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Sensitivity

Written by Paul B. at 02 Sep 2001 00:30:06:

As an answer to: Re: phimosis written by Frank L. at 30 Aug 2001 05:53:14:

This sensitivity of the naked glans appears to be to shear force - that is, to force moving the skin sideways, and to some extent to "tackiness" - the tendency of the skin to stick to your finger as you touch and pull away. Of course your fingers have fingerprints on them which are "designed" especially to maximise their ability to apply shear (frictional) force - this is what you call "grip" and obviously you need it.

I am quite sure that you will find that a spot of decent lubrication on your glans will reduce this sensitivity to the point that it feels quite comfortable, as it destroys the friction that creates the shear force. As I suggested, if you were in a position to have intercourse without using a condom, then I suggest you would be able to (carefully) enter your partner and retract your foreskin in the process and that given she is lubricated (always a pre-condition for intercourse) you would find the sensation excellent.

"Reality bites" and you may choose to have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife, in which case, the deal most certainly is that you use a condom. If then, you use a lubricated condom, this should not stick to your sensitive glans and should be quite comfortable, certainly if at this point you have become accustomed to gentle touch, the shower and such.

And I would also expect that you will provide your own "pre-cum" lubricant which will facilitate this. The principal limitation of condoms overall is in fact that guys are so effective, perhaps more than the girls, at producing slippery pre-cum during sex and that this makes them slip inside the condom much better than the condom slips inside the woman, so that the condom slips off (or won't properly slip in her, so that all the thrusting is concentrated on the end of the condom which then bursts).

Apparently there are some condoms with a loop "tail" which goes over the scrotum, or such an attachment can be bought or fabricated, to hold them from slipping off, which is a great idea.

Why not go get some condoms and experiment with them as a masturbation activity anyway? You can always put one on with the foreskin forward, use it this way until you produce "pre-cum", and then pull the foreskin back from the base, inside the now-slippery condom.


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