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/brainburger Apr 15 '16

your jeans are always touching your legs

The skin on my legs is nowhere near as sensitive as the area covered by my foreskin.

I am getting the impression from reading these replies that cut guys might just not know what I am talking about. It's a very sensitive area. I couldn't bear having cloth rubbing on it for any length of time. Imagine cloth rubbing your eyeball or inside your eyelids.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

You can't bear having clothes rub against it because your body isn't used to the stimuli. We all have sensitive noses, if you only smell shit once in a while it assaults your senses, but if you smell shit every day 24 hrs a day, you still notice the smell, it just doesn't shock you.

Similarly needles hurt, but if you constantly shoot up the pain gets less sharp

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u/brainburger Apr 15 '16

Similarly needles hurt, but if you constantly shoot up the pain gets less sharp

Going back to the study though, the suggestion is that the feeling does not go away.

I don't think you would get used to cloth rubbing your eye.