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Examining Penile Sensitivity in Neonatally Circumcised and Intact Men Using Quantitative Sensory Testing Jennifer A. Bossio, Caroline F. Pukall, Stephen S. Steele DOI: Abstract Purpose Little is known about the long-term implications of neonatal circumcision on the penile sensitivity of adult men, despite recent public policy endorsing the procedure in the United States. [ It did not.] In the current study we assessed penile sensitivity in adult men by comparing peripheral nerve function of the penis across circumcision status. Materials and Methods A total of 62 men (age 18 to 37 years, mean 24.1, SD 5.1) completed study procedures (30 circumcised, 32 intact). [That's very few from which to generalise.

Men with sexual dysfunction were excluded by design.] Quantitative sensory testing protocols were used to assess touch and pain thresholds (modified von Frey filaments) and warmth detection and heat pain thresholds (a thermal analyzer) [ What does heat pain have to do with sexual pleasure?] at a control site (forearm) and 3 to 4 penile sites (glans penis, midline shaft, proximal to midline shaft [ It is not clear why two so similar sites on the shaft were chosen. It would be surprising if this tested any differently from the rest of the shaft.] Results Penile sensitivity [ at those three points on the cut penis] did not differ across circumcision status for any stimulus type or penile site.

The foreskin of intact men was more sensitive to tactile stimulation than the other penile sites, but this finding did not extend to any other stimuli (where foreskin sensitivity was comparable to the other sites tested). [ The foreskin of cut men was completely insensitive, having been cut off and thrown away 18-37 years ago.

This self-evident observation is the elephant in the room.] [ The full text says: 'Similar to Sorrells et al.[], we found that—of all the genital sites tested— the foreskin was the most sensitive to tactile sensation stimuli. However, given the high prevalence of fine-touch pressure receptors (Meissner corpuscles) in the preputial mucosa, this finding was not unexpected.' They somehow think that because it is not unexpected, it can be ignored, because they proceed to ignore it. They express the result in this graphic (colouring and emphasis mine).

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