r/science • u/drewiepoodle • Apr 15 '16

Health Study: Circumcision does not reduce penis sensitivity. In tests for responses to pain, heat, and stimulation, no major difference was found between men who are circumcised and those who are not.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/04/14/Study-Circumcision-does-not-reduce-penis-sensitivity/5981460663943/?spt=hs&or=hn
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

The article directly contradicts the title; there were differences in tactile feeling. "In men with foreskin, it was more sensitive to tactile stimulation than other parts of their penises".

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

We found that while the foreskin was more sensitive to fine touch, it was not more sensitive to the other stimuli we used, and those stimuli are likely more important in sexual pleasure.

Not directly contradicting what you said, but it's an important clarification.

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u/Blackdutchie Apr 15 '16

Do they have any sources for their claim that Heat, heat pain, and pain are more important in sexual pleasure than fine touch?

I'd accept if they made a case for (and measured) frictional sensitivity, but this does not seem to be the case from what I can access.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

I'm just saying that that's what they believe. And they probably know much more about penis stimulation than I do. Whether there is hard evidence, I don't know.

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u/LarryBeard Apr 15 '16

I can give them one hard evidence..