised and it drew attention from everyone else wondering what had been done to his penis.

Until that point no one really knew what circumcision really was and lots of and there was lots of curiosity about why he was the only one with the end of his penis on display.

One day, in the middle of the changing areas with everyone watching, one of my classmates started pulling his foreskin back to mimic the guy who was cut.

It was only at this point that it became apparent what i had been spared several years earlier. I had undergone the dreaded school medical (see previous post) and had been sent to my personal GP to be cut due to a very tight foreskin. All i understood at the time was that i was going to have an operation on my penis but didn't understand at the time what this involved. Luckily against all the odds my GP said it might get better and let it be and after quite a long time it started to go back.

So it was at these these swimming lessons that we all found out what could end up happening if you couldn't pull your foreskin back for the school doctor.

Hello JP1, I see you are from the United Kingdom where I understand circumcision is rare. I am from the United States where circumcision is almost the standard. I was the only male in my class that sported a foreskin.

Hi Uncut

Yes here in the UK it is quite rare unless for medical or religious reasons.

Is it still so standard today in the USA?

I was born in 1940, the doctor asked but my mother emphatically said NO!

When I got into junior high school where we all took showers after gym class I would say the cut guys were fewer than us whole guys.

JP1: Wasn't there a habit, until perhaps a few decades ago, of circumcision in the British higher classes? I read that it was the case in the royal family and the late princess Diana opposed having her boys done.

Hello JP1, Overall, I understand that it's approaching the 50% rate. But that depends on where you are in the country. On the coast lines it is not very common. I am from the mid-west, state of Michigan, which has the highest rate in the country. If you do not have insurance to pay for it and can't afford the cost yourself the government will pay for it. Essentially, a "freebe". So the hospitals, doctors, and clinics encourage it to get their share of the free money.

Overall, I understand that it's approaching the 50% rate. .

Neo-natal circumcision rates, that is the percentage of newly-born who are cut is much lower than that. Here a quote from a wiki quoting the CDC:

In 2010, the CDC reported a steep decline in circumcision rates of newborns, from 56% in 2007 to just over 30% in 2009.

And that is from 2009. Wonder what it is now, a decade later.

In Ontario the universal government health insurance plan (OHIP) no longer pays for routine circumcision unless there is a specific medical need.

In Ontario the universal government health insurance plan (OHIP) no longer pays for routine circumcision unless there is a specific medical need.

The same here in Belgium and other European nations. Only paid for if there is a medical necessity.

But you'd be surprised at the 'prevalence' of phimosis amongst newly born Muslim boys. Almost all suffer from the condition ... If one didn't know the reason why it is apparently diagnosed, then the statistics for the condition would be a joke ...

Gracier: Same in France. I read that many many doctors diagnose "tight phimosis" on Muslim boys, and public medical insurance turns a blind eye.

I am the youngest of seven, three brothers & three sisters & all my older brothers are cut, all born in the same place. No idea why but I found it very convenient to masturbate when growing up. I also LOVE to dock with other men

I saw the difference between circumcised and uncircumcised penis for the first time when I was 10 years old on the beach in Bulgaria. German children of my age (sometimes also a little older) sunbathed naked. My dad drew my attention to a boy my age who had circumcised penis and explained to me that the boy was also circumcised.

I read that many many doctors diagnose "tight phimosis" on Muslim boys, and public medical insurance turns a blind eye.

My health insurance will not pay for an elective surgery. Several years ago I had a complete head to toe physical exam. When it came to my genitals the doctor grasped my penis and attempted to retract my foreskin. I fidgeted somewhat and the doctor asked me if I was having problems with my foreskin being tight. I must have sent the wrong message because the doctor told the nurse to write down that I had "Phimosis of the foreskin - Circumcision required". Although I had no desire to have my foreskin removed, I did call a urologist that specialized in circumcisions to see if my insurance would cover the cost of the procedure. I was told that with my referral slip that it would be covered.

There was nothing wrong with my foreskin that would have required it to be circumcised. It was overly diagnosed as "phimosis" by the doctor. Although somewhat tight, it was fully retractable.

the doctor told the nurse to write down that I had "Phimosis of the foreskin -

There was nothing wrong with my foreskin that would have required it to be circumcised. It was overly diagnosed as "phimosis" by the doctor. Although somewhat tight, it was fully retractable.

The doctor may have diagnosed 'phimosis of the foreskin' but I'm pretty certain you could have diagnosed the doctor as having 'circumcision on the brain'. One of those with an obsession for removing foreskins for any reason they can come up with, however trivial.

diagnosed the doctor as having 'circumcision on the brain'.

Good one. Thank you.

