When circ's go bad...

That's what I'm saying. Your post doesn't offend me, because it's just your PERSONAL opinion. I feel the same way about EinnOgTveir's PERSONAL opinion. I don't see any need to flame people for giving an honest personal opinion to a personal topic.

Each group was NOT included...she only mentioned the uncut.

But you were asking how they know what sex would be like if they were cut compared to if they weren't; it wasn't meant to be a before and after comparision. It was about how one group rates their satisfation (presumably) compared to another group.

Altalorraine

It's also JUST an opinion. I don't understand what is so harsh about stating an opinion that was not directed at any specific person. I even prefaced my post with "no offense". Oh well.

No, that is not what I was asking....Here is my question to her..."How can a man who has his foreskin compare his sexual experience and pleasure to one who does not?? He has never been on the other side of the fence, so how can he compare."

I didn't think it was a before and after.

My dh was peeking over my shoulder yesterday and read some of these posts. He made a comment that while he couldn't change anything, he would have liked to be the one to decide about having a circ (and then said he probably would have done it).
He works with a bunch of macho men and DO YOU BELIEVE they talked about US (nurses) debating this issue all night long while working

He said a lot of his coworkers wished that they had been given a choice, but that they would probably have done what they know. One didn't have his son circumcised because of this... he had never told anyone because he thought he'd be seen as "strange". I guess the "macho men" were very supportive!
Boy I wish I had been a fly on the wall last night!

Well it doesn't bother me - I've heard it before. But I'm sure you wouldn't say on this board you thought cleft lips were "disgusting" or people with Down's Syndrome were "disgusting" - probably because there are people here who have family members with those conditions.

A lot of us know people with foreskins. And the above comparisons are abnormal things. A foreskin is normal - all males are born with them and despite our persistence in cutting them off they continue to be born with them. Saying they are disgusting makes about as much sense as saying women with large labias are "disgusting". They are a normal part of human anatomy. Saying you don't personally find foreskins to be aesthetically attractive is ok but "disgusting" is harsh. And yes, I think saying it is "abusive" is harsh too.

My point is, no one said a man with a foreskin compared his sexual experience to one who has no foreskin. It's about how high two groups of men, one with foreskins and one without rate their own sexual experiences. For example, men without foreskins may rate their love of sex at a 7, while men with foreskins tend to rate their love of sex at 9; hence, the men without foreskins rate their sexual satisfaction higher.

Altalorraine

Fine. I thought we beat this one to death already...didn't we?