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How did you learn about circumcision?

Question is definitely for guys and girls.

When did you learn what circumcision was? Who told you (or how did you learn, or did you hear about it then ask someone)? What did they tell you?

Also interested to know if you have seen both in person or not.

Finally who do you think should explain it growing up? Is there anything you wish you'd learned and didn't?

My kids are growing up in an area where kids are, I think, close to 50/50. My eldest is hitting body parts in Health and I notice they don't really explain it.
I learned about it from parents/siblings
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I learned about it at school
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I learned about it from friends
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I learned about it online
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What the what? (I have just learned about it)
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Most Helpful Guys

  • I don't remember exactly how I found out, but I don't think it was sex-ed. It has never really been something that crossed my mind aside from hearing ocassional jew jokes that involved circumcision. Even then I didn't really pay much thought to it beyond "oh there are two types of dicks"

    Oh and when I joined gag I thought about it a bit more because there used to be a lot of debates about that subject. Mesonfielde would always post like 20 paragraphs filled with sources explaining why it's horrible.😂

    -"Finally who do you think should explain it growing up? "

    Well I guess it depends on the person's relationship with their parents. Having an in-depth conversation about the differences between a circumcised and uncircumcised penis seems pretty awkward and unpleasant to me. I really don't see why somone nowadays can't just google it and get all the info they could ever want. If they need to have a conversation then they can have it with their doctor during their yearly physical. You're used to having awkwards conversations with your doctor anyways so they seem like the perfect ones to explain it.

    -"Is there anything you wish you'd learned and didn't"

    Well it doesn't really affect me much. So I guess the only thing I care about it what girls prefer. Also, I kinda wish I didn't hear that stuff about circumcised people potentially having decreased pleasure. Aside from those two things it doesn't really matter.

  • Growing up, my family was borderline nudist. Well, I had a friend over (around 8-10) and we went in the hot tub nude. His was the first uncircumcised penis I had ever seen. We were both pretty confused as to what was different, but I asked my mom about it, and she told me about circumcision, mostly in positive words, but I always felt something was off...

    • As for who should explain it, I won't be circumcising any of my sons, but if they ask about it, I will explain it to them, and why we chose not to circumcise them.

    • Your name suggests you or have restored?

    • @0112358 yes I have (mostly) restored.

Most Helpful Girls

  • I learnt about it in dribs and drabs from my parents, the bible and oddly enough, Rugrats. While I'd heard things here and there and understood the basic reasons why it was done, Rugrats seemed to explain it in a way I understood as a child :p and it's not like it was rude or inappropriate or anything it was just, the missing piece of the puzzle for me because the way they approached it was more about the personal impact rather than a detailed description. If you're worried about your kids knowing, sit them down and talk with them about it. If you're a practicing Christian, Jew or Catholic you could try talking about it over a bible study about what it meant and let them ask questions. I've found some people in the education/health sector have a real vendetta against the whole subject or tend to avoid it altogether. So if you're wanting your kids to know about it and be aware, go for it. I think I was 5 when I first heard of it, 7 when I started to grasp it and 9 when I understood it. You'd be surprised what kids these days can handle.

    • I watched rugrats all the time growing up, but don't remember them talking about circumcision on there. Maybe it flew right over my head at the time.

    • @matchrestore Haha, it was one of the very early episodes. I think Tommy and Angelica went to visit their grandparents (they did this a few times), I think it was a holiday episode. I can just vaguely remember the grandpa talking about it.

  • I learned about it from a boyfriend at 17 he was not circumcised. From there I tried to find pictures. I remember I saw a calendar of naked firefighters , a couple of whom were not cut. They were flaccid in photos so it was obvious to see the differences. I have seen about 20 adult penises in person. Most were cut but it really doesn't make a bit of difference to me.

    • Thanks for answering!

