jeff

Well, it is your choice to get your foreskin restored..but what about hygiene??I know you have considered this..just think about it again..

I think every man should have a choice on whether they want to be circumcised or not. I think you should go for it and help educate parents along the way about the harm of cirucmcision.

Girl, you crack me up.

Your skin is damaged, injured, disfigured, and imperfect.

“you pose them as if I am a sexually deviant person”

Not my intent, and I don’t think that about you. So please don’t read that into my words. I do think you have issues with all of these things, but I wouldn’t call you a deviant by any stretch.

And I support your little guy wearing a turtleneck…Go for it. But if it looks like a wizard’s sleeve don’t cry about it:)

Oh, and you made Creative Loafing.

Justin, I would say that it is “au naturale”, because we are born with it. The circumcised penis is a modified one; to have the foreskin back would be to restore it to its original state.

Bugboy, I think that you are confusing two words: mutilation and modification. I have never said anything to the contrary that I have modified my body in certain ways that you have identified, but I have not mutilated my body in any way. Additionally, none of my modifications were self inflicted. The definition of mutilation is this:

to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts

By getting tattooed or pierced, you are not taking away anything, you are adding things for aesthetic reasons, and nothing is made “imperfect” by that modification.

Additionally, with regards to both of your questions, you pose them as if I am a sexually deviant person because I want to have my foreskin restored, and you attribute my one piercing and my tattoos to some sort of sexual self concept, when neither is accurate. I got my tattoos because I like the way they look. I like tattoos on other people too. Did I get them to make feel sexier? No. Did I get my tongue pierced because I wanted to feel sexier? Again, no. Do I want to restore my foreskin because it will make me feel sexier? Obviously no, because James isn’t too into the whole idea, mainly because he is not too knowledgeable about the process, and is therefore concerned about my well being and the state things will be in after said restoration.

Finally, I find it sort of strange that your tone in your comments about this whole thing indicate that you feel that something is wrong with me for wanting this, and therefore, you feel the need to bestow sympathy or concern because of it. If you take away nothing else for this, please understand this; because I want something that was taken from me without my permission, it doesn’t indicate sexual deviancy. You are entitled to your opinion, but please don’t confuse mutilation and modification, at least not when describing things that I have done, in order to define me as a “sexual deviant”.

That’s like an addict saying he doesn’t like drugs.

You have a pattern of behavior: you are a serial self-mutilator.

Honestly now:

(1) are each of the three mutilations (1 proposed, 2 done) related to your sexual self-concept?

(2) Do *you* believe that each of these 3 acts has or will increase or improve your sexuality (mentally, your image, not physically)–either in your mind or that of your partner?

I would find it very interesting, and more than coincidence, if the answer either is yes.

My vote (your penis has become a democracy) is to put it off, not do it, and instead focus on what motivation inside you wants to do this. Poor thing. I hope things work out for you.