# Women living in the United States, would you date an uncircumcised man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783 "2015-09-28T01:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/21 "2015-09-28T17:08:48Z")
I’m Canadian, living in Canada, but it makes not the least bit of difference to me if a man is circumcised or not. I couldn’t tell you the status of any of the men I’ve been intimate with, and there’s been a few. I guess helmet head vs fire hose is low on my list of priorities when it comes to intimate partners. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/22 "2015-09-28T21:52:39Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > I know I’m not the target audience of the poll, but just to say: I’m a European woman and I’ve never actually seen a circumcised willie in the, er, flesh. And I’m by no means a virgin. For the rare person who’d refuse to date someone for that reason, do you actually realise 99% of Europe gets buy totally fine with foreskin. I know it’s not a problem in and of itself and I actually don’t want to be circumcised, but I am living in the United States where there may be a significant portion of women for whom this would be a deal-breaker. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/23 "2015-09-28T22:00:00Z")
Circumsized penises are much more aesthetically-pleasing. It’s like a guy wearing tight Levi’s versus a pair of JNCO’s. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/24 "2015-09-28T22:10:14Z")
I’m an uncircumcised male in Canada. If this is a deal breaker for you then I don’t want to date you either, unless it was a religious imperative. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/25 "2015-09-28T22:24:56Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Why in the hell would I care? > [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Same here ! > [@scootergirl](#): > > It would make no difference to me at all. ^ Add me to this list. I really don’t give a damn. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/26 "2015-09-28T23:31:46Z")
I noticed some people voted the fourth option, although not a lot. As some people suggested above, women can’t often tell if a penis is circumcised when erect. But what if there’s a religious woman and she thinks the man is circumcised because she can’t tell at first and then somehow later on in the relationship (which she most likely will eventually), she finds out he’s not and then dumps him? How can this above scenario be avoided? How can the man “weed out” this type of woman earlier on? ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/27 "2015-09-28T23:32:13Z")
(Male here.) Its beginning to sound like this is a “guy thing” like when men worry about their penis size and don’t realize that women worry far more about how they use it rather than how big it is or whether or not it is circumcised. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/28 "2015-09-28T23:36:01Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > (Male here.) > > Its beginning to sound like this is a “guy thing” like when men worry about their penis size and don’t realize that women worry far more about how they use it rather than how big it is or whether or not it is circumcised. Online I feel like I’ve seen women express more disapproval about lack of circumcision than small penis size, but maybe it’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/29 "2015-09-28T23:40:26Z")
> [@R3d\_Anonymous](#): > > I noticed some people voted the fourth option, although not a lot. > > As some people suggested above, women can’t often tell if a penis is circumcised when erect. But what if there’s a religious woman and she thinks the man is circumcised because she can’t tell at first and then somehow later on in the relationship (which she most likely will eventually), she finds out he’s not and then dumps him? > > How can this above scenario be avoided? How can the man “weed out” this type of woman earlier on? The bigger issue for such a woman is going to be that he is not of the faith or culture he is claiming. She’s likely to establish that by participating in religious or cultural ritual with him before hopping into bed. Religious women aren’t known for sleeping around - discriminately or indiscriminately. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/30 "2015-09-28T23:55:24Z")
OP, do you regularly send a dick-pic with the text asking girls out? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/31 "2015-09-29T00:19:03Z")
I’m Jewish, and when I was younger I thought it would be a deal-breaker. I dated on guy who was uncut, and worried about it. But we broke up for other reasons, and I ended up marrying a guy who happened to be circumsized. Now, I think that if I were somehow on the dating market again, I wouldn’t care. It now seems like a pretty incosequential bit of anatomy. Although I still can’t imagine being intimate with a guy and not knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/32 "2015-09-29T00:24:06Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > How would a woman know she’s dating someone uncircumcised _before_ she started dating them, regardless of preference? It’s not something I mention over drinks… My penis status is on my business card. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/33 "2015-09-29T00:28:18Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > OP, do you regularly send a dick-pic with the text asking girls out? And do you drive a Chevy Cobalt? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/34 "2015-09-29T00:32:48Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Circumsized penises are much more aesthetically-pleasing… I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/35 "2015-09-29T00:47:31Z")
> [@R3d\_Anonymous](#): > > How can this above scenario be avoided? How can the man “weed out” this type of woman earlier on? Well… certain religions would be indicative of a culturally-induced desire for one’s partner to be circumcised, so don’t date observant Jewish or Muslim women? Although I’m told Islam doesn’t _require_ circumcision, but it’s viewed as a good thing? Not sure on the details. I’m not sure if Jewish women seeking an affair but not a long-term relationship would care, but for long term, as in, getting married and raising a family, they’re pretty likely to seek a circumcised partner or ask a partner to have the procedure (if a man converts to Judaism he has to get circumcised if he isn’t already, and even if he is, there’s still a ceremony he needs to undergo). Although, as \*\*Puzzlegal \*\*points out, even among Jewish women circumcision is not a universal requirement these days. As for the rest of it… unless you can somehow or other bring up the subject early on (without it being a turn-off) it’s a risk you run. I think far fewer women actually care about the matter than popular opinion might claim, and keep in mind quite a few parents are now choosing not to circumcise and the younger generation have fewer circumcised men so depending on your age it may be less of a problem yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/36 "2015-09-29T01:48:08Z")
> [@Aangelica](#): > > …Heck, there is at least one gentleman where I don’t know that I ever saw his penis at all other than in silhouette… Ah yes, penis shadow puppetry. The chicks dig this. mmm ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/37 "2015-09-29T14:35:14Z")
You don’t have a category for done both and have no preference, your first option sort of lumps 2 different though similar categories together. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/38 "2015-09-29T18:13:06Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > (Male here.) > > Its beginning to sound like this is a “guy thing” like when men worry about their penis size and don’t realize that women worry far more about how they use it rather than how big it is or whether or not it is circumcised. (Straight woman here) It wouldn’t matter to me either. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/39 "2015-09-29T19:19:08Z")
I prefer circumcised but as has been mentioned, once they’re hard there’s no difference that I’m aware of. There was a time when it would have been, not a deal breaker, but definitely somewhat of a turnoff. Like when I was young and just learning my way around that, er , area. I wasn’t sure what to do with it and it frankly didn’t look good to me. But once my dating pool started to consist mainly of the Queen’s subjects I quickly learned to love them like their cut brethren. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783/40 "2015-09-29T19:31:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It now seems like a pretty incosequential bit of anatomy. Harsh words, **puzz**! 😃 As for me, I have never even seen an uncut one, but I don’t think it would matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783.md?page=3)