To the guy who runs his finger around the inside of his foreskin and then makes people smell his finger, stop it right now! You know who you are.

It’s just this kind of attitude that spoils the fun for the rest of us.

How are we supposed to make people feel good about foreskin with guys like this around.

Though, I must say, I was happy to hear that I’m not the only one who is foreskin positive (that is, beyond the foreskin crusaders who are going to great, uh, lengths to restore the penis God gave them). In fact, some of the people who responded to my recent question – Cut or uncut? What do you prefer? – were bursting with foreskin pride. Like this guy:

“Hell, am I glad to be uncut. I frankly don’t care what it looks like. I can’t imagine how bloody painful it must be for a circumcised man to masturbate, especially without lubricant. Ouch!”

Some people seem confused about what uncut means. One guy said he prefers a man who’s cut because it allows him to “tease his partner by licking over the foreskin. He gets so turned on, he begs me to pull down the skin.”

Okay, just so we’re all on the same page here: if there is a foreskin to pull down, that means the guy is uncut. A bald headed penis is cut.

To the guy whose parents had him circumcised when he was eight because they thought he had too much skin and it might “get in the way” later on, I am so sorry. You might want to remind them of this when they get old and start to feel like they’re “in the way.” And I agree with you that “any mutilation of our sexual organs based on cultural tradition is a manifestation of sexual repression.”

As for that nagging extra skin, one foreskin-friendly reader had a suggestion. “Button-fly jeans might be annoying, but at least you won’t shred anything.”

Others aren’t so sure what to do with the extra folds.

“I prefer a circumcised penis aesthetically, and there are fewer ‘surprises’ (of the head-cheese kind) when it comes to the beloved blow job. Plus, I’ve had the misfortune of encountering one guy with a ‘foreskin of death’ (it hung about an inch below where his penis stopped)” – a frightening thing to be sure.

It’s only skin, it’s really not so scary. In fact, some women find it cute.

“I think I am the only woman I know who likes willies with a hood. The hood makes it more sensitive. Just flicking a wet tongue across the head of a shielded cock will send buddy in waves of pleasure. And to jerk them off, you only need a little saliva to get the motion going, while you need a waterfall of lube on a cut penis. And I think the uncut one looks less menacing, cute even.”

Like our frightened friend above, many of you jumped on the old cleanliness argument bandwagon. “Honestly, uncircumcised penises tend to stink a little bit. Guys don’t take a shower after every pee.”

Neither do most women I know. Does that make us dirtier? C’mon folks.

Then again, it’s hard to argue with a professional. This nurse wrote: “I work in an emergency department of a hospital, so I’ve seen my share of penises with infections. The bottom line is uncut penises get more infected than cut penises. The extra skin carries bacteria that is not good for him, and not good for me.”

C’mon guys, you can wash your cars until they gleam and stick with a video game until you’ve mastered level gazillion, surely you can keep a few little folds of skin clean.

Still, as I said in my original column on the topic, the main reason most of you prefer it snipped, is simply because you think it looks prettier.

I’ve had boyfriends both with and without foreskin. When erect, there isn’t all that much difference but when not erect, the penis with the foreskin looks like a wormish type of thing. The circumcised on still looks like a penis.”

I hate to break it to ya honey, but the wormy one is the original.

“As a Jew who’s had both, I must say the uncut version was a bit shocking at first. I mean what is that anyway? A rain hat? How do they clean it? Again, I have very little experience with Mr Hathead, but I can’t say I find it appealing. It sure doesn’t add anything to my pleasure. Off with their heads!”

Some of you were less brutal in your imagery.

“All perfect penises are cut, just like fresh flowers.”

This guy was downright artistic in describing his preference.

“If it’s a nice head with lovely draping, that can be sexy. But if a little pink head emerges that looks like it’s never seen the light of day, it’s a turnoff. so I guess it’s more about the shape of the head than whether it’s covered or not.”

Not all of you were so thoughtful. “I say ‘cut-em,’ but the only reason being that all the men in my house have had theirs cut and to me it just looks better. Probably not a good reason, but it’s mine!” You go girl.

And while the political argument convinces some – “I’d have to say that I think circumcision of men or women is equally brutal and unnecessary” – others don’t let their pesky politics get in the way.

“Theoretically, I think circumcision is wrong. Men should keep their foreskins and I should love their natural God-given penises. But, being as that I am not the politically perfect woman that I wish I was, I prefer a cut penis smooth, hard and exposed in all it’s glory.”

For this woman, it just took some getting used to.

“My current partner and mighty man of my dreams is uncircumcised and magnificent. I wouldn’t trade him for all the tea in China. However, because I was accustomed to the other brand, some instruction was required on the oral pleasure front, i.e. what to do with all that skin.”

Others don’t care either way. “Hmmm... I have to say that I have no real preference. I’m an equal opportunity – OK employer isn’t the right word but you get the idea.”

And finally, my favourite response. “I prefer the person behind the foreskin (or not) to know how to use it more than anything.”

Oops!

In my original column on circumcision, “Delicate tissue” (My Messy Bedroom, Mar 18), I listed an incorrect address for Montreal’s Circumcision Information Resource Centre’s website. The correct address is www.infocirc.org.

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