Uncircumcised Men Seem To Have More Fun

Uncircumcised Men Seem To Have More Fun
And so, it seems, do their partners. Niels Ebdrup writes on ScienceNordic of a new study surveying 5,000 sexually active men and women:

"Circumcised men are three times as likely to experience a frequent inability to reach an orgasm," says one of the researchers, associate professor Morten Frisch of SSI, a Danish research, production and service enterprise.

..."It appears that women with circumcised men are twice as likely to be sexually frustrated. They experience a three-fold risk of frequent difficulties in achieving orgasm, and an eight-fold risk of feeling pain during intercourse - also known as dyspareunia."

Circumcised men prefer it rough
There appears to be a very simple reason why circumcised men and their partners are having problems with their sex lives.

The circumcised man develops a thin layer of hard skin on his penis head, which decreases the sensitivity. This means that in order to reach an orgasm, he needs to work harder at it, and that can lead to a painful experience for the woman.

"We conducted a survey, but the data does not explain why these problems occur. There are, however, some good suggestions in the scientific literature," he explains.

When the penis enters the vagina, the foreskin is pulled back. And on its way out again, the foreskin goes back to cover the penis head. This way the foreskin stimulates both the man and the woman.

The gliding in-and-out movement of the foreskin, combined with the in-and-out movement inside the vagina, constitutes what is known as 'the gliding movement'.

"When a circumcised man moves in and out of a woman without 'the gliding movement' caused by the foreskin, it can have a painful effect on the woman's mucous membrane. This could explain the pain and the tendency towards dryness that some women with circumcised men experience."