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2015-12-17 12:54:59 Post No. 7726707
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2015-12-17 12:54:59
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I know medical research is notorious for this, and unfortunately it's par for the course, but how can it be that there are dozens if not hundreds of published studies bluntly claiming that the human foreskin has no role in sexual sensitivity? It's astounding how strong cultural and personal bias can be, that these not only get published but highly cited for what seems like relatively shoddy research.
The majority of the world's male population can reach in their pants and readily disprove these results. What happened to science such that it became not only acceptable, but encouraged to ignore empirical data and subjective experience in favor of "data", without even attempting to explain why the individual might falsely believe they're having whatever experience?
I can't imagine what the rest of the developed world is thinking about the US. Whatever drives this attitude obviously leads to disastrous results and prevents poor practices from being uprooted and criticised for what they are, and it isn't limited to just infant genital cutting. It doesn't matter if some large entity comes forward to admit they were wrong, driven by personal bias, or monetarily motivated. It's about a lack of solid research and critical thought.
What is wrong with us? You would think an aversion to compromising the sexual health of members of one's tribe would be one of the most highly conserved higher behaviors there is, aside from cases of control / domination. We're such a strange thing. It's an unpleasant feeling to know what is being done to children who can't meaningfully consent, and knowing things take a very long time to fizzle out if they ever do at all. There is so many things that are just fucked, but we can't even get them outlawed or regulated, much less scientifically and culturally frowned upon with some sort of consensus. Here, take some cholesterol and blood pressure meds too while you're at it, don't change your garbage diet you overpay for.