Why you might get circumcised
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What sparked the discussion about circumcision and why does it matter?
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Hello, it's just little old me today, my other pod half. Producer Pitt Rasperson is off sick. You know when someone says that they're sick and you straight away go, uh-oh. Anyway, I messaged her this morning and I was like, babe, what are your symptoms? And um, this is what she said. She goes, sore throat, a little wheezy, and that classic weak body fluy feeling. I was trying. to be positive, so I was like, I'm sure it's not the Rones. But low-key, I'm like, that's deaf's COVID. Uh anyway, she's actually really devoed that she's not here for the podcast episode. So she sent through a voice memo with a bit of an update.
Hello, it's me Pip. I think I might have COVID. So I'm in my car and I'm waiting for a PCR test in a drive-thru facility and get this. I just fucking ran over a cone in front of the lollipop man and he is not happy. He's like staring me down, watching me do this voice memo and it's so embarrassing. Anyway, yeah, just me and my emotional support water bottle here, hang it out. And fingers crossed I don't have COVID. Uh but anyway, this pod episode, I'm so bummed I'm not there to do this with Dee. Um because this is one we've been talking about for ages. We're really curious about it, and like a lot of our podcasts, we are learning along with you. So it's gotta be really good. So enjoy the episode and hopefully I will be back on the pod very soon.
But in the meantime Stay vigilant in these streets. Wear a mask. Um and yeah, I'll catch you hopefully very, very soon. Okay, bye, love you, miss you. Bye.
Sorry, I literally felt that cough spray on me. That was feral. She's not well. We love you, Pip. We can get the crystal dildo out tonight. Collectively pray for you and hope that you get better. Okay, podcast. So a few weeks ago we did an episode about having mismatched libidos, how to deal if you have a higher or maybe lower libido than your partner. If you haven't already listened to it, uh you can go and check it out in your feed after this episode. But Jack, who got listener, got in touch with us about his mismatch libido situation.
Me and my partner have been with each other for a year now. Now, at the start of my relationship, I actually had a really low sex drive. And then to about halfway, I actually got circumcised. After that, sex actually started feeling really good for me.
How did Jack’s personal experience with phimosis lead him to get circumcised?
Sex drives just went through the roof.
Pip and I were like, okay, this is super interesting. Like, we had no idea that getting circumcised could change your libido. And then we were also like, okay, but how common is it to get circumcised as an adult? So we thought, let's investigate. Let's chat about it for this episode. Get a urologist on the show to talk us through how it all works, hear your stories of getting circumcised. size and some of the reasons maybe why you did get the snip a bit later on in life. And also to find out if it actually makes sex better or worse. I feel like there's so many myths around hygiene and pleasure. Like there's all this hype around circumcised dicks. But how true is it really? Just quickly, if you have no idea what circumcision is, it's basically a procedure that's performed on penises.
On the foreskin, which is pretty much the excess skin which covers the head of the penis. If you don't have a dick, but you've seen a few, or maybe you sleep with people who do, you might not even realize that there is a difference between circumcised or uncircumcised penises. So I totally get it. If you're like, I know that this is a thing, I've heard about it, but I have no And it's usually performed on newborn babies. It's this huge thing in the US. There's a lot of cultural and religious reasons why people get it done on their kids, which we're not gonna get into for this episode. It's a whole thing. There's so much ethical debate around it. And it kind of seeps into this stereotype that circumcised penises are superior and more hygienic, which I'm
super curious as to know like how much truth there is to that. So I will get into this a bit later on. But first, let's circle back to Jack.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What sparked the discussion about circumcision and why does it matter?
0:02–2:47
2
How did Jack’s personal experience with phimosis lead him to get circumcised?
2:47–6:15
3
What medical reasons do doctors give for adult circumcision?
6:15–9:08
4
How is the circumcision procedure performed and what does recovery look like?
9:08–12:56
5
Why do many listeners think hygiene improves after circumcision?
12:56–16:45
6
Does circumcision really lower the risk of STIs or other infections?
16:45–20:58
7
How does circumcision affect sexual sensation and pleasure for different people?
20:58–21:30