OK! So a hot button topic these days in the world of parenting is circumcising or not circumcising. I, personally, did it with both boys. I’m fine with my decision and there really isn’t a darn thing I can do to change that fact now, so there is literally zero point in arguing that with me. What I’m doing is a two-to-four part series about circumcision. I will be giving the pros of being intact and the pros of being circumcised. Both sides will have their own post. And both posts will be positive. Here is what I have found about the pros of having an intact foreskin:
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there is no medical reason to circumcise a newborn. Years ago, it had been thought that if an infant was born with a non-retractable foreskin, then circumcising the baby was the only option. However, recently it has been found that only about 1 in 20 boys are born with a retractable foreskin. That number jumps to 50% of boys by the age of 1, and then 80-90% of boys by age 3. Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that the penis will naturally become retractable with age and it is normal for boys to be born this way.
The foreskin is also a protective barrier for the male penis. Not unlike the female clitoris, the penis was meant to be an internal organ. The foreskin is the barrier between the outside elements and the delicate internal organ. Those that have a foreskin have a much lower incidence of abrasion, callousing, drying, and harm from environmental elements.
Sexual pleasure has also been shown to be higher in those with an intact foreskin. There are rigid bands on the foreskin that enhance male pleasure. Also, the foreskin allows for a natural gliding action during sexual intercourse that really enhances sexual pleasure. In addition to the above mentioned benefits for sexual pleasure, there are many thousands and thousands of nerve endings that add so much feeling to the penis that some scientists speculate it could double or triple the sexual pleasure felt by those that have no foreskin. There are also sebaceous glands in the foreskin, which act as a natural lubricant for the penis.
The male ‘G-spot’ is in the foreskin. It is known as the frenulum. The best way to describe the types of nerves in the frenulum, is by likening it to the frenula that is found in the clitoral hood (which is the female equivalent to foreskin) and the frenula under the tongue. When repeatedly stretched and relaxed during sexual intercourse, many men have been known to experience multiple climaxes.
The biggest pro is it completely diminishes all risk of surgical mishap. There have been many instances of botched circumcision (my son’s included, which will totally come in part three of this series) which has led to some, and sometimes all, of the penis being removed. The anesthesia and subsequent pain experienced during and after a circumcision procedure has also been shown to decrease maternal bonding and the trust felt by a newborn.
Ok, so this has been the pros of having a foreskin. Feel free to leave your comments below. The goal is to do one post of each, then discuss my personal experience with circumcision. Afterward, I may follow up with any information I come across again. I would love to have a place that has the pros of each all in one area, so parents can really make the best decision for their own child.
Also, check out the I Love Foreskin YouTube video
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To clarify that thing about retraction, NO person should attempt to retract a baby/toddler/boy. The ONLY person who should retract a foreskin is the penis owner himself. Retraction CAUSES foreskin problems. It’s fused to the head of the penis in infancy. How would we even know if some are or some aren’t retractible unless we (doctors and parents) are retracting when we SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL. I’m not yelling.. 😉 I’m emphasizing. This is really crucial to the health of the intact child. There has certainly been a foreskin wariness in our culture due to OUR lack of understanding… NOT the foreskin’s fault. at all. Know.Proper.Care.
http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/09/proper-care-of-the-intact-penis-from-baby-to-teenager.html
http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/basic-care-of-intact-child.html
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I am very much against routine infant circumcision…I find it horribly unethical to remove a healthy, functioning part of a baby’s genital area for no good solid reason! It is against the law to circumcise a girl, but doctors routinely do the same to baby boys…I have serious problems with that! There are so many pros to leaving boys intact…such as, sexual pleasure, no risks from a completely unnecessary SURGERY (for which they don’t even receive proper pain management…try cutting off your finger and trying to manage the pain with tylenol!!), larger & properly functioning penises (I reallh doubt foreskin would have evolved if it wasn’t a good thing!), & the list just goes on & on. And I did hours upon hours of research on this before my son was born & I couldn’t find a single good reason to do it, and when me & my son’s father asked the doctor about their opinion on the matter their big argument was that most people do it so that they will “look like dad”…I honestly don’t think many fathers & sons sit around comparing their genitals…I know that me & my mother never compared our vaginas…but I am a natural/crunchy mom & believe that both my son AND daughter have a God given right to genital integrity, BOTH of my babies were born PERFECT!
Nicely put.
I was cut, but I made sure my son stayed intact, he is 29 now and perfectly healthy. Was I cut to match my father? I don’t know, I never saw him naked. Has being cut affected me? Yes, it always made sex uncomfortable, and now since 2006, impossible, I don’t orgasm. As a European, very few boys are cut, and few of the men are. On a nude beach my wife observed that I was the only male without a foreskin.