  • as a girl who only had sisters (and went to a religious school that used fear tactics to keep us abstinent), i was never taught about it, though i'm sure the boys learned all about it in sex ed.

    i saw my first uncircumcised penis at the ripe old age of 27, and i now think that circumcised ones look weird and unnatural.

    • I don't think they teach boys much at all. When i had health it wasn't mentioned. And my kids who are now getting it, the most you get is a comment that 'some boys are uncircumcised and have a foreskin, others have had it removed'. Oh, well now they're experts.

    • based on what i know now, it's pretty safe to say they were told that the foreskin is removed to prevent masturbation (a cardinal sin, if you are catholic); that was likely the end of it.

    • while that is the original reason, they don't tell them that in health class! tbh, i think for a long time it wasn't mentioned because all the boys were. i think it was something people thought about with regards to the birth process and not much after?

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  • I learned about it from South Park when I was really young. Then when I got older, it just clicked.

    • And people act like south park isn't good for young kids.

  • when i was in kindergarten my neighbor used to pee in front of me... and he told me he was circumcised, he was 7. I don't know who told him.

    • I have not seen an uncircumcised one yet. but im not concerned. i dont feel like i needed to learn more i mean certainly i could have looked it up online if i needed to round out my education. would not have gone to my parents but thats bc of how they are. if i had parents who would ask this kind of question itd be cool to learn more i guess. but since i saw it early on it kind of always seemed normal. i thin if i was a boy id have probe figured it out from comparing to other boys. but id like it if i felt i could ask my parents and get reliable honest answers. not that I've ever wanted to discuss my vagina with them, but again they just are not the type. plus there's the internet. i guess if i had a boyfriend who was uncut i want to now stuff like how he cleans it and what not to do bc it will hurt.

    • unrelated but on the subject of peni , why doesn't ti hurt guys when they are hard if someone is sitting or lying on them. as for circumcision... do you wish you'd been taught more about it when you were younger? i think its always good to in form kids on things but if its not urgent and you think your kid would ask i guess you could let him come to you.

    • I knew a reasonable amount growing up because my dad was but I wasn't. That said I actually had to figure some stuff out on my own then which worked out okay. When I started dating I ran into quite a few girls who were totally unfamiliar with uncut. Some women seem really thrown. (I ended up getting cut later). Guys vary in how tight the ligaments are. If they are really tight they tend to point up a lot more if erect and if looser even when hard there is less 'up'. Guys who naturally point more like straight up might be a little more likely to feel uncomfortable depending on the position if someone is sitting or lying on them. Generally though it's sort of good, especially with sitting where it tends to be pressing against an area that's pretty soft - and one that we like.

  • I learnt about it in sex education when I was 10. I then went home and asked my father if he had a foreskin, and I'm pretty sure he still hasn't lived it down :P

  • I actually didn't know about it until having a male baby at age 19. I had only been with circumcised men lol

    • So you just thought they came out that way?

    • Yeah, I'd never seen anything any different. Being a girl, I guess no one felt it was relevant to tell me about it

    • Do you have daughters now? Would you explain it to them?

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  • I learned what it was when I wondered why other kids had different looking dicks. I am glad I am uncut!

  • I learned about using the toilets with other kids as a child.
    It was pretty self explanatory.

  • My older sister told me about it.

    • Did you ask her, or she just told you. Had it come up somewhere?

    • It was in middle school and I had a question about a joke she made... She explained it and that's how I found out.

  • I learned about it as a child. It is a common practice to mutilate males in our society and people openly talk about it as if it was nothing.

  • it takes in our culture so i knew it from the beginning

    • What does 'in the beginning' mean? Or can you just not remember when you learned?

    • i mean i know it since my childhood but don't remember the exact time

  • I learned about it online.

  • I didn't realize there was a difference
    I grew up with everyone being circumcised

    I'm circumcised and I love it

  • Hmm i can't remember, my dad probably mentioned it. As far as I know I've never met someone who was circumsised

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