As kids we were playing doctor with the neighbours and we used a "family doctor" book as a step-by-step diagnosis guide... It seems most foreskin problems lead to a little box in the corner of the page containing a drawing of an intact penis, but with a dashed line drawn where circumcision would be done. The adnotation explained it sometimes has to be done or is chosen to be done for the variety of reasons. But I could still not imagine how exactly it would be done or how the result would look.

Then when I was 12, a priest was telling us at school about various religions of the world and how circumcision is practiced in some. It is a much longer story, but eventually it prompted me to research the topic in the internet and see some before/after pictures. I was actually absolutely terrified this could be done to anyone. Still it wasn't until my 20s that I saw a circumcised penis on the beach with my own eyes.

My brother was circumcised, so I could see the difference since I was in the same room. There was never any embarrassment between us, even after puberty.

The first time I saw. It was in the showers of the school. When I was 12.

Pecan nutjob:

"- Some decades ago, the idea that circumcision somehow reduced masturbation was still present, masturbation being considered a sin. Also, I've read some religious mothers appreciated circumcision because it reduced the amount of touching of intimate parts they had to do on their infant boys."

That would be my wife. She did not want to bathe either of our boys who had been cut at birth I suppose for that reason. I was shocked when the first one came home and I discovered his foreskin was missing. She never has decided whether sex is good or bad or sinful so when she gets horny enough to let me dip my wick she always makes me feel guilty for doing it "TO" her afterward especially wiping my tongue on her vulva. I've never figured her out on that one. She even uses her fingers to hold it open for me then she can't decide if we just did something sinful.

A few nights ago on "Married With Children" Al went in to the hospital for a "circular incision" which you can imagine became something else by mistake. His wife went around the house getting rid of anything that might cause an erection and break the stitches like all his copies of "BigUns". After he came home his bare glans rubbing against his underwear didn't help and Kelly his teenage daughter knew it which created some rather funny situations where she empathized with "poor daddy" after he found something that created a tent for her to see.

I think possibly American girls like to see the outline of a cut one for the same reason us guys like to see a cameltoe, or maybe it's the sadistic thoughts of what was done to the guy. It could be for their own anticipated enjoyment. They say the desensitization of the glans makes it much harder for the guy to cum causing him to have to pump harder and longer inside them which gives them improved orgasms. If they have been circumcised too as Kellogg wanted, their clitoris should be equally desensitized from rubbing on their underwear to match their guy's glans and they would really need some deep, hard, slamming and plenty of it.

I grew up in a very conservative family in terms of body issues. The difference between a circumcised and non-circumcised penis was not discussed. I learned in high school from my mates. Just one of those things. I don't think it had an impact when I finally understood why there were differences. Most were circumcised in my class. The only really chance to see another naked teen was in gym with showers or school physicals for those of us on sport's teams. Still it was a rare occurrence.

At roscoe.

"Married With Children" Al went in to the hospital for a "circular incision"

It been years since I have seen the show, but I clearly remember the episode.

I grew up in Norway where there is no tradition for circumcision, except sometimes by phimosis that cannot be resolved in the first place.. Before gymnastic classes we all changed clothes in the same room and we all saw each other naked. For some period, at 11 years of age, we had a boy in our class that had lived in USA, which was circumcised. The first time we saw him, he got attention from us all for his visible glans. But I did not understand it was because of some surgery. I simply thought some penises might develop that way.

Here's Chelsea's take on circumcision:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UutsHIuDHTY

I agree with her, it should be done when he's older and it should be the choice of the girl who's going to be fucking him for life. If I had someone like her who's going to make love to it forever I'd let her decide. Hell I might even let her do it providing I can unhood her clit.

Here's Chelsea's take on circumcision:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UutsHIuDHTY

I think that woman is not very kind when she talks about men.

At school swimming at 5 I observed that there were two types of cocks. One like mine with an acorn textured head and the others with a bit of skin hanging off the end. I just thought boys were born differently. At 11 we went to visit a newborn cousin who it happened had just been circumcised. This was openly discussed with the family and in the car on the way home it was explained what it was and the fact that my brother and I had both “been done”.

I may have posted this on another thread however I wanted to suck my friends penis who was uncircumcised and it smelled really bad and I couldn’t do it so I remained a distance away and masturbated him to orgasm. I didn’t want to embarress him by asking questions about circumcisions, but I did suggest that he should “skin it back” and soap it during a shower and he did so and I readily sucked him after that and he rewarded me with cum choaking orgasms afterwards!

I think that woman is not very kind when she talks about men.

Nor is she funny either. Some think a comedy routine is throwing out one insult after another …