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    Strikingly little is known about how male circumcision affects sex for men or their partners. Some studies of men who were circumcised as adults suggest that circumcision is linked to decreased penile sensation. This isn’talways a bad thing, as some men feel that the reduced sensation helps them last longer during sex. Other men who were circumcised as infants as a result of a decision made by their doctor or parents before they were old enough to give consent feel upset that they were not given the choice to make themselves. They will never know if they would have had different penile sensation, or better (or worse) sex, if they still had their foreskin.
    Then there’s the issue of a man’s partner. One interesting study published in the British Journal of Urology found that women who had had sex with both circumcised and uncircumcised men reported a greater likelihood of orgasm, as well as multiple orgasm, with an uncircumcised partner. 6 Sex with uncircumcised men was also judged to have lasted longer as compared to sex with circumcised men. However, this was a small study and I’m not aware of any others like it, so it’s difficult to know how valid these results are.
    The first time I dated a man who was uncircumcised, I felt slightly nervous as things progressed. Even though I knew that circumcision was not a matter of hygiene (it’s clear from medical opinion that both cut and uncut men are “clean”), I had questions. What would sex feel like with an uncircumcised man? And would condom use be trickier, given that research has found that condoms sometimes slip off more often on uncircumcised men? 7 What I ultimately found is that I love penises with or without foreskin. More than that, I was surprised to find that once my partner and I stopped using condoms, I could feel his foreskin move along my vaginal walls during sex. It was a new sensation to me and a wonderful one, and I had seen nothing written about it previously in sex research articles. I couldn’t feel it all of the time, but I did sometimes, and it felt nice. Feeling his foreskin also seemed to make it easier to experience orgasm during vaginal intercourse with him and again with a subsequent partner who was uncircumcised. Can I guarantee that you’ll have a similar experience? Of course not. But you might have fun trying.
F RIENDS WITH B ENEFITS : T HE B OYS
    N ow let’s turn our attention to the penis’s closest “friends”: namely, the scrotum and its inside parts. The scrotum is the outside package. It houses the testicles and other parts, such as the epididymis, which sits over each testicle and plays a role in sperm production. By keeping the testicles hung away from a man’s trunk, they stay cooler, which helps keep sperm production running smoothly. Down the middle of the scrotum, you may notice something that looks like a line or a ridge of skin, called the “raphe.” This is a normal part of men’s genitals and is essentially the “seam” where tissues met up together and fused while in the womb. Pretty cool, huh?
    But let’s get back to men’s testicles: if you have yet to feel them, check them out on a willing and interested partner. Men’s testicles are egg shaped and can be felt from all angles, even turned around gently in one’s fingers (some men don’t like this, so ask first). Some men have highly sensitive testicles and don’t want to be touched, licked, or sucked there, whereas others love it when their partner pays attention to their testicles. Ask your partner what he likes before getting too eagerly involved down there. Between the back of the scrotum and the anus is the perineum, casually called the “taint” (as in “t’aint the balls, t’aint the butt”) or “tween” (as it’s between these two parts).
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