tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post113206560459568025..comments2023-08-19T02:26:10.888-07:00Comments on Wackmobiles and Spurious Brainchildren: Circumcision: There goes your sex life!Spoony Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-87218585936720069182019-09-07T10:24:20.496-07:002019-09-07T10:24:20.496-07:00Cassie D: I concluded in the 1970s and 80s that a ...Cassie D: I concluded in the 1970s and 80s that a lot of the revulsion many American women felt when the topic of the male foreskin came up, could be eliminated if intact men spent a bit of time in the bath before entering the bedroom. Problem solved. Your comment in this thread is the first time I have read in social media of someone reaching my conclusion.<br />My significant other is quite fastidious and has a sensitive nose. We happily play together because I keep clean down there. She freely grants that it is much harder for women to remain sweet and fresh than it is for intact men.<br />I once exchanged thoughts about circumcision with a native American woman. She had one cut brother, one intact one and a mother who was happy to chat about both with her daughter. This Indian woman told me that Indian men born off reservation were often circumcised, while those born in reservation clinics never were. She had been a sexual free spirit during her 1970s youth, and she said that the dirtiest penises she ever encountered, were circumcised ones. I can concur; as an American baby boomer, there was no talk among us dudes along the lines of "ya gotta wash your dick, otherwise ya'll piss off the ladies." I trust you catch my drift; the problem isn't foreskin but male indifference to proper washing.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120095550637873753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-70824817443826283682019-09-07T10:12:32.548-07:002019-09-07T10:12:32.548-07:00S E E Quine: I have been a fan for years of the l...S E E Quine: I have been a fan for years of the long blog posts you published on this tender topic in 2013 and 2015. Only today did I stumble on your 2005 post.<br />Circumcision is a material alteration of the most sexual part of the male body, namely the tip of the penis. It removes the foreskin, vandalises the frenulum, replaces most of the inner foreskin with a ring of scar tissue, and accelerates the aging of the glans via keratinisation. The high birth rates among Muslims and ultra-orthodox Jews proves that circumcision does not impair human reproduction. Circumcised men may be more reluctant to wear condoms, which could explain the USA's very high STD rates. <br />This century, the rate of circumcision in the USA is reported to be about 55%. Few people appreciate that that figure is the %age of boys born in maternity wards who are circumcised in that same maternity ward before being discharged with their mothers. Hence the small number of boys who undergo Jewish ritual circumcision are not counted. Much more material is the growing number of infant boys circumcised as outpatients by a pediatrician in his office. HHS does not count the latter.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120095550637873753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-69093938439551185142019-09-07T09:58:09.617-07:002019-09-07T09:58:09.617-07:00Jim Bob: You were cut without your mother having b...Jim Bob: You were cut without your mother having been asked to consent. The same thing happened to my brother in a midwestern maternity ward in 1954. In many urban USA maternity wards, 1930-80; every boy was circumcised unless Mom raised the subject and objected. Growing up in the midwest and spending a lot of time in locker rooms, I saw all of 5 boys with foreskin. The ubiquity of this practice gave rise to the very high incidence of circ in older American men today. In turn, this very high incidence of circ in adult American men is what grounds the medical and sexual ignorance that Spoony Quine's blog posts fight against.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120095550637873753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-19635868546841341692018-05-19T13:21:46.819-07:002018-05-19T13:21:46.819-07:00To avoid a significant source of penile infections...To avoid a significant source of penile infections, don't stick your penis in anyone's or anything's anus.Jim Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490443483107948147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-3116903368511712272018-05-19T13:19:02.985-07:002018-05-19T13:19:02.985-07:00Ears are pretty damn UUGLY. Shouldn't they be ...Ears are pretty damn UUGLY. Shouldn't they be cut off?<br />If as an adult someone decided to cut part of my genitals off I would resist to the best of my ability, including the use of deadly force if lesser means of defense were inadequate.