PSYC 333 Lecture 5: Male genital anatomy

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: Pukall Caroline F

Document Summary

Circumcision: surgical removal of the penile foreskin usually done at birth, circumcised, intact, intact with a permanently retracted foreskin, 25% worldwide, 20-25% canada, 30% us, policies: us supports routine neonatal circumcision but canada does not, controversy! Risks: pain, hemorrhage, infections, penile damage, death. Not well studied: self-reported measures of sexual function, mixed results, variable methodological quality, penile sensitivity (proxy for sexual pleasure, idea: circ penis = less sensitive, practice: adulthood circ to solve sexual issues, pre-post: mixed results. When it matters, it matters a lot: satisfaction with circ status, logistic regression. Sexual function across circ status and happiness with circ status. What do these results mean: dissatisfaction with circ status seems to be associated with lower sexual function, negative perceptions of circ status and not circ status per se is key in this research area. 4. 6 inches: erection is the great equalizer masters and johnson.