Do Asian Guys Have Naturally Short Foreskins?

If you are Asian, do you have a naturally short foreskin?

  • I am Asian and I have a short foreskin (less than half of glans covered when soft)

    Votes: 7 11.7%
  • I am Asian and I have a semi-short foreskin (glans not fully covered when soft)

    Votes: 11 18.3%
  • I am Asian and I have a long foreskin (glans fully covered when soft)

    Votes: 20 33.3%
  • I am Asian and I am circumcised

    Votes: 22 36.7%

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It's been mentioned in another thread before that average foreskin length may be correlated with ethnic background. In particular, it would seem from many people's experience and from porn that Asian guys who are uncircumcised tend to have noticeably shorter foreskins than white, black, or latin men.

For the sake of this poll/discussion, "Asian" refers to people whose ETHNIC origins (not necessarily place of birth) is entirely or mostly from what is considered 'east' Asia - i.e. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, etc.

It does NOT refer to South Asian (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc)
 

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Probably just anecdotal evidence supported by observations from an American perspective. Among the countries you mentioned, circumcision is essentially universal in the Philippines and very common in South Korea, both of which have cultures that interact more with the US than, say, Vietnam or Japan. Also, a sizeable proportion of Asian Americans are cut. Both aspects might reinforce the view that Asians have short foreskins, since seeing an Asian with a long foreskin is less likely than seeing a Latino with a long foreskin by virtue of the fact that Asians are less likely to have a foreskin to begin with.
 

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Just another generalization based on racial prejudice and the need to be "better" just because of the race the reporter happened to be born into. All of these generalizations are untrue and unproveable.
 

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In my opinion we must be careful. What you ask is an interesting question, but at the same time, being specific, it deserves a more in-depth discussion. It would be wrong to say yes or no without arguing.

It is well established, from various studies of which I could also attach the results, that the Asians you mention often have a short foreskin. Short basically means that, when the penis is flaccid, the glans is not fully covered (i.e. all possible variables are included). This usually occurs during puberty. However, one should not believe that all Asians are like this. There are many Asians who have a "normal" or long foreskin. These researches show that Asians (again in reference to the countries you mentioned) have a foreskin that is on average shorter than other ethnic groups or that it is easier to find a boy with a foreskin that leaves the glans partially uncovered. Between a European or an African and an Asian, the foreskin of the Asian is more likely to be shorter.

Obviously, I want to write it again, we must not fall into extremes. If most Asians have this characteristic, it does not mean that it is necessarily predominant. To give an example, it could be said that the percentage of boys with a short foreskin among Europeans is around 20%, among Asians this figure increases to around 40%. Among other things, we often hear it said that Asians always keep their glans uncovered: the truth is instead that many of them have a short foreskin (which maybe every now and then tends to retract completely and stay in that position).

Last consideration hoping not to go too far off topic. This debate should make us reflect and possibly discuss about the importance of having the glans always covered once we have grown up, that is from adolescence onwards. Attention I am not talking about removal or uselessness of the foreskin, but I am referring only to the degree of glans coverage with flaccid and uncut penis. If naturally, with the development of the body, many men have a foreskin that leaves part of the glans exposed, is it therefore so fundamental that during adulthood it is always completely covered ? It would almost seem that, while this is essential until childhood, from puberty it is less important.
 

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I would like a further discussion of how "most Asians have this characteristic..." but it not be "necessarily predominant...." In my world, 40% is neither "most" nor "dominant". I don't understand. Or is this just more racist wash?
 

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I would like a further discussion of how "most Asians have this characteristic..." but it not be "necessarily predominant...." In my world, 40% is neither "most" nor "dominant". I don't understand. Or is this just more racist wash?

I try to answer. It simply means that although it is not absolutely predominant (that is, it is not a feature present in the majority of those people), it is all in all more widespread than other ethnic groups. Let's take a simple and quite stupid example. We have two groups made up of exactly the same number of individuals: A and B. In group A 20% are bald, while in group B 40% are. In both groups, bald people are a minority. However, this characteristic in group B is more frequent as well as present in twice as many people as in group A. All this is not or represent racism. They are only variables, perhaps not very important, but still present.
 