<br />Cutting nondiseased parts off of people without their permission is a felony.<br />My parents assured me.that neither of them gave permission to anyone to lop part of my.penis off. At the time the usual practice in hospitals was to take babies away from their mothers, strip the coating off of their skins and cut part of boys' penises off. The parent commonly was not asked or told that the child was to be assaulted and mutilated.<br />That a newborn is not capable of defending himself does not mean that he has no right to do so.Jim Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490443483107948147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132285209246780432005-11-17T19:40:00.000-08:002005-11-17T19:40:00.000-08:00` Heh heh... penises can be quite ugly either way,...` Heh heh... penises can be quite ugly either way, I admit. Though I think male genitals are more attractive than female.<BR/>` But this isn't at all about looks.<BR/><BR/>` Don't worry, I'm not going to bring up any more points.<BR/>` I don't neccesarily argue with people, but I like to lay the information out on the table as a way of 'stretching out' my posts.<BR/><BR/>` I generally don't even do the best job at this. For example, here:<BR/><BR/>` <B>I said:</B><BR/>...about 45% of all Americans are disgusted enough with circumcision in order to not inflict it upon others. The number used to be much higher...<BR/><BR/>` Meaning of course, the percentage of disgusted-enough people (or whatever) used to be lower in earlier decades - especially the 1950's.Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132279718158895142005-11-17T18:08:00.000-08:002005-11-17T18:08:00.000-08:00My parents were not hippies, dammit!My parents were <I>not</I> hippies, dammit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132184656473696932005-11-16T15:44:00.000-08:002005-11-16T15:44:00.000-08:00Spoony, don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating an...Spoony, don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating any position here. Far be it from me to try to push my opinion on somebody else. I'm just saying that most American men are circumcised. You would know so much better than I would about why it should or shouldn't be done. Personally, I don't like the looks of a penis with or without 'hoodies'.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132177508814428202005-11-16T13:45:00.000-08:002005-11-16T13:45:00.000-08:00` Aaron, about 45% of all Americans are disgusted ...` Aaron, about 45% of all Americans are disgusted enough with circumcision in order to not inflict it upon others. The number used to be much higher because it was 'trendier', and perhaps there were more superstitions decades ago.<BR/><BR/>` Are you saying that I shouldn't oppose circumcision, because it's tradition or trendy or cultural? (For the record, that is not at all logical.) Yes, people do these things because it's familiar and has a place in their society. Doesn't mean it's helping them.<BR/>` Really, it should have never been invented in the first place, just like the old-fashioned American practice of cutting off womens' and girls' clitorises in the Victorian Era. For some reason, people became obsessed with male circumcision and it became popular despite no demonstrable reasons to do it.<BR/>` In other words, I guess I could say that non-therapeutic circumcision is a type of 'alternative medicine', which a very large number of doctors also practice. Chiropractic does no more to cure diseases by removing imaginary 'subluxations' - which cannot even be observed with CAT scanners - than circumcision noticeably improves health. That explains why it is on the website of QuackWatch.<BR/><BR/><./rant><BR/><BR/>` OR, are you saying that I am pretty brave to speak out against this ludicrous practice? No world health organization is for it - that's why I call it 'alternative medicine' - and religious rite or not, it is still illegal to do to someone else without their permission or knowledge. This kind of thing is the ultimate form of sexual abuse. It also violates the human rights of security of person, physical integrity, physical and mental health, and self-determination.<BR/><BR/>` Yes, so ear-piercing does violate some of those rights, and yes, I think it's stupid.<BR/>` True as that may be, in most ways it is completely different: Poking pinholes in the insensitive earlobes (which may later heal up) is completely different than removing fifty percent of the skin on a penis. (Foreskins are pretty large - stretched out I think they're about a square foot in adults.)