Best of: Life, Circumcision, and the Cannon
This post was published 2 years 11 months 5 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.Straight from the Best of Craigslist (thanks Syl) comes this sad story of a young man who was completely unaware when it came to the topic of circumcision. In this young mans eyes, he himself was actually circumcised, yet his understanding of the process lead him to believe that the procedure was something completely different which warranted being picked-on by his entire co-worker staff.
Being the first person we had come upon who would admit to having a meat tulip, we were intrigued and my colleague started asking him some questions. These questions were about fundamental mechanics of operating an uncircumcised penis, i.e. sex, hygiene, etc. I am no doctor, but Jiminy’s answers did not make any sense. Physiologically, the answers did not add up. Upon further questioning involving some rudimentary diagrams, the following became clear: Jiminy Bonerpants was and is circumcised, but he did not know this.
Where he got this idea, i cannot tell you, but somewhere in the last 25 years, Jiminy gained the impression that male circumsion involved removing the entire head from the penis. Logically, since he still retained his helmet, he sincerely believed that he was uncircumcised. We laughed at him, and then showed him some German porn to try to clear up his misconceptions.
The immediate reaction which comes to mind after reading this is “whaa?” Either this 25-yr old college graduate was sadly mislead by his parents & spouse, or he was unfortunate enough to come to work on a particular day when his senses were out of whack. Sad.
Or he saw the movie, “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” during some important formative years.
In the film, Rabbi Tuckman (Mel Brooks) talks about administering circumcisions. To demonstrate, he places a carrot in a tiny guillotine and slices off the tip of the carrot. At least I think it was a carrot. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film.
When I first saw this, I wondered if it would give anyone a false sense of what happens. Looks like it may well have.
Thomas, you beat me to it! I was thinking of the exact same scene!
“You just snip the tip! The ladies love it!”
whats the problem with circumcision, and why is the german porn?
only america routinely circumcises infants for non-religious purposes… most men in european porn are intact.
CIRCUMCISION IS VERY BENEFICIAL, its cleaner and several research bodies have concluded that circumcised men have less risk of contracting STD’s such as AIDS-HIV or herpes.
Uncircumcised penises are difficult to keep clean, and more prone to infections and penile cancer, studies have shown.
A circumcised penis is naturally clean and virtually free from urinary infection. You will not have to worry again with careful washing of your penis.
Is it NOT true that the AAP (American Academy of Paediatrics) does not recommend circumcision. They simply say they leave the decision to parents. But recently, and specially after the recent studies by the US National Institutes of Health, the AAP has been discussing if it may be necessary to change their policy and recommend circumcision to all newborns as they used to do, so in the future we may see that the AAP advocates again circumcision.
Have a look at: http://www.baby-health.net/articles/381.html
About STD’s:
As I said, several studies carried out by prestigious research bodies have concluded that uncircumcised penises are more prone to infections and contraction of STD’s, including AIDS-HIV. Circumcised men have been proved to be up to seven times less likely to be infected than those who are uncircumcised. Have a look at this site: http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/HealthNews/2006121404Circumcision
As for women, studies also show that circumcision also protects female partners from AIDS-HIV and other STD’s. Browse this article: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/02_08_06.html
About sensitivity of a circumcised penis:
No medical or physiological study has proved that circumcision reduces sensitivity, opposed to common belief. It is completely FALSE that circumcision reduces penis sensitivity. The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) confirms this on their web site; have a look at: http://www.aap.org/pubed/zzzjzmemh4c.htm
Circumcision is an easy and nowadays *painless* procedure, which has many benefits, and virtually no risks.
Circumcision is NOT an amputation. Circumcision is NOT comparable at all to female circumcision, which is something completely different.
Circumcision rates are INCREASING nowadays, both in the United States and overseas. Many African and South American countries with little circumcision tradition are starting to promote the procedure to help to reduce the AIDS-HIV infection rates.
Finally, this site has a lot of useful and *unbiased* information. Make sure you have a good look: http://www.circinfo.net