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If an alien from another planet took a scroll through Instagram, they might assume that nearly all humans have the same facial features and body type. Tiny noses, slim waists, large lips and hollow cheeks seem to be on trend at the moment. But we all know that there are billions of us on this planet, representing billions of different ways to be beautiful.

Reddit users have recently been calling out current beauty standards that they can’t seem to wrap their minds around, so we’ve gathered some of their thoughts below. Enjoy scrolling through this list that will remind you just how arbitrary these standards are, and keep reading to find an interview with Valerie Monroe of How Not to F*ck Up Your Face!

#1

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Those long fake nails.

I dont know a single dude that thinks its attractive.

I understand painting your nails, or leaving them to be a little longer, but those talons that people walk around with just make me feel yucky.

Wajina_Sloth , Steve Jurvetson Report

#2

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Giant eyelashes that will make you take flight if you flutter them fast enough.

Striving_Hermit:

My husband hates the long fake eyelash look, and he asked me why women wear them when men don't particularly like them.

I thought it would be funny, so I told him it's not about impressing men but about asserting one's dominance on another woman.

He believed me and now tells all his friends that it's an 'alpha-female' thing, hahaha.

TitsMcGhee99 , cornflakegirl_ Report

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Bogdan Chelariu
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ANY fake eyelashes! I do not like them at all! Gives me a sort of "plastic doll" vibe...

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#3

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire What people do to their lips is wild to me.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Εspecially because it's not customized and everyone looks exactly the same as the next person

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To gain more insight on this topic, we reached out to Valerie Monroe. Valerie was formerly a beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine, for nearly 16 years, and has since created the newsletter How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, which provides "philosophical and practical advice for anyone who’s ever looked into a mirror." She was also kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about beauty standards and where they came from in the first place.

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"Actually, there are lots of kinds of beauty standards, which vary depending on the culture that produced them," Valerie noted. "What we see in the West is mostly a Eurocentric beauty standard, which, for women prizes light, clear skin, long hair, light, wide-set eyes, a small nose and chin and a small, full mouth. It's biased against variations of that standard and presents an impossible ideal for most women. Interestingly, it also mimics the features of a baby."

#4

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Butt implants. Just looks nasty as hell.

PureDeidBrilliant , Vanessa Blaylock Report

#5

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Excessive makeup. When people put so much c**p on they look like they are wearing a mask, not a face.

TheQuarantinian , Ahmad Ebadi Report

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife always said the best makeup job is one where men cannot tell you have on any makeup.

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#6

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Stupid eyebrows that look like perfectly angled stencils is a shade way too dark for their complexion. Like blond girls with 2 black geometric boomerangs on her forehead.

RelevantLie-2297:

Thick eyebrows, like caterpillars crawling across your forehead.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I told my friend she’d drawn her eyebrows on too high - she look surprised 😁

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We were also curious about how beauty standards change over time. "There are variations in the Eurocentric beauty standards mentioned above, but they're minor," Valerie noted. "For example, Coco Chanel introduced the acceptability of tanning the skin, as opposed to maintaining a pale complexion, which had been a sign of wealth and privilege."

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"After she accidentally became tanned on the Riviera, tanning became a sign of wealth and privilege," she went on to explain. "Around the same time, women began cutting off their long hair into boyish bobs, which became standard for a certain class. But I believe the impossible Eurocentric ideal has persisted in spite of recent efforts to include more cultural variation."

#7

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The fact that a huge portion of the world's population has successfully brainwashed itself into thinking that the Kardashians/Jenners are the epitome of beauty to the point that many are willing to imitate whatever moronic thing they do to their bodies is just wild to me.

InsomniacYogi:

It’s called the 'Instagram face' and it’s a legit phenomenon that is being studied by psychologists. It’s doing so much harm to people’s self-esteem and self-concept. We aren’t all supposed to look the same.