<BR/>` Poking tiny holes just makes tiny holes - something that would better be compared to circumcision is amputating both entire ear pinnae.<BR/>` There are many restoration techniques for circumcision, though this is not an operation one can reverse. It is PERMANENT. There is only so much one can do, and a lot to put someone through. Once it's done, a man has few options.<BR/>` A <I>pierced ear,</I> on the other hand, heals up quickly when the earring is taken out. Which I am glad for, because my ears were involuntarily pierced and they did heal - though one of them has a painful lump in it. Oh, big deal. Wouldn't affect my sex life if I had one.Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132160538604987132005-11-16T09:02:00.000-08:002005-11-16T09:02:00.000-08:00Wow Spoony! You really hit on a hot topic here!Ca...Wow Spoony! You really hit on a hot topic here!<BR/><BR/>Cas...are those the same people who don't want to mutilate their young girls by poking holes in their ears?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132159635632004762005-11-16T08:47:00.000-08:002005-11-16T08:47:00.000-08:00when i first encountered a hoodie, i was a little ...when i first encountered a hoodie, i was a little taken aback. but because i'm such an open-minded person, i decided that ALL penises deserved love - not just your average cut ones! Yes, i was a little hesitant about the bacteria, but most people with hoodies (galtron, back me up here) know how to clean them off. and if your about to enjoy felacio - you'd clean it off first if you thought it needed cleaning, right?<BR/><BR/>Well think about it like this, ladies: ALL boys should clean up a bit before little kisses are bestowed. your spit doesn't sanitize anything - so before you let ANYTHING touch your holiest of holies, make sure YOU are not the only one who runs to the bathroom to primp and make sure there's nothing in your teeth!<BR/><BR/>and as for religious nuts, hippies and foreigners, i disagree, A-ron. I actually know quite a few boys whose parents didn't fit into those catagories. Let's just say they didn't want to mutilate their babies......locomocoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955461375052917053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132151983822251842005-11-16T06:39:00.000-08:002005-11-16T06:39:00.000-08:00Ok people, it's not like you can't have sex if you...Ok people, it's not like you can't have sex if you're circumcised. The only people who aren't 'cut' are foreigners and children of hippies. Not only is circumcision part of our culture, but it's also a religious rite as well.<BR/><BR/>'To defy the laws of tradition, is a crusade only of the brave.'Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132130632485111772005-11-16T00:43:00.000-08:002005-11-16T00:43:00.000-08:00I have fortunately escaped the knife myself, thoug...I have fortunately escaped the knife myself, though my friend says that circumcision is the reason he knows his parents were definitely a little 'kafwibbity' in the head.<BR/><BR/>It's amusing that attracting ah, non-bigoted, horny women can be as simple as telling them about my ah... 'hoody', while wearing a bag over my head.<BR/><BR/>Genius!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132101359006931062005-11-15T16:35:00.000-08:002005-11-15T16:35:00.000-08:00` You're right - Ugh! Embalming!? Who came up with...` You're right - Ugh! Embalming!? Who came up with that one?<BR/><BR/>` 'List item?' Ohhhh, DUH! Thanks, Aaron! Even though I've successfully made a link in a comments section one time, I don't remember how I did it - they tend to go somewhere in the blog rather than another website. Weird.Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132100282161626872005-11-15T16:18:00.000-08:002005-11-15T16:18:00.000-08:00I know what you mean Spoony. On top of that, ther...I know what you mean Spoony. On top of that, there's no real purpose to being legally obligated to embalm a dead body either. Just culture I guess...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/foreskin.html" REL="nofollow">Here's the link to the article.</A><BR/><BR/>Spoony, you don't have to use the li tag when posting a post or comment. The 'li' tag stands for List Item, and should only be used when you've defined a list - like in the links section of your template.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132099816022086762005-11-15T16:10:00.000-08:002005-11-15T16:10:00.000-08:00` That's odd - this was the actual html I pasted i...` That's odd - this was the actual html I pasted in there:<BR/><BR/>http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/foreskin.htmlSpoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132099585254063272005-11-15T16:06:00.000-08:002005-11-15T16:06:00.000-08:00` Don't know what you mean. Like, when you're real...