dfiant Wrote:Don't take this personally, but scientific research doesn't trump personal experience, so I have no interest in what so called 'experts' say about my penis. It's stuck to my body, so I hazard to guess that I am the expert on my penis...categorically?
You me and every guy who's cut has lost 8-12 square inches of densely innerviated skin to the detriment of our sexual function and enjoyment. Not taking it personally, but as Fred says, I'll take
objective scientific study over
subjective anecdotal experience every day of the week.
Like I said, I'm really glad you don't have an issue with it but don't dismiss actual data proving that a cut dick is less sensitive than an intact one. This my friend is why the owner of a penis is the only one who should have a say in whether there's a foreskin on the end of their dick. Religious, cultural and hygiene reasons are all moot. It was my dick, and my foreskin. No-one should have the right to cut it off unless there is a pressing medical reason.
It's not easy for a guy to come to the realisation that his dick isn't the best it could be. Your dick is your masculinity, of course a guy is supposed to like it. Can you imagine what it's like to dislike your penis? I can, it's not easy. I've been through that process myself and have helped hundreds of others through the same process being staff on a restoration social network.
So, again, I'm happy that you're happy with your cut dick, but there are thousands of us who are not happy with ours because we hate the choice was made for us, and understand that we'd have liked our dicks to be as nature intended.
Here is the abstract of the BJU study into sensitivity, I'd post the link but I dont have enough posts to my name.
Quote:OBJECTIVE
To map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the adult penis in circumcised and uncircumcised men, and to compare the two populations.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Adult male volunteers with no history of penile pathology or diabetes were evaluated with a Semmes-Weinstein monofilament touch-test to map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the penis. Circumcised and uncircumcised men were compared using mixed models for repeated data, controlling for age, type of underwear worn, time since last ejaculation, ethnicity, country of birth, and level of education.
RESULTS
The glans of the uncircumcised men had significantly lower mean (sem) pressure thresholds than that of the circumcised men, at 0.161 (0.078) g (P = 0.040) when controlled for age, location of measurement, type of underwear worn, and ethnicity. There were significant differences in pressure thresholds by location on the penis (P < 0.001). The most sensitive location on the circumcised penis was the circumcision scar on the ventral surface. Five locations on the uncircumcised penis that are routinely removed at circumcision had lower pressure thresholds than the ventral scar of the circumcised penis.
CONCLUSIONS
The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the uncircumcised penis. The transitional region from the external to the internal prepuce is the most sensitive region of the uncircumcised penis and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis. Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis.
So yeah, bury your head in the sand and get defensive by all means, it's nothing new to me.