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Do you know how it feels to be uncircumcised?
No, I clearly don't know what it feels like for an uncircumcised person and nothing I have said has come close to that. I'm not pushing back on the idea that it might feel better for an uncircumcised person. I'm pushing back on an outspoken individual hoping to hear from more individuals on this thread
I honestly would be curious to see studies that people thought were trustworthy that showed it one way or another. Accounting for it in an adult is easy (ask before, ask after, large enough sample) but its not inconceivable that it's different when done on children (they heal better in general and the practice is relatively widespread) and I think a study that managed to do demonstrate difference there would be difficult. That said, most of what I saw at a glance seemed to indicate little change and the voices on this thread seem to be shouting it's a large change in feeling. It would be nice to be able to account for that difference. And I struggle a little with the idea that there is a large change in most individuals since that would imply it could be feeling a lot better and it already feels amazing enough that it already gets me into plenty of trouble.
You only need to look a one fact: the only people defending the practice are people who it was done to.
It just seems odd for the practice to have started in independently, in multiple places around the world, and to still be done for different reasons if that were a fact and not just a bias in framing (since a lot of people here seem to be strongly/angrily pushing a message). And that isn't me saying that the practice should exist, or that the effect doesn't exist, just that the practice gained momentum independently multiple times and both cutting up your child and lowering sexual pleasure are usually something that would slow down or stop that momentum. I guess there are plenty of counter examples, it's not hard to find cultural habits that run from weird to terrifying in other cultures so plenty have to exist in yours