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Re: &quot. the foreskin is not the candy wrapper, it's the candy &quot.

Written by RJK at 08 Apr 2002 20:54:24:

As an answer to: written by tmtanec at 06 Apr 2002 17:52:54:

>“Many foreign writers maintain … that the chief source of sexual pleasure resides in the glans penis. That this organ has a considerable share in the sensations experienced is very true, but, from certain cases that have come under my notice, I cannot help thinking that it has less to do with them than is generally supposed. Some time ago I attended an officer on his return from India, who had lost the whole of his glans penis. The patient, completely recovered his health, the parts healed, and a considerable portion of the body of the penis was left. I found, to my surprise, that the sexual act was not only possible, but that the same amount of pleasure as formerly was still experienced. He assured me, indeed, that the sexual act differed in no respect (as far as he could detect) from what it had been before the mutilation.”
>William Acton, The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in childhood, youth, adult age and advanced life, 3rd London edition, Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1865, pp. 114-15.

This is certainly a remarkable report. Whether we accept it entirely & uncritically, it may have a genuine basis in the indisputable fact that the pudendal nerve, which serves penis, colon and anus, has endings distributed throughout the penis, not just in the glans and foreskin.

It may also help explain why some men circumcised as adults report no significant loss of sexual pleasure.

Concerning the opening sentence of the quote, to the effect that 'the chief source of sexual pleasure resides in the glans penis', numerous modern writers have pointed out that the brain is a vital sexual organ; it's where orgasms are experienced, of course. [Obviously they need to be triggered by activities elsewhere.]

To sum things up, for the normal male whether or not he has a foreskin, completely satisfactory sex demands healthy functional testicles, prostate and penis at one end, a healthy receptive brain at the other, and a loving enthusiastic partner.

Interesting information you've presented.


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