` Don't know what you mean. Like, when you're really old, it gets infected more easily?<BR/><BR/>` True or not, I'd like to point out that this is <I>not</I> a logical argument for mutilating a baby's penis: If you did that to a baby, he'd have to go through his <I>whole life</I> like that, just for one potential benefit way after his sexual prime is over.<BR/><BR/>` If it's anyone's place -legally and ethically - to impose circumcision without illness or injury involved, it is the man himself. And men are what baby boys grow up into.<BR/><BR/>` If you'd like the opinion of actual doctors, <A = HTTP://WWW.DOCTORSOPPOSINGCIRCUMCISION.ORG/INFO/FORESKIN.HTML HREF>here</A> is one good place to start.<BR/>` (Hope I got the html right this time, though it won't let me use the 'li' tag... Hmmm.)Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132098067774203862005-11-15T15:41:00.000-08:002005-11-15T15:41:00.000-08:00I have no opinion on this matter. Ask Jason thoug...I have no opinion on this matter. Ask Jason though...the foreskin becomes a major problem when you get older. NOT when it comes to sex, Cas, but it increases your chances of bacterial infection.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132097577097729102005-11-15T15:32:00.000-08:002005-11-15T15:32:00.000-08:00` Hee hee. You and your sexcapades.` Really, most ...` Hee hee. You and your sexcapades.<BR/><BR/>` Really, most people in the world do agree with you, me and Steve over this matter.<BR/>` And I think I know why anyone wouldn't. Now, I didn't bother adding this due to length, but this is something kind of mind-blowing I've worked out:<BR/><BR/>` a) The normal penis has a bit of smegma, though it's not even as much, or usually as pungeant, as what <I>women</I> normally have.<BR/><BR/>` b) The foreskin is very easy to clean just by pulling it back and rinsing it off for a second - it's easier than washing one's face!<BR/><BR/>` c, d, etc), This is the way that penises of mammalian species have always been, and there has never been a problem here, so if anything, you could not expect it to 'evolve away', etc, etc, etc. (Especially in humans, who use them for pleasure more than most species...)<BR/><BR/>` AND YET... some men, like my brother, are like; "Eeew. I'm glad I never had to deal with a foreskin. I'd never be able to clean it. I've seen photographs, it's so gross, and I'd get diseases! I don't care about 'feeling', that can't possibly be worth it! Don't you know? That's why they're atrophying away in our species."<BR/>` Once I also ran into this one girl who said; "Eeew! If I saw a foreskin, I would throw up. If my boyfriend had one, I'd have him cut it off before we had sex."<BR/><BR/>` This <I>utter disrespect</I> and disgust for something that is healthy rather than unhealthy stems from something called <I>ignorance</I>.<BR/>` That ignorance is caused by superstitions and 'brainwashing' by others who are also ignorant.<BR/><BR/>` You know what that's called?<BR/><BR/>` Think: If the subject was, say, <I>men</I>, instead of one part of them, that would automatically be defined as 'bigotry'.<BR/>` As it is, I think that word only applies to people, though 'intolerance' definitely fits.<BR/><BR/>` In other words, we can thank our 'cultural mythology' for causing people to discriminate against many things healthy <I>and</I> normal, one of them being foreskins!<BR/>` This explains why there are actually people who are hell-bent on 'exterminating' them whenever possible.<BR/><BR/>` So, whenever you hear someone say; "I won't let my baby grow up with that awful thing attached to his private parts!" (Attached?! The prepuce kinda grows there, as with girls!) or, "Ew, I won't have sex with <I>that</I> thing! Get rid of it!" you can be sure that this is part of that 'intolerance' thing people do so well.<BR/><BR/>` <./unprovoked lecture>Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1132084529382177042005-11-15T11:55:00.000-08:002005-11-15T11:55:00.000-08:00mmmm....i like hoodies.....they are yummy......;Pi...mmmm....<BR/><BR/>i like hoodies.....<BR/><BR/>they are yummy......;P<BR/><BR/>i knew a lesbian couple that had a baby boy, and debated over it FOREVER. I think they finally whacked it.<BR/><BR/>but i sure like them better! maybe it's because the majority of penises i've seen have been cut and the novelty is so appealing, but i honestly think that men with hoodies have a different experience with them - like your friend said. <BR/>At least, that's what that's what i've concluded talking to both sides of the fence. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it was just pillow talk, baby.locomocoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955461375052917053noreply@blogger.com