Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis

[Bobby Martnen]

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the adult penis in circumcised and uncircumcised men, and to compare the two populations.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS:
Adult male volunteers with no history of penile pathology or diabetes were evaluated with a Semmes-Weinstein monofilament touch-test to map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the penis. Circumcised and uncircumcised men were compared using mixed models for repeated data, controlling for age, type of underwear worn, time since last ejaculation, ethnicity, country of birth, and level of education.

RESULTS:
The glans of the uncircumcised men had significantly lower mean (sem) pressure thresholds than that of the circumcised men, at 0.161 (0.078) g (P = 0.040) when controlled for age, location of measurement, type of underwear worn, and ethnicity. There were significant differences in pressure thresholds by location on the penis (P < 0.001). The most sensitive location on the circumcised penis was the circumcision scar on the ventral surface. Five locations on the uncircumcised penis that are routinely removed at circumcision had lower pressure thresholds than the ventral scar of the circumcised penis.

CONCLUSIONS:
The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the uncircumcised penis. The transitional region from the external to the internal prepuce is the most sensitive region of the uncircumcised penis and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis. Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847

[Heather Duval]

Amazing.

[Bobby Martnen]

Amazing.

Why do you want to "STAB CAESAR"???

[Heather Duval]

Why do you want to "STAB CAESAR"???

Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant, while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What's so great about Caesar? Hm? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar. Brutus is just as smart as Caesar. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh? Because that's not what Rome is about.

[Papastratosels26]

Circumcission should be banned in the US.Here in Europe is almost illegal.

[Bobby Martnen]

Circumcission should be banned in the US.Here in Europe is almost illegal.

Several European countries (Iceland, Germany, Norway, Denmark) have tried, but religious leaders always shoot it down.

[Dandelion]

Circumcision was invented by the lube lobby, I think.