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=== Foreskin sensitivity ===
Some recent researchers assert that the [[foreskin]] is sexually sensitive highly-innervated erogenous tissue.<ref name="winkleman1956" /><ref name="winkleman1959" /> <ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal |last=Taylor |init=JR |author-link=John R. Taylor |last2=Lockwood |init2=AP |last3=Taylor |init3=AJ |title=The prepuce: Specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision |journal=British journal of urology |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=291-295 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/ |quote= |pubmedID=8800902 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996.85023.x |date=1996-02 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="cold-taylor1999" /> Opponents of circumcision have cited these studies, which report on the sensitivity or innervation of the foreskin, claiming a sexual role based upon the presence of nerve-endings in the foreskin sensitive to light touch, stroking and fluttering sensations.
Circumcision removes the [[Ridged band|ridged band]] at the end of the foreskin.<ref name="taylor1996" /> Taylor (1996) observed that the ridged band had more [[Meissner's corpuscles]] — a kind of nerve ending that is concentrated in areas of greatest sensitivity — than the areas of the foreskin with smooth mucus membranes and a rich blood supply to serve the neurological tissue. Taylor (2000) postulated that the ridged band is sexually sensitive and plays a role in normal sexual function. He also suggested that the [[gliding action]], possible only when there was enough loose skin on the shaft of the penis, serves to stimulate the ridged band through contact with the corona of the [[glans penis]] during vaginal intercourse.<ref name="taylor2000">{{REFjournal