I think it might have been sensible to do a little more research, as there are some glaring errors in your article.
The most obvious error is that you've repeated the myth that the glans penis keratinises following circumcision. Although often repeated as fact, there is no evidence for this, and the only study to investigate found that the glans of circumcised and uncircumcised penises were equally keratinised (Szabo R. Short RV. How does male circumcision protect against HIV infection? BMJ. 2000; 320: 1592-4). Similarly, studies of penile sensitivity have also found no statistically significant differences (Masters WH, Johnson VE. Human Sexual Response. Boston: Little, Brown & Co 1966: 189-91; Bleustein CB, Eckholdt H, Arezzo JC, Melman A. Effects of circumcision on male penile sensitivity. Paper read at the American Urological Association 98th Annual Meeting at Chicago Illinois, April 26-May 1, 2003. Publishing ID 1260, Abstract ID: 100769; Bleustein CB, Fogarty JD, Eckholdt H, Arezzo JC, Melman A. Effect of neonatal circumcision on penile neurologic sensation. Urology. 2005 Apr;65(4):773-7; Payne K, Thaler L, Kukkonen T, Carrier S, Binik Y. Sensation and sexual arousal in circumcised and uncircumcised men. J Sex Med. 2007 May;4(3):667-74).
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I think it might have been sensible to do a little more research, as there are some glaring errors in your article.
The most obvious error is that you've repeated the myth that the glans penis keratinises following circumcision. Although often repeated as fact, there is no evidence for this, and the only study to investigate found that the glans of circumcised and uncircumcised penises were equally keratinised (Szabo R. Short RV. How does male circumcision protect against HIV infection? BMJ. 2000; 320: 1592-4). Similarly, studies of penile sensitivity have also found no statistically significant differences (Masters WH, Johnson VE. Human Sexual Response. Boston: Little, Brown & Co 1966: 189-91; Bleustein CB, Eckholdt H, Arezzo JC, Melman A. Effects of circumcision on male penile sensitivity. Paper read at the American Urological Association 98th Annual Meeting at Chicago Illinois, April 26-May 1, 2003. Publishing ID 1260, Abstract ID: 100769; Bleustein CB, Fogarty JD, Eckholdt H, Arezzo JC, Melman A. Effect of neonatal circumcision on penile neurologic sensation. Urology. 2005 Apr;65(4):773-7; Payne K, Thaler L, Kukkonen T, Carrier S, Binik Y. Sensation and sexual arousal in circumcised and uncircumcised men. J Sex Med. 2007 May;4(3):667-74).
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