Circumcised Father, Intact Son

In Wasington DC during Genital Integrity Awareness Week, Greg Hartley discusses learning about the damage done by circumcision and getting the information needed to protect his own son.

Increasingly many men, circumcised as infants are researching this subject and protecting the genital integrity of their own sons.

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• circumcision
• foreskin
• restoration
• penis
• vagina
• labia
• clitoris
• sexual
• wounding
• protest
• medical
• fraud
• mutilation
• genital
• integrity
• intactivist

[andy7666]

Sorry to say, but this dude is a dickhead IMO.. "Admit you're damaged" WTF? People are who they are, people are circumcised for all kinds of reasons.. Personally I think if its not medical, there is no real need - I'm cut myself but I will not have my kids circumcised unless they NEED to be, I don't see myself as "damaged" or "disabled" in any way however.. I dislike the negativity and presumptions people make regarding this issue. Chill out people!

[Bonobo3D]

@andy7666 Sorry if you're unable to fully understand how circumcision damages us all. Circumcision removes the most sexually sensate parts of the penis, and leaves the glans unprotected, and without it's moving part.

In addition the trauma caused by knifing a child in the genitals, the area of the body evolved to receive pleasure really messes with our brains, the stress hormone cortisol goes to extremely high levels, measurably so six months after the event.

[Mooseguy15]

if you "restore" foreskin will it actually almost feel the same as having foreskin? i know u can't really restore it like a normal foreskin but yeah whatever. i hate being cut

[Bonobo3D]

@Mooseguy15 Restoration is a process. As the "restored" foreskin grows the closer the restored penis can look and act like it was intended to, including:

1. Coverage of the glans in it's flaccid state,

2. Mobility of the shaft skin in an erect state,

3. Interplay of the collar of the restored foreskin interacting with the glans in a sexual state

One thing missing from this list, keeping the circumcised or restored penis from working fully, is the absence of the rigged band and frenulum.

[IDawgedYou]

Nope, not damaged. I am not really interested in what some penis-obsessed simpering nancy thinks on the matter. I guess this "intactivist" can now go sit in a circle, bang on a drum, and let loose his primal scream. Yay him.

[Bonobo3D]

Well obviously interested enough to seek this subject out and leave a comment. Homophobic comments indicate the obsession is all yours.

[TLCTugger]

The circumcised penis is damaged.

Foreskin is every bit as vital to a man's full sexual experience as the clitoral hood is to a woman's. The foreskin includes over 20,000 specialized pleasure-receptive nerve endings and 15 square inches of exquisite sexual interface.  Plus it protects the mucosa from the drying and abrasive effects of clothes and air, and gives an awesome frictionless rolling/gliding action during intimacy.

Foreskin feels REALLY good. HIS body HIS decision.

[TheMhayc]

This is a brave man, and one others would do well to emulate. Of course, with non-surgical restoration, a man is given the chance to look like his uncut son rather than force his son to be cut like his father.

[cubano0306]

@osamabinwhacked you sound like you are in denial, you should google denial so you can understand what this man is talking about

[princeofalbany]

I don't know about any of this, but if circumcision is damaging, I'm glad I'm not.

[DetestableCrabmeat]

@osamabinwhacked "a bit of skin or lack thereof"

And herein lies the problem. The foreskin is not just "a bit of skin"; if it were, then there wouldn't be a movement against circumcision.

[Bonobo3D]

@osamabinwhacked 80% of the world's men are genitally intact and do not experience the "problems" you imagine.

Forced circumcision is the issue. If you are fine with it great, just don't force it on others, especially children.

[EscapeSociety]

@andy7666

You don't have to consider yourself damaged. But you never knew what it was like having whole genitals, so you don't have the experience to compare your current state to. Maybe that's why you're indifferent. However, whatever pleasure you feel you have with your circumcised penis, it may not stay that way. Because your foreskin isn't covering and protecting your glans like it was meant to, the continuous exposure will keratinize and desensitize your glans over time, unfortunately.

[EscapeSociety]

@andy7666

It's commendable you have no plans to circumcise your children, & despite what you've been told, there is NEVER a need to circumcise your child. Unfortunately, American doctors who were never given the training to deal with foreskin, resort to circumcision as the only means to resolve anything that may go awry with it. Phimosis, infection & other rare minor problems that can be easily resolved with gentle methods are instead dealt with the extreme of genital amputational surgery.

[andy7666]

@islandmonkey007 Total bullshit..

[ballm0use]

@ronschaf1 restored men like u need to step up and spread awareness! at the end of the day, you are the only ones who have been in both camps, and KNOW the difference!