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OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SURVEY RESULTS
- continued -Description of Sexual Harm (page 27 of PDF) (multiple answers possible)
Insensitive glans (penile head) ........................................... Dry, keratinized glans (requiring lubricants for sex) ................ Excess stimulation needed to achieve orgasm........................ Delayed ejaculation (I can't orgasm when I want to)............... Premature ejaculation (I orgasm sooner than I want to).......... Erectile dysfunction (untreated)........................................... Erectile dysfunction (treated: Viagra, etc)............................. Penile bleeding on shaft or at scar during sex........................ Painful erections................................................................ Circumcision scar is painful................................................. Circumcision scar is numb................................................... Circumcision scar is extra sensitive...................................... Other.............................................................................. Open Comments: (113 received)
Glans is sensitive - but in a sandpaper way – not pleasurable
Have too small of a sexually active area; have to stimulate it ‘just so’ in order to feel anything Sorrells
Need fantasies and very precise motion to reach climax (reported numerous times) Laumann
Unable to ejaculate from vaginal intercourse Laumann | Frisch
My wife experiences extra friction from hair drawn up on my shaft from my tight circumcision Frisch
Complete sexual dysfunction with no feeling whatsoever Sorrells
Chafing/bleeding during sex due to shaft skin being too tight and umovable
Rarely notice a buildup to climax and orgasm Sorrells
I’m celibate b/c my girlfriend’s vagina would become damaged Frisch
Wooden stick feeling during sex Sorrells
Gets numb fast after beginning intercourse Laumann | Frisch | Sorrells
Not really any pleasure derived from sexual acts themselves – only orgasm – as the process of getting there isn’t that enjoyable Sorrells
If I wear a condom I feel nothing – and no, I’m not 'doing it wrong'! Sorrells
Inability to use a condom due to sensitivity loss which led to multiple STDs Sorrells
Condoms are not an option for me due to little/no stimulation Sorrells
What do these condom comments portend for Africa,
where mass circumcision campaigns are being promoted?Laumann: NHSLS data indicate that circumcised men engage in a somewhat more elaborated set of sexual practices than do men who are not circumcised. For each of the practices examined, lifetime experience of various forms of oral and anal sex and masturbation frequency in the past year, circumcised men engaged in these behaviors at greater rates. The difference between circumcised men was greatest for masturbation - ironically, a practice that circumcision was once thought to limit. A total of 47% of circumcised men reported masturbating at least once a month vs 34% for their uncircumcised peers.
Circumcision in the United States: Prevalence, Prophylactic Effects, and Sexual Practice (Laumann/1997)
Frisch: Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment. Thorough examination of these matters in areas where male circumcision is more common is warranted.
Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark (Frisch, et al/2011)
Sorrells: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.
Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis (Sorrells, et al/2007)
“Male circumcision does not appear to adversely affect
penile sexual function/sensitivity or sexual satisfaction.”
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