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Binky Melnik
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw a YouTube vid by a plastic surgeon who showed examples of what happens to young girls getting fillers. (AT SIXTEEN?! WTF FOR?!) I was shocked to see how OLD every single one of ‘em looks! There was a point when Kylie Jenner was traffic-stoppingly beautiful (albeit waaay old), but she’s apparently zoomed past that and straight into “desperate divorce trying to look young.” And she’s just 26! She looked 46 in the photos. I wish these poor things could get a grip. 😞

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#8

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Any plastic surgery that makes random women look like they're all related. At one point we'll all start to think thin lips and big noses are hot solely because they'll stand out in a sea of copy/paste people.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They all look the same. Straight nose, tiny point, poofy lips, squinty eyes, sunken cheeks. You do you but I can't tell any of you apart. Are you in pain? I can't tell from the amount of Botox in your faces.

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#9

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Men that have soo much muscle. Obviously it’s very attractive to be in shape but I’m just not attracted to men that have arms the size of two watermelons with the fattest veins ever popping out of their arm. And I also feel like men with a lot of muscle tend to look shorter.

I think men that still have like some abs and some muscle but aren’t looking like the Incredible Hulk are the most attractive.

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As far as the best way to fight these arbitrary beauty standards, Valerie says "not complying with or falling for the beauty marketing that preys on our yearning and our desire to compete for an ideal that's unattainable for most of us anyway—in other words, ignoring the constant messaging we get that we're not pretty enough, thin enough, young enough, etc." can help. "The best way to combat limiting beauty standards is to ignore them," she added.

#10

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire My wife works at a tanning salon. She has a few customers that literally get a tan every day. One of them has already gone through cancer treatment, that didn't stop her from continuing. I'm convinced a few of them are dealing with mental health issues.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Their skin looks like old leather. "That's what Botox is for" oh hon Botox ain't gonna fix that, also skin cancer, ffs.

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“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire I’m from Stockholm. A lot of girls, particularly from rich areas, like to use so much fake tan that they are orange, and bleach their hair from what was usually dark blonde to platinum blonde. Then they style it to make it voluminous (which is easy to do because their hair is dead from all the dyeing) and apply lots of make-up, which typically includes black mascara or fake lashes. So, a lot of girls here bear a striking resemblance to Miss Piggy. There’s nothing wrong with looking like this, I just don’t understand it.

WhereMyEelAt , Jess Loiterton Report

#12

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Overlined lips. Stop. We can see where you're lip really is. It just looks really unfortunate.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg it looks so bad. Like a little kid putting on lipstick all over their face.

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Valerie also urges readers to resist becoming consumed with trying to meet these unattainable standards. "Beauty standards are especially pernicious because they're inextricably tied to the images we see on social media, WHICH AREN'T REAL," she told Bored Panda.

"That means that meeting today's standards of beauty is impossible. It's much more productive and healthier to learn how to see yourself without objectification, which will allow you to see yourself the way you see other people, without constantly scanning your face for flaws," Valerie says. "Then beauty standards will lose their meaning for you... And life will take on more."

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#13

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Dentist: So what shade of veneer would you like?


Veneer patient: I'd like refrigerator white please.

OkFinanc , Anna Shvets Report

#14

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Those grossly buff guys on all dating shows. They all look like Gaston from beauty and the beast and I hate it so much I don’t even watch those shows but the lack of variety is appalling.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like my guys squishier, for cuddles! Like it is good to take of your body, but there's a balance.

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#15

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Fake breasts. Especially the super large ones.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do have fake breasts. They look and feel fake. But they are a reconstruction after losing mine to cancer. Please use care and consideration before placing judgement on human beings you do not know.

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#16

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Contouring noses until they look like a line and a dot. Will never make sense to me.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The exclamation point nose!! I'll never get it. I can see that thick a*s contour around your nose and it looks bad, sorry.

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#17

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The overly sculpted beard trend. You known when the beard is trimmed and looks like it was outlined in concealer? Neatening up is nice but a sudden pale line as a border around your stubble... looks like it was airbrushed on and not touched up.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the hair on their head is done the same way, so they end up looking like a Ken doll...

