# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/41 "2013-06-06T19:29:44Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > 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. I wasn’t serious. But they’re only not angry because they grew up used to it. That’s still not an excuse. Cut off a baby’s ears, and he won’t miss them either because he won’t remember them. Doesn’t make it ethical. ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/42 "2013-06-06T19:37:16Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > I wasn’t serious. But they’re only not angry because they grew up used to it. That’s still not an excuse. Cut off a baby’s ears, and he won’t miss them either because he won’t remember them. Doesn’t make it ethical. Well it’s not exactly ethical to dress them up in their older sisters bra and panties, put lipstick on 'em and take pictures but we’ve all done that too. Am I right?! ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/43 "2013-06-06T22:23:16Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Can I tell my _mohel_ joke now? You only know one? It is rumored that the Royal Family in the UK hires _mohelim_ to circumcise their male offspring, presumably because, as specialists, they are more efficient and experienced at the procedure than physicians. Might explain why they call it the _Brit_ish Empire. (That joke kills in the Catskills.) ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/44 "2013-06-06T23:02:52Z")
Look, at the very least let them be ticked off over something real and not the misconception that it made them shorter. > [@zoid](#): > > Well it’s not exactly ethical to dress them up in their older sisters bra and panties, put lipstick on 'em and take pictures but we’ve all done that too. Some of our sons do that on their own and post it to Twitter. We have to do nothing since that is its own punishment, once they sober up the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147/45 "2013-06-06T23:39:55Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > I wasn’t serious. But they’re only not angry because they grew up used to it. That’s still not an excuse. Cut off a baby’s ears, and he won’t miss them either because he won’t remember them. Doesn’t make it ethical. Well, they could always get contact lenses, because they will never wear glasses… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-shortens-the-size-of-an-erect-penis/660147.md?page=2)