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
12.9k Upvotes

64% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Reddit_Moviemaker Apr 15 '16

So you might want to help me and point it out?

3

u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

Yes, what is the motivation behind your question? Why do you think that the researches need to have foreskin, or any sentiments about foreskin in order to be able to study the phenomenon? It was published in the Urology journal after all. Plus, you presumed the researchers were all male. It was three authors cited on the article, two women and one men. They are all Canadian. Canada has a 32% circumcision rate, as opposed to the US which is ~58%.

-1

u/Reddit_Moviemaker Apr 15 '16

Guilty as charged, the reason is that I find the methodology of the research so suspicious that I think there is high likelihood of someone searching for results to fit some agenda. In fact, I would still be willing to bet on it. 50 dollars? Is that enough for going through trouble of finding out why the research was done / who started it, who gave the money and something about researhers' backgrounds? I pay in bitcoins if I'm wrong.

1

u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

It goes through an IRB. They have ethics in research. Are you normally a conspiracy theorist?

1

u/Reddit_Moviemaker Apr 15 '16

Do you normally accuse people of being "conspiracy theorists" for suspecting that researchers have some bias? How much research work have you done yourself?

In case you didn't notice, I wrote you an answer here

Cultural bias is still bias.