This is why I don't buy into the decreased sexual pleasure argument, because as I said above, the only way to really test that theory would be to get a whole heap of men, get them to rate their experience of sexual pleasure, circumcise them, and then do the survey again. I don't think you'd get many volunteers...

I think a study like this would have major flaws anyway - suffering a trauma to the penis as an adult would probably have an impact on the sexual experience (for a time anyway) so it would be impossible to tell either way. I suppose it is a bit like many women after child birth need time to recover and it can take some patience to feel completely comfortable sexually again and childbirth can impact the sexual experience (for a time anyway). I suppose this would make the distinction between sexual experience before circ and after circ a little difficult to compare. Just my opinion though

On a different note . . .

As for the cost of the procedure - in Townsville there is only one doctor who will perform circumcisions. I think it cost us about $250 (it may have been up to about $300 but I can't remember exactly how much it was) and we got about $100 back from medicare. I thought for an elective procedure that was a fairly reasonable price.