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#18

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Ski slope/button nose. they are cute but not everyone’s face is meant to have that type of nose and it doesn’t look good on everyone and it sucks seeing so many young girls on tiktok get nose jobs and all have the exact same nose.

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6 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here’s another one. I had the tip of my nose modified when I was 29, and I dearly wish the surgeon had warned me that as my nose continues to grow, it’ll not look good at some point. Nowadays, when you look straight at me, you can see up my nostrils. Argh. I hate it. 😰 I’m gonna leave it, though, as I don’t wanna be one of those having multiple surgeries trying to fix the horror created by the previous surgery. Anyway, back to the topic: they’re gonna regret their nose work at some point.

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#19

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Super skinny My favourite part of my wife, (besides the obvious) is the small push out of baby fat on her waistline just under her belly button. She’s had two kids and that little piece there to me is absolutely dynamite.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve always had one. Bigger after I had my son 19 yrs ago. I always think about pulp fiction, when woman says, “I wish I had a pot.” Talking about her belly. “If I had a pot, I’d wear shirts two sizes too small to accentuate it.”

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#20

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Idk if I’d call this a standard but the hair style of “shaved all around with like six inches in a small patch on top” has never looked good to me on men or women. It’s not a hair style I really understand.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Next to my work we have a barber who does all that kind of hair. Believe most people who go there are a dumb as they look. Some go twice a week. I (m55) have long hair, way past my shoulders normally in a pony tail I love the looks of disgust I get from the guys queuing up.

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#21

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Moustaches on men are popular now, I think they're ugly especially on young men.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't see the 'young' before men and had a good laugh

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#22

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire People in India will choose an unattractive fair skinned girl over a darker skinned girl who’s objective beautiful. This is why they get better treatment in Hollywood than Bollywood. Fair skin is a MASSIVELY inflated beauty standard and people ruin their perfectly good skin over it.

There are some things that are objectively beautiful based on studies: Teeth, Specific Facial Features, Leanness, etc. There isn’t much evidence to support that fairer skin is more beautiful.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back in my parents’ time, people didn’t drink tea because it would make them dark skinned. We have an entire market dedicated to whitening the skin with cream

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#23

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Clearly photoshopped pictures and weird posing angles.

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#24

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Buccal fat removal.

loxagos_snake:

Ugh, this one makes me physically cringe.

Like, you are literally removing a baseline later of fat that is supposed to be there, and AFAIK it's f**king permanent.

I understand being overweight and wanting to get rid of excess fat, but a little roundness around the cheeks is generally considered attractive and makes you look youthful.

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6 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve always had VERY sharp cheekbones. A b****y hairdresser, hearing someone compliment them, said “You’ll look like a skeleton when you’re old.” He didn’t get a tip, but he was right: I look like a Biafra victim. I’d LOVE to have some fat injected into my buccal area now. Wait til these girls start to age and random strangers offer ‘em money and say “Here; get yourself a sandwich.” It’s not glamorous when you’re old (though granted, you can’t tell young people anything. I know, because I was one of those who wouldn’t listen to someone who’d been through it.) (If any of us ever listened to old folks, we’d never have sunbathed or started smoking.)

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#25

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire People who wear clothes that are too small. Just wear clothes that fit. You'll look a lot better.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not so hard on this because it can be people gaining weight without the means to renew their wardrobe.

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#26

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Liked in my case, but foot binding in china. Insane amounts of lifelong pain inflicted on children from a young age, just to have the hope of marrying into a better family.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is from long ago, the Chinese version of corsets. we don't do that now. its abuse and illegal if you try doing that to your daughter. and actually, we all think its pretty gross, like ew wtf

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“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Laminated, combed-up, thick a*s eyebrows. Why.

