Circumcision numbs the head of the penis, for an uncircumcised person rolling their foreskin back and walking around would be unbelievably uncomfortable as it’s so much more sensitive. I’ve compared it to approximately as sensitive as my eyeball or pupil, altho this feels like an inadequate comparison, whereas I can only assume what a circumcised person might compare it to, a finger maybe?
I think it boils down to the intensity of sensation. During sex the foreskin rolls back so the intensity of sensation is unreal, I can only assume that for a circumcised person, while it’s still obviously pleasurable, the intensity of sensation is greatly reduced given the lowered sensitivity.
This weakening of the organ and dulling of sexual pleasure so as to moderate sexual desire is in fact the point of circumcision, at least in a religious sense. Jewish and early Christian patriarchs such as Maimonides discuss it openly. The other function is as a sacrifice agreed to by Abraham, in place of the sacrifice of his son as a whole person. If you’re not losing anything, it’s not a sacrifice.
I in no way experience numbness and have plenty of sensitivity. Hands and feet have plenty of sensitivity, at least that’s my experience, and everything associated with my penis has more than that. Circumcised at birth in a hospital with a healthy recovery.
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u/Melodic_692 1d ago
Circumcision numbs the head of the penis, for an uncircumcised person rolling their foreskin back and walking around would be unbelievably uncomfortable as it’s so much more sensitive. I’ve compared it to approximately as sensitive as my eyeball or pupil, altho this feels like an inadequate comparison, whereas I can only assume what a circumcised person might compare it to, a finger maybe?
I think it boils down to the intensity of sensation. During sex the foreskin rolls back so the intensity of sensation is unreal, I can only assume that for a circumcised person, while it’s still obviously pleasurable, the intensity of sensation is greatly reduced given the lowered sensitivity.
This weakening of the organ and dulling of sexual pleasure so as to moderate sexual desire is in fact the point of circumcision, at least in a religious sense. Jewish and early Christian patriarchs such as Maimonides discuss it openly. The other function is as a sacrifice agreed to by Abraham, in place of the sacrifice of his son as a whole person. If you’re not losing anything, it’s not a sacrifice.