Seamus, I really get where you are coming from when I was a child I felt very self conscious of my penis because of my birth defect and I went out of my way to not do sports or be in any situation where I may be expected to be naked, and if I did have to be I would ensure that I wore long tops so when I was changing I was still wearing what was basically a short dress. Naturism was a real life changer for me in that respect. You are also right when you mention clothes rubbing, one of the reasons I like to be naked is so the ridge around the end of my penis isn't made sore by material constantly rubbing against it as I walk. This never used to happen before I was circumcised. I guess most people that grow up being circumcised get used to it or toughen to it from birth. 

I think this is one of the aspects of circumcision that makes it tough to decide what is better or worse. The majority of people simply don't know what it is like to have a foreskin or don't know what it is like to not have one. Being able to look back in my adulthood of around 35 years with a foreskin I would definitely say if I would the choice I would keep it for various reasons.   

My main issues while growing up were not the fact that I was circumcised, obviously there were occasions of being picked on for it, it was more being naked in the showers after sports and what underwear was being worn that the head of my penis would be a little sore.

As clothes slowly got better made this issue slowly went away, but you just had to tough it out and get on with it, though it was at this point when taking my clothes off that the feeling of being naked slowly started to enter my mind, it would take many more years to finally shed them and enjoy the feeling properly.

I was circumcised when I was 4 for medical reasons. (Foreskin was tight) The remedy for this back in the 70's was simply to remove it. Not something I would have chosen, and nowadays I believe other procedures are preferred. 

Physically, the head of my penis is a lot less sensitive. Not really an issue until it comes to sex, and then all it does it makes me last longer than I'd like to sometimes. 

I think for me my biggest issue was how it affected my confidence growing up. My classmates were ruthless at picking on anyone with peculiarities that made them stand out from the norm. Needless to say I always kept myself covered in the changing rooms after PE. I had a hard enough time trying to fit in as it was, so the last thing I needed was to give them more ammo.

As far as being a naturist and being circumcised is concerned, it's really not an issue. No one mentions it .My biggest fear was whether or not people would make fun of me because I'm not that well endowed, but no one mentions that either. I've found it very liberating how people just accept you for how you are. It's taken me a while to get to where I am now. If you told me 10 years ago that I'd be bold enough to walk naked along a beach amongst textiles without a care in the world, I'd have thought you were crazy.

I think fears of penis size, which we somehow got afflicted by society (?) with at some point, are irrelevant and don't matter. The size issue loomed larger than whether one was circumcised or not, it seems to me. Moreover, when I recently visited a landed nudist club for the first time in my life, it quickly, within minutes, didn't matter, didn't think about it thereafter, and still don't. One of the beauties of nudism. 

Mark Cobern said:

I was circumcised when I was 4 for medical reasons. (Foreskin was tight) The remedy for this back in the 70's was simply to remove it. Not something I would have chosen, and nowadays I believe other procedures are preferred. 

Physically, the head of my penis is a lot less sensitive. Not really an issue until it comes to sex, and then all it does it makes me last longer than I'd like to sometimes. 

I think for me my biggest issue was how it affected my confidence growing up. My classmates were ruthless at picking on anyone with peculiarities that made them stand out from the norm. Needless to say I always kept myself covered in the changing rooms after PE. I had a hard enough time trying to fit in as it was, so the last thing I needed was to give them more ammo.

As far as being a naturist and being circumcised is concerned, it's really not an issue. No one mentions it .My biggest fear was whether or not people would make fun of me because I'm not that well endowed, but no one mentions that either. I've found it very liberating how people just accept you for how you are. It's taken me a while to get to where I am now. If you told me 10 years ago that I'd be bold enough to walk naked along a beach amongst textiles without a care in the world, I'd have thought you were crazy.

 

A remarkably similar story to mine , Mark !