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Probably just anecdotal evidence supported by observations from an American perspective. Among the countries you mentioned, circumcision is essentially universal in the Philippines and very common in South Korea, both of which have cultures that interact more with the US than, say, Vietnam or Japan. Also, a sizeable proportion of Asian Americans are cut. Both aspects might reinforce the view that Asians have short foreskins, since seeing an Asian with a long foreskin is less likely than seeing a Latino with a long foreskin by virtue of the fact that Asians are less likely to have a foreskin to begin with.

No, this is not just an American perspective. If you look at Japanese p0rn, most of the men are uncut but the foreskin is essentially always fully retracted (short). That's the key here - I'm NOT talking about guys who are already circumcised. I mean Asian men who appear to have no foreskin but are, in fact, uncircumcised.
 
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I am married to a southeast Asian. I watch a lot of porn. Based on porn alone, Japanese do seem to have very short and thin foreskin. On the other hand, southeast asians tend to have longer and thicker foreskin. I watch a lot of home made thai porn and a lot of the guys have very visible foreskin. I am not saying it is long but compared ti Japanese porn it is very obvious the guys are uncut. In Japanese porn you often cant tell unless you look very closely.

Having said all this, yes my husband has a long foreskin. I personally like it. I had to learn to like it lol it is how he was born. His dick is beautiful and thats what matters to me.

My ex was latino and had a shorter foreskin than my husband. Goes to show that generalizations are not useful.
 
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No, this is not just an American perspective. If you look at Japanese p0rn, most of the men are uncut but the foreskin is essentially always fully retracted (short). That's the key here - I'm NOT talking about guys who are already circumcised. I mean Asian men who appear to have no foreskin but are, in fact, uncircumcised.
I do not think professionally produced porn is a representative view of reality. Quite a few porn actors keep their foreskins retracted for most of the time (or at least used to) to fall in line with the standard image created by American porn, with the US, just like with Hollywood, having the biggest share of the professionally produced porn globally.
 

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I do not think professionally produced porn is a representative view of reality. Quite a few porn actors keep their foreskins retracted for most of the time (or at least used to) to fall in line with the standard image created by American porn, with the US, just like with Hollywood, having the biggest share of the professionally produced porn globally.

While it could be that Japanese men with shorter foreskin are selected for this kind of thing, what I was talking about is not just about holding the foreskin back. Watch them jerk off or move the foreskin back and forth, you will see what I am talking about.

Not proud of it but I have seen those onsen "hidden" camera videos and they look the same as in porn. The foreskin looks "short" compared to other asians I have seen....
 
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One needs to be careful because adult foreskin length depends not only of genetics, but also "social" aspects.
In my case, my foresiin could not retract at all when erect until mid age 10. Until that point, erecy long erection acted as "foreskin restoration", stretching the skin so it would be comfoftable covering all of head during erection.

My theory is that in cultures that teach proper hygiene and teahc boys to retract early, odds are higher of the penis growing out of foreskin during boyhood and puberty, leaving the adult with shorter foreskin.

What still puzzles me is that growing up, every book from France (where foreskins are standard) described the adult foreskin as leaving tip exposed and fully self retracting during erection. However, at university gym where there are a lot of french visiting students, the current crop of foreskins on 20-semithing dudes rarely leave any of glans exposed when soft (and young guys are rarely at theyr smallest when naked in showers).

Here, growing up, I was mislead because those who were uncut at school remained uncut because they didn't have long foreskin. (and this explains why my pediatrician kept recommending circ to my parents but my dad always refused). So if long-foreskinned guys got the clip before high school, it would explain why I didn't see long foreskinned ones like mine.

But this does not explain why in France, older books had a description of the adult foreskin that does not match current reality.