KrustyKohn:

Yes! This is the one I was going to say. It is such a strange beauty trend to me that I've noticed in the past couple years. Granted, I do come from a time where eyebrows were plucked into a high arch. I think people should just leave their eyebrows be for the most part. I can understand plucking, waxing, or trimming very bushy eyebrows or a uni-brow, but combing the hairs straight up and plastering them to your forehead just doesn't look good.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are so many women obsessed with eyebrows and lashes right now!? It’ll be nice when that trend goes away. They all have the same Groucho Marx brows and Vegas showgirls lashes…yuck!

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#28

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Overly perfect veneers.

HeathenHumanist:

One of my Facebook friends already has good teeth but then she went and got veneers. Now her teeth are just...too big and too BRIGHT.

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#29

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The entire face filled drastically to eliminate all wrinkles, making a person's face look like it belongs to a body that weighs 50 pounds more.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhh. For medical reason i've been there. Botox in the forehead and neck etc. works against migraines... SH!!T it hurts- i don't miss the 31 neddles...

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#30

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Circumcision…….a gross and unethical thing that needs so stop

And this should count because in the U.S. most are done purely for cosmetic and not religious reasons….. not that either excuse should be considered reasonable

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t forget, back in the day most women were told that it was healthier for their children to them circumcised and easier for them to clean themselves when they get older. That there were germs and other things under the hood that would be difficult to get to. We now know that it’s not true. It’s not that difficult to clean, it’s not healthier to be circumcised. There’s no health benefit. And there are men who wish they had not been circumcised and are now using a technique to make it look like they have a hood now.

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Mary Kelly
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

actually, we now know that it was true...uncircumcised men transmit HPV and other STDs at a much higher rate....

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well I am circumcised (for medical not religious reasons) and I really much like it the way how it is - I often question why other people dont get rid of their ugly looking and often sweat or dirt collecting (I had one I know what I am talking about) little piece of skin in a comperably easy and harmless procedere.....

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Julie Stevens
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bear in mind, there ARE real medical reasons for circumcision, but those medical reasons are NOT common enough that every parent should be given the option so casually.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It really is a cultural thing. It's not common at all to have it done for non-medical reasons over here (Germany), as far as I'm aware of.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glad to hear from a man, I only had sex with one man who wasn't circumcised and it was just awful. (maybe it was me) ... however, I appreciate the circumcision, personally.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as someone with female anatomy, I can't even imagine how excruciating it would be to remove the clitoral hood. that is a form of FGM, so why isn't circumcision seen similarly?

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

also for those that bring up phimosis: there are stretching techniques that can help solve the issue for minor cases. suggesting a circumcision for phimosis would be like preforming surgery on my vaginal muscles because I have vaginismus. it's a bit extreme and should be a last resort because ouch

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Binky Melnik
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that once a couple generations have died off (like mine), then folks can do away with circumcisions. Some of us grew up with ‘em being a beauty standard and find uncut men odd-looking (not to mention we don’t know what to do with an uncut one. When I was in the military, 18-year-olds were getting circumcised! 😱 (My best guesses: Either they got with a woman who saw it and reacted badly, or else they looked around in the shower and wanted to fit in.) Society just hasta wait for those of us who like ‘em pretty and cut to go away.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm European so it's always wild to find how Americans have strong opinions on this. As a woman, it's never made the slightest difference for me.

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Mary Kelly
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Current peer-reviewed clinical reseach indicates that the benefits outweigh the risks, especially for the reduction of the transmission of HIV, HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases. For this reason, WHO and both the American and Australian Associations of Pediatrics recommend male circumcision for infants. See, e.g., https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22926175/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20639909/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31496128/

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mary - no Australia does not recommend. Just had a baby boy and the state government and Medicare were quite clear about this, as were my doctors.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a male, and argue me if you insist. I was given it for medical reasons ill admit. It was to avoid issues for me.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd say this is the main reason for most parents. Jewish people obviously do it for religious reasons as well.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a gay Man, it's much easier to keep it clean without the extra skin, the extra friction is very nice too 😉

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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's an even worse practice in African countries and even European ones called FGM Female Genital mutilation, under one fktge excuses to keep them form being promiscuous. It's revolting and risks girls physical and mental health along with a higher risk pregnancy complications. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't feel great to have body decisions made for you with your consent now, does it?

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Lyone Fein
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew a man who had not been circumcised. He told me that he wished he had been, because his adolescent years were very painful. His foreskin did not grow to accommodate the growth of his organ. So, there's that perspective.

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Shiva Ho
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My own Father decided to use me as a human lab rat to practice his 1st Circumcision on! Naturally he botched it! They really need to ban this barbaric sexual mutilation and make it illegal and then compensate all those who got butchered by this sick sick tradition!

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here in the US they aren't done for "cosmetic" reasons but hygienic ones. Young boys and many men are not especially diligent bathers. As a woman, I prefer a man with no foreskin. Having said that, mt husband wasn't circumcised because he was born at home, not a hospital and doctors were expensive. You didn't go unless there was great pain or fear of death. He was also very meticulous about all of his personal hygiene so it wasn't an issue. He did however have all of his sons circumcised because he knows that boys will be boys.

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Paulo Leitao
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

its done mostly for medical reasons. well..anywhere other than the states, maybe.

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Jane Hower
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Done for HEALTH reasons!!! Women who are married to uncircumsized men have a much hight rate of cirvicle cancer. Plus circumsized me 'last longer' when having intercourse - a plus for me, to be sure!! :)

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sabbatha
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to prevent this type of cancer you need to 1. go regularly to gyno and get tested for hpv (both partners) and if possible, vaccinated 2. use condoms if you don't have monomamous relationship. 3. work on you immune system as we get infected with hpv virus quite commonly and our body can fight it pretty well. Simple as that.

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Ralph Watkins
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked with a very snarky feminist doctor. She asked me the one day what was the clump of wasted tissue at the base of a penis. The foreskin? No. It's the man.

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Pan dulce
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the equivalent to female mutilation. Leave the beavers & roosters alone!

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Jori Montgomery
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of women on here giving opinions about the male body when you don't like the same. Uncircumcised penis is gross. Please be honest.

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Afradite
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My child's father and I got into a heated debate over this (that and his name, so much so that he immidiately started a family elsewhere so he could circumcise that kid AND use the dumb a*s name) but in my opinion it's not his decision OR mine. So the decision I made was to protect my son's decision until he was old enough to choose. You can't take something like this back and if he wants it done bad enough when he gets older, he will do it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Nikki Robbins
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree! I had a friend that went to the military after high school and because the government requires this.... Imagine being a grown adult having to get this done! Imagine being in a "sling" and taking longer to heal! Yikes!

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Gina
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, absolutely not nope. Uncircumcised penis looks like a snake. Not to mention it carry all kinds of smells and disease. If you don't keep it clean under that skin. The cheese d.

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laura smith
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6 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"that needs to stop"? I hate gatekeepers. People need to learn to mind their own, you don't get to make those decisions for anyone else except for your child. This is like women saying my body my choice and out their health care, now obviously a baby can't decide at birth, but it is no ones decision but the parent.

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Jori Montgomery
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of women giving opinions on the male body when you don't want the same. I don't see any boys or men complaining about their circumcised penis just women. I have 4 boys and all are circumcised.

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Casey Payne
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't remember having any part in the decision to hack off a part of my penis as a baby, but thank you for your horrible judgement. As if I didn't have enough insecurities.

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MonsterMum
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6 months ago (edited)

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Religious reasons! If the invisible sky fairy didn't want his toys to have foreskins, why did he put them there?

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Annik Perrot
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, the two main religions that demand it, Islam and Judaism, originated in a place where sand was everywhere and water scarce. So it may well have been for hygienic reasons at the beginning, just as they share the same taboo on pork meat, which goes off very quickly in the heat.

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