# would it be possible to do a poll on circumcision without a debate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396 "2008-08-27T07:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/1 "2008-08-27T07:18:20Z")
I am trepidacious about this, but I’m hoping for answers to a short poll, without renewed debate and re-dead-horse-beatization of this topic. For female Dopers: Do you prefer cut or uncut? (Elaborate if you wish) For male Dopers: 1. Cut or uncut? 2. If you could, would you change the choice your parents (or whoever was responsible) made about this? 3. Why/why not, one sentence or less? ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/2 "2008-08-27T07:25:13Z")
1. Cut or uncut? Cut 2. If you could, would you change the choice your parents (or whoever was responsible) made about this? No 3. Why/why not, one sentence or less? As a gay male, I take exceptional interest in my partner’s penis – I generally find an uncircumcised penis to be entirely unappealing – and in my experience, my partners prefer the same. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/3 "2008-08-27T07:27:07Z")
male 1. uncut 2. no 3. I don’t have any complaints, so I don’t really have any motivation to want to be different. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/4 "2008-08-27T07:42:53Z")
[QUOTE=5-HT] male 1. uncut 2. no 3. I don’t have any complaints, so I don’t really have any motivation to want to be different. [/QUOTE] Same. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/5 "2008-08-27T11:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] Same. [/QUOTE] Same squared. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/6 "2008-08-27T11:09:23Z")
Cubed. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/7 "2008-08-27T11:10:39Z")
1. Cut 2. no 3. I don’t have any complaints and I don’t really have any motivation to want to be different. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/8 "2008-08-27T11:31:50Z")
> [@tesseract](#): > > For male Dopers: > > 1. Cut or uncut? > 2. If you could, would you change the choice your parents (or whoever was responsible) made about this? > 3. Why/why not, one sentence or less? 1. uncut 2. hells to the no 3. Jerking off is easier, supposedly better sensation, and I think it looks better. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/9 "2008-08-27T11:41:39Z")
1. Cut. 2. No. 3. Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/10 "2008-08-27T11:42:19Z")
1. uncut 2. no no no no no no no no no 3. I like having sensation in the end of my penis, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/11 "2008-08-27T12:49:28Z")
1. Cut 2. No 3. It was done for medical reasons (tight foreskin causing problems urinating) and I don’t have a problem with it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/12 "2008-08-27T13:31:04Z")
Female: I’ve never seen an uncut penis on a grown man, so I have no idea what I’d prefer. I like the circumcised ones I’ve been blessed to enjoy very well, and my partners seem to have no complaints about them or their functionality. ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/13 "2008-08-27T13:50:16Z")
[QUOTE=tesseract] For male Dopers: 1. Cut or uncut? 2. If you could, would you change the choice your parents (or whoever was responsible) made about this? 3. Why/why not, one sentence or less? [/QUOTE] 4. Uncut 5. No 6. I think the individual should make that choice for himself, and I would like to get cut sometime in the future for a change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/14 "2008-08-27T13:57:09Z")
> [@Tesseract](#): > > would it be possible to do a poll on circumcision without a debate? No. This’ll get all GD in no time. 1. Cut 2. No. 3. No. I feel there’s not difference one way or the other on functionality and this is reportedly easier maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/15 "2008-08-27T14:08:33Z")
1. Cut 2. Fuck no 3. Turtlenecks are ugly. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/16 "2008-08-27T14:18:18Z")
For male Dopers: 1. Cut 2. Yes 3. I believe that it is the right of the owner of the urinator (and his alone) to decide; as I wasn’t given that choice, I have no idea what I prefer and I’m a bit bitter about that. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/17 "2008-08-27T14:20:46Z")
1. Uncut 2. No 3. Because it’s a completely unnecessary modification to my factory-installed drive train. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/18 "2008-08-27T14:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Female: I’ve never seen an uncut penis on a grown man, so I have no idea what I’d prefer. I like the circumcised ones I’ve been blessed to enjoy very well, and my partners seem to have no complaints about them or their functionality. [/QUOTE] (To continue the tradition,) Same. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/19 "2008-08-27T14:52:07Z")
1. Cut 2. Yes (I’m in the process of restoring). 3. Asthetics and desire to assert control over my own body by reversing an unwanted quack cosmetic procedure; I’ve been with both cut and uncut guys and have a definite preference for foreskin. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396/20 "2008-08-27T15:21:09Z")
1. Cut 2. No 3. It is probably social conditioning, but I greatly prefer the look of a cut one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-poll-on-circumcision-without-a-debate/461396.md?page=2)