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  • Well, the short answer is yes, men who have lost their penises can feel a "phantom penis" and even an "erect phantom penis." Now, where it really gets interesting is the frequency of occurrence in each type of "amputated penis" man, be they normal men who had a penis amputated accidentally or due to an illness, or transsexuals who had their penis amputated as part of their man-to-woman surgery. Turns out that if the amputation was unwanted, 60% of those men experience the "phantom penis" and "phantom erection" sensations, whereas only 30% of intentional "man to woman" transsexuals experience the "phantom penis" and "phantom erection" sensations. This evidence would suggest that our physical body makeup is hard-wired from birth, and also why transsexuals experience such feelings as "being in the wrong type of body" while still a pre-operative man. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10068809 http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Phantom-Penis-Is-in-the-Brain-69534.shtml

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