▲ 346 ▼ Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 337 comments fedilink hide all child comments people have been demonizing it for most of the AD years i think but it's quite pleasant really. are there any proven negative effects?
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same reason we practice forced male genital mutilation in the United States, religion (abrahamic) says pleasure is bad. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Hotmailer@lemmy.world -11 points 2 years ago (3 children) What has circumcision to do with sexual pleasure? Please do explain. I'm circumcised and I have no loss of sensation from not having foreskin. I also don't have a moist area for bacteria to multiply permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mdd@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) Where you circumcized after you became sexually active? If not, how would you know there is no loss? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotmailer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Same with all of you. None of you would know the difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that. Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part. The only part that we can't say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it's the only way we've ever experienced. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago I also don't have a moist area for bacteria to multiply If only you could wash yourself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago keratinization of the glans loss of the gliding sensation between the penis and the foreskin during penetration loss of the Meissner corpuscles in the foreskin About the multiplication of bacteria in a moist area, how do you handle that in your mouth ? Surgery or personal hygiene? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Hotmailer@lemmy.world -11 points 2 years ago (3 children) What has circumcision to do with sexual pleasure? Please do explain. I'm circumcised and I have no loss of sensation from not having foreskin. I also don't have a moist area for bacteria to multiply permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mdd@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) Where you circumcized after you became sexually active? If not, how would you know there is no loss? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotmailer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Same with all of you. None of you would know the difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that. Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part. The only part that we can't say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it's the only way we've ever experienced. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago I also don't have a moist area for bacteria to multiply If only you could wash yourself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago keratinization of the glans loss of the gliding sensation between the penis and the foreskin during penetration loss of the Meissner corpuscles in the foreskin About the multiplication of bacteria in a moist area, how do you handle that in your mouth ? Surgery or personal hygiene? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mdd@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) Where you circumcized after you became sexually active? If not, how would you know there is no loss? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotmailer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Same with all of you. None of you would know the difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that. Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part. The only part that we can't say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it's the only way we've ever experienced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hotmailer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Same with all of you. None of you would know the difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that. Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part. The only part that we can't say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it's the only way we've ever experienced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago There are people that were circumcized after becoming sexually active who can (and do) report exactly that. Separately, we can simply ask people that have foreskins to describe the sensations they feel from that body part. The only part that we can't say with confidence is how the neutral pathways develop (i.e. how we perceive the sensations) when it's the only way we've ever experienced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago I also don't have a moist area for bacteria to multiply If only you could wash yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago keratinization of the glans loss of the gliding sensation between the penis and the foreskin during penetration loss of the Meissner corpuscles in the foreskin About the multiplication of bacteria in a moist area, how do you handle that in your mouth ? Surgery or personal hygiene? permalink fedilink source parent