# Ladies, do you prefer circumcised or uncircumcised? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182 "2003-06-02T18:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_don_t_know_neither_do_you)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/1 "2003-06-02T18:34:08Z")
Well ladies, do you prefer cut or uncut, and why? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/2 "2003-06-02T18:45:03Z")
I prefer a man who does a search before he starts a thread, dammit. (in other words, we have had several recent threads on this topic, and many many not-so-recent threads.) p.s. I don’t have a preference. ---
**Author:** ![I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_don_t_know_neither_do_you)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/3 "2003-06-02T18:47:16Z")
Hmmm, yes I though about this right after I clicked “post”. Perhaps I can retract the question and retreat into the corner and maintain some portion of my dignity? ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/4 "2003-06-02T18:47:59Z")
Who cares!?! It’s hard enough to find a good man, why bother with such a minor issue. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/5 "2003-06-02T18:49:21Z")
Aw, you don’t have to do that. Classic newbie mistake–no biggie. Welcome to the boards. And in any case, if there is one subject that gets people riled up around here, it’s the ol’ foreskin. I expect that this thread will turn out to be just as popular as all of its antecedents. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/6 "2003-06-02T19:19:43Z")
Doesn’t much matter to me… I have more experience with cut, though… ---
**Author:** ![Seldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/7 "2003-06-02T19:30:15Z")
If I may hijack: I’d like to know why anyone ever thought it was a good idea in the first place. How it ever came about. I’m sure it was in biblical times, but I really can’t imagine the scenario that would begin this tradition. You know: hey, let’s cut this flap of skin off and see what happens. Or, even better, let’s cut someone else’s off and say it was a commandment of God? ---
**Author:** ![I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_don\_t\_know\_neither\_do\_you](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_don_t_know_neither_do_you)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/8 "2003-06-02T19:37:40Z")
Green Bean: Thanks for the welome. Seldon: All right! Warm up the controversy-o-meter! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/9 "2003-06-02T19:48:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seldon \* > \*\*If I may hijack: > > I’d like to know why anyone ever thought it was a good idea in the first place. How it ever came about. > > I’m sure it was in biblical times, but I really can’t imagine the scenario that would begin this tradition. You know: hey, let’s cut this flap of skin off and see what happens. Or, even better, let’s cut someone else’s off and say it was a commandment of God? \*\* Or that people would be arguing about it for thousands of years. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/10 "2003-06-02T22:18:13Z")
While I don’t have any, ah, “hands-on” experience with penises of the non-cut persuasion, I have seen them before, live and in person. I think circumsized penises look more attractive…the un-cut kind look sort of wilted and wormy in my opinion, and it also strikes me as a hygiene thing: cut=clean. ---
**Author:** ![Ally424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Ally424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ally424)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/11 "2003-06-02T22:21:52Z")
I agree with you orange skinner. Although it really wouldn’t matter, I prefer cut. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/12 "2003-06-03T01:25:49Z")
Obligatory **Jack Dean Tyler** reference here. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/13 "2003-06-03T03:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seldon \* > \*\*If I may hijack: > > I’d like to know why anyone ever thought it was a good idea in the first place. How it ever came about. > > I’m sure it was in biblical times, but I really can’t imagine the scenario that would begin this tradition. You know: hey, let’s cut this flap of skin off and see what happens. Or, even better, let’s cut someone else’s off and say it was a commandment of God? \*\* But you never answered the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/14 "2003-06-03T06:36:38Z")
I’ve never been with a guy who wasn’t… And it kinda freaks me out actually. 🙂 Put me down for cut. ~J ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/15 "2003-06-03T10:14:30Z")
cut. cleaner nicer to go down on 🙂 longer stamina, too. ---
**Author:** ![sickboy51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@sickboy51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sickboy51)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/16 "2003-06-03T11:51:25Z")
Good thing that there is a preferance for cut… you see, I can´t make my skin grow back. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/17 "2003-06-03T11:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfje \* > \*\*cut. > … > longer stamina, too. \*\* Cite, please? If you’re speaking from personal experience, do you have a statistically relevant sample size? 🙂 I know one woman who fantasized in a big way about uncut. Not sure why, though I suppose it’s not any weirder than any other fetish. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/18 "2003-06-03T12:02:36Z")
sorry, Sengkelat, no cite, just experience. My current bf is the first “cut” guy i’ve been with, and there is a bit of a difference in how long he can last, alright. He says it’s to do with the fact that the head of the penis is not protected, is used to more friction than an “uncut” one, so therefor can go on much longer. no, you can’t try him out! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/19 "2003-06-03T12:53:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sickboy51 \* > \*\*Good thing that there is a preferance for cut… you see, I can´t make my skin grow back. \*\* Yes, but there’s an operation that can restore it… ---
**Author:** ![Pixelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pixelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixelle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182/20 "2003-06-03T13:55:38Z")
I have a personal preference for **uncut**. It’s completely natural and is not unhygienic as people seem to think. I can’t bear to think about circumcision, it’s mutilation for no reason IMO. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-circumcised-or-uncircumcised/179182.md?page=2)