well, my feeling [no pun intended] is that the advise was given for the first timers and those that are just experimenting. I think it is better from them to have a pleasurable first time, or one that isn't quite so sensitive so that they would be willing to try it again and not have a negative 'first time' and never try it again. You are correct, I feel, that it is much better not to have the area numbed, and to that end [there we go again with puns] I now even cut back on the lube and get a really good, hard fuck! "dont try this at home, kids,professional stunt driver on a closed course"