Dicks (uncut)

The first time I slept with a circumcised person, it didn’t seem too abnormal. It was a quick, tipsy hookup with a friend who yelled “mazel tov” when I told him he was the first circumcised person I’d been with. But the first time I actually got a good look at a circumcised dick, I was taken aback. There was a clear scar halfway up the shaft, another scar further down, and because the circumcision wound had healed slightly improperly, pubic hair grew a good inch up the base of the shaft. Every time I saw it, I couldn’t help but think about how wrong it seemed that his loving parents had so majorly affected his sex life before he could have possibly consented.

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When I talk to my friends about their dicks, circumcision is always a testy topic. Those who are circumcised are usually either defensive of their dicks (as if their dicks are connected to their egos) or obviously saddened that they don’t experience the heightened sensitivity they’ve heard is associated with being uncircumcised. Though I would never refuse to have sex with someone based on whether their parents circumcised them, it’s undeniably more pleasurable for both of us when their dick is uncircumcised. Like a coworker of mine said, “having sex with an uncut dick is like getting a hug from the inside.” And who doesn’t like hugs?