what does it mean to be circumcised?
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To be circumcised means to undergo circumcision, which, in males, involves the excision (or the removal) of the prepuce (or the foreskin) of the penis. For more details on female circumcision, you could refer to the following link\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/241221.stm\n\nCircumcision is either done due to medical reasons or as a cultural pratice.
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Dear Itsin ....\n\nYou are fortunate to have an uncircumcised penis.\n\nThis extra skin is called the "foreskin".\n\nNature put the foreskin there to protect the sensitive head.  This protection keeps the head sensitive so that sex is very pleasurable.  \n\nThe foreskin also prevents anything from touching the head and arousing you unintentionally.\n\nIt is a brilliant piece of engineering by nature.\n\nIt is important to clean underneath the foreskin, just like it's important to wash your body in other places.\n\nI recommend that the foreskin be kept, unless there is a clear health risk.\n\nYou are fine like you are.
848481
Male circumcision is equally mutilation.  Just because it has religious roots it doesn't make it right.  Perhaps it made sense then to have male circumcision but today science has given us the knowledge of personal hygiene so it is completely uncalled for and an abuse of basic human right.\n\nBy the way not all female genital mutilation involves cutting the clitoris.
1008687
A circumcised penis is when their foreskin gets removed from their penis.  I really don't know what Muslims have so i wont be able to answer that one.  Sorry! \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcised\n\nHave a look at that link.
527892
These days there are NO hygenic reasons for circumcision if you bathe at least once a day. There will therefore be no smell. Accusations otherwise are just born out of ignorance. If you consider most of European men, for instance, are uncircumcised, don't you think they would have moved to circumcision en masse long ago if circumcision was the most hygenic and correct thing to do?\n\nAlmost all other reasons for circumcision are now medically treatable and therefore, circumcision is unneccessary.\n\nFor women, an intact penis is DESIGNED to work better that a circumcised one because the foreskin allows for greater movement during sexual intercourse and less lubrication is required.\n\nIt is also better for the man because his glans is soft and sensitive - the glans on circumcised penises gets thick and hard over the years and decreases sensitivity and can even lead to erection problems.\n\nI am writing this as someone who IS circumcised and I am appalled that a fully functional part of me was trimmed off for no real reason and which has, subsequently, given me a less satisfactory sex life than my uncut counterparts.
473559
For female circumcision they remove your clitoris so that you will be faithful to your husband. I've never seen a newly circumcised male because I never had my sons circumcised. No way would I let some overworked drugged up doctor turn my son into a girl!
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one who calls himself "batman" is wrong.\n\nCircumcision is a surgery that removes foreskin, i.e. a fold of skin that goes around the head of penis in relaxed state. I do not think there is any difference in erect state (scars maybe?)\n\nCircumcision makes lots of sence in hot climate with scarce water, as foreskin folds retain some of urine (no matter how hard you shake it), which becomes breeding ground for germs. That's why both Jews and Arabs have it as part of their religion. \n\nIt is also a common practice in modern US, regardless of religion, and I do not know why.
1000023
not necessarily. its a matter of choice for the parents to have their kids circumcised by virtue of their religious, health, and other beliefs. on the other hand, how about the right of the infants to be protected from undue pain from circumcission? perhaps, let the kids decide when they get older whether they want to be circumsized or not. cheers!
513480
Actually the real pleasure you feel is mental. if you love someone and have sex with them and its really passionate then you probably will feel pleasure on a level of 11 or 12 with your circumcised penis. They only take off that foreskin. Not like they take off half your penis
1078217
Circumcision is an outdated torture that should be abolished. It does nothing to help the function of the penis and actually loses some of the nerves in the penis. I am intact and love it and I have had no complaints From anybody I have been with. The main thing is to teach the young boys how to keep their penis clean and they will have no hygiene problems and better sex because of the extra nerve tissue
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NO!  Why would you?  It's NOT a health concern, as long as you wash it frequently.  Circumcision is just a sadistic ritual we like to impose on little newborns for no apparent reason.  Don't torture yourself to please society.  Did you know there are actually men who try to grow the foreskin back??  I swear!  Apparently men who are not circumcised are much more sensitive, so the circumcised men feel jealous.
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Yes CIRCUMCISED IS WAY BETTER, looks much better, smells much better. Uncircumcised is just weird, and usually less cleaner than a circumcised penis.\n\nAlso, studies 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
274115
In Judaism, circumcision represents the covenant between YHVH and Abraham.  Moses, in not circumcising his son, was reneging on the covenant.
1125255
Circumcised is less sensitive due to being unprotected by the foreskin, the effect worsens with age.  On the positive side circumcision has been demonstrated in Africa to cut AIDS transmission rates because the virus can't lurk under the foreskin waiting for chance to get in.\n4 Protection against HIV and AIDS. Another British Medical Journal article in May 2000 suggested that circumcised men are 8 times less likely to contract the HIV virus. (It is very important here to say that the risk is still far too high and that condoms and safe sex must be used - this applies also to preventing cancer of the cervix in women who have several partners.)
994293
First it really is a matter of preference or, in some cases, religion such as Judaism. It used to be that it was done for health reasons, but we know now if you are uncut and clean yourself by drawing back the foreskin, there will be no infections.\nAs far as sex is concerned, I have been told that women prefer the uncircumcised penis better because of the foreskin moving and stimulating them during sex.\n\nYour decision. Good luck!! BTW, having the operation as an adult, I understand, is very painful, so be prepared, and above all, consult with your own doctor for his/her advice.
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It means to cut the extra skin covering the upper tip of the male organ. This method is adopted by almost all races known as Semitic in the middle-east as a healthy practise done on boys between 6 to 12 years. \n\nThis method is in practise as a religious ritual among the Jews and the Muslims but justified as a hygienic device so that bacteria do not get collected at the skin-foldings and also as a means to maximise giving sexual pleasure to the female partners. Jews being both a race and a religion,  do practise circumcision since at least the days prior to Moses and Judah. Instead of insisting on cleaning those parts they prefer to remove it altogether so that the possibility of uncleanliness at that part of the body is pre-emptied. But Islam being a missionary faith, all Muslims do it as a religious ritual and justify in the same way Jews do, as mentioned above. But Christians do not do circumcision as a religious practice. Some Christians imitate their Muslim counterparts with intent to enhance their virility.\n\nBut scientifically speaking removal of that part of the skin in no way enhances virility in the men, so long as sex is more a matter of mind rather than body structure. It is perhaps, in olden days peolple in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt etc, due to deserts were often not getting sufficient scope to take bath daily and females were the only source of mental and physical pleasures, in order to remove possibility of being unhyginic the practice was to altogether remove the foreskin on top of the male sexual organ which is called circumcision.
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There's not that much point.  It's easier to keep clean - but that's not a good excuse to have it done.  I'm circumcised - seems to work fine for me.  If you're circumcised - great.  If not - fine.  Doesn't really matter.\n\nMost of the guys in the US and Canada are - other places no.  People always like to fit in - so it's probably better to go with whatever is the norm where you live.