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<b>Belief that it can affect sexual sensation. Some feel that circumcision makes the tip of the penis less sensitive, causing a decrease in sexual pleasure later in life.</b>The wording of this items reveals the AAP has fundamental misunderstanding of the source of male erogenous sensation. The source of male [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous sensation]] are the [[Meissner's corpuscles]] in the foreskin, not the tip of the [[penis]], which makes the [[foreskin]] primary erogenous tissue.<ref name="ErogenousZones">{{WinkelmannRK 1959}}</ref> [[Circumcised]] men have a substantial deficit in erogenous sensation.{{Sorrells etal 2007}}

<b>Belief that proper hygiene can lower health risks. Children can be taught proper hygiene that can lower their chances of getting infections, cancer of the penis and STIs.</b> Proper hygiene certainly is important,<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/hygiene/ |title=Penile hygiene in the intact non-circumcised male |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=Circumcision Information Reference Library |date=2013 |accessdate=2025-03-01}}</ref> but it is the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]], created over hundreds of thousands of years by natural selection<ref>{{REFbook |last=Darwin |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Darwin |init= |year=1859 |title=The Origin of Species |url= |scope= |location=London |publisher=Murray |ISBN= |accessdate= }}</ref> that provide the greatest protection to children.<ref name="fendereski2024">{{REFjournal |last=Fendereski |first= |init=K |author-link= |last2=Horns |first2= |init2=JJ |author2-link= |last3=Driggs |first3= |init3=N |author3-link= |last4=Lau |first4= |init4=G |author4-link= |last5=Shaeffer |first5= |init5=AJ |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Pediatr Surg |date=2024-11 |volume=59 |issue=11 |article=161614 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=39084960 |pubmedCID=11486584 |DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022 |accessdate=2025-07-15}}</ref>