Comments on: A history of the phantom penis

By: O problema da atração sexual: um exemplo introdutório | A²

O problema da atração sexual: um exemplo introdutório | A² — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:15:12 +0000

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By: macromancy

macromancy — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:37:09 +0000

Admittedly I am not transsexual but a biowoman with fluid gender.

However, I have been and autoandrophile (a female who is sexually aroused by the thought of having a masculine body) since childhood.

I found this page because I do feel the presence of phantom male anatomy…almost exclusively when sexually excited.

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Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:36:47 +0000

[...] rather than making false claims. But getting back to the science of sausages (and see here and here for more information): bearing in mind the The Long Man of Wilmington, I was struck by one site on [...]

By: Slut-o-ween, unmasking and Christoph Haizmann | Limpid Lech's finds

Slut-o-ween, unmasking and Christoph Haizmann | Limpid Lech's finds — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:29:47 +0000

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By: Caseworker

Caseworker — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:31:56 +0000

Some (but by no means all) M2F trans women definitely report a ‘phantom’ penis sensation. I’ve been involved in support work with the M2F community for almost twenty years and I’ve seen it repeatedly, although I’ve not kept records. Perhaps I should have. It’s quite distressing for some trans women, because although the body may have been modified, to suddenly get the sensation that everything is back where it was can be very frightening until they check everything is where it should be – at least one was briefly convinced there had been some devastating surgical failure. It’s necessary to relearn the relationship between sensation and the area it comes from, and even then, the amount of sensation retained depends entirely on the method used in the reconstruction and the skill of the surgeon. For those who are left with little sensation, phantom penis would not be at all surprising.

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:07:29 +0000

Yes, sometimes. I’ve read a study (I don’t have the link with me) that found that it was rarer than in cisgender men who’d had penile amputation.

Many trans women have reported phantom breasts and/or phantom vulvas, and, as HMJ above said, many trans men have reported phantom penes as well.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:22:53 +0000

Transsexual gender realignment surgery does not involve removal of the penis but penile inversion. The skin and nerve endings are all still present but put to a different use. It’s highly unlikely that phantom limb sensations will occur from material that is for the most part still present in the body and receiving sensation.

By: Toaster

Toaster — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:04:57 +0000

Yes on occasion, very disturbing it is too

By: HMJ

HMJ — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:10:52 +0000

Most Transsexual Men (female to male transsexuals) report having phantom penises.

By: Mantu

Mantu — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:26:51 +0000

I don’t think castration of sexual criminals actually means cutting off the penis. Wikipedia says: “Castration… is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries.