# Circumcision shortens the size of an erect penis. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147 "2013-06-04T20:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/21 "2013-06-05T15:19:15Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Tl;dr, but looks good. Highlights? > Plus OP got banned. Perhaps interesting signs (or perhaps not). JDT… One of our all time wackiest loons, one-trickiest ponies. Constantly advocating for foreskin restoration through mechanical stretching (I think his device was called a tug-ahoy, really). Less funny than the Grapist, but fondly recalled for his white-hot crazy. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/22 "2013-06-05T15:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t believe anyone who has a penis or played with one would believe this. People tend to get hung up about why their virile endowment and/or erotic enjoyment is not as great as they think it should be. This particular bodily alteration makes for an easy explanation – “I’d be bigger and have more intense sensations if only…” – enough to suspend disbelief when you’re reaching for anything to hold on to. > [@](#): > > JDT… One of our all time wackiest loons, one-trickiest ponies. Less funny than the Grapist, but fondly recalled for his white-hot crazy To the point of having become a Board Meme/catchphrase/archetype. And if one-person anecdotal samples were to count, then we could counter with circumcised-in-infancy Jewish man Ron Jeremy as an extreme data point of it not doing much harm to someone’s genital size or performance… In this department, outliers are outliers with or without the modification. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/23 "2013-06-05T15:41:12Z")
[quote=“JRDelirious, post:22, topic:660147”] …Ron Jeremy as an extreme data point of it not doing much harm to someone’s genital size or performance… In this department, _outliers are outliers with or without the modification.[_/QUOTE]Italics added. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/24 "2013-06-05T15:48:00Z")
Circumcision for a small baby in his first 6 days is a traumatic moment for that young person’s life, but even more so for a grown man even has been known to cause PTSD. > [@](#): > > Traumatic | Define Traumatic > adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or produced by a trauma or wound. 2. adapted to the cure of wounds. 3. psychologically painful. This could be the real reason your mates penis is a tad smaller, but listen up now haven’t you noticed that it is cleaner … lol ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/25 "2013-06-05T15:52:08Z")
Who gets circumcised at six days? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/26 "2013-06-05T15:57:43Z")
Isn’t that the standard time frame for Jewish circumcision? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/27 "2013-06-05T16:00:01Z")
> **[Genesis 21:4 - The Birth of Isaac](https://biblehub.com/genesis/21-4.htm)** > > When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/28 "2013-06-05T16:02:03Z")
Can I tell my _mohel_ joke now? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/29 "2013-06-05T16:31:54Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > It has nothing to do with size, but you shouldn’t clip males’ penises because when they go outside they are left defenseless and their ability to climb can be compromised. Yes, if you leave them intact they might make a mess of the furniture, but that’s in their nature and it’s just their way of marking their territory. We really need a slow clap smilie. Or a drop the mike smilie. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/30 "2013-06-06T11:14:28Z")
Moved from General Questions to IMHO. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/31 "2013-06-06T11:25:29Z")
How do you measure a flaccid member? Before or after shrinkage? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/32 "2013-06-06T11:56:27Z")
Well, damn, I always thought one of the perks of being gay would be that size _doesn’t_ matter! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/33 "2013-06-06T15:34:21Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Well, damn, I always thought one of the perks of being gay would be that size _doesn’t_ matter! If anything, it matters more. (Not universal, but very common) ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/34 "2013-06-06T15:48:04Z")
Shouldn’t your son have a say in whether part of his penis is cut off? As a consenting adult? He can always opt to do it then. He can’t opt back out if you cut him now. ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/35 "2013-06-06T17:02:35Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Shouldn’t your son have a say in whether part of his penis is cut off? As a consenting adult? > > He can always opt to do it then. He can’t opt back out if you cut him now. You’re right, we should have asked our sons before we had them circumcised as babies. I regret it now, because it obviously messed them up. They couldn’t walk for a year!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/36 "2013-06-06T17:30:31Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > You’re right, we should have asked our sons before we had them circumcised as babies. I regret it now, because it obviously messed them up. They couldn’t walk for a year!🙂 Wouldn’t speak to us for about that long either. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/37 "2013-06-06T17:39:13Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Wouldn’t speak to us for about that long either. Wait until they find out what you did to them, then they may not speak to you for a while again. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/38 "2013-06-06T17:41:09Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > You’re right, we should have asked our sons before we had them circumcised as babies. I regret it now, because it obviously messed them up. They couldn’t walk for a year!🙂 So traumatized he shit himself - regularly. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/39 "2013-06-06T17:46:04Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Wait until they find out what you did to them, then they may not speak to you for a while again. I know lots and lots of men. They are aware of the proceedure of circumcision. Not one is angry with their parents over it. Perhaps somewhere these men exist but I sure as hell never heard of this before the SDBM. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/40 "2013-06-06T19:06:47Z")
> [@Shark](#): > > You’re right, we should have asked our sons before we had them circumcised as babies. Wash, don’t amputate! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147.md?page=3)