Myth
03-05-2014, 10:29 AM
I was thinking about phantom limbs (after a conversation regarding chopping my gf's leg off, but that is irrelevant), and started wondering if people who have undergone male to female sexual reassignment surgery have it. I Googled "phantom *****" and came across some interesting info:
But it is curious that most normal people who have carcinoma of the *****, which is not rare, and they have an amputation of the ***** as a life saving measure, a majority of them, maybe about 80%, 85% of them, experience a phantom *****, including phantom erections. This is well known. Since this chap is saying his ***** doesn't belong to him in the first place, what if his ***** is amputated because he wants to become a woman, what happens then?
The answer is the majority of them don't experience a phantom *****. What's amazing is that your body image, which includes your genitals, is at least in part programmed by genes and your brain is hard-wired to incorporate the genitals as part of your body image. Even more amazing is the observation that women who undergo transgender sexual surgery who acquired an artificial *****, a majority of them since early childhood have experienced a phantom *****. This is absolutely extraordinary because it means that each of us has a brain-based body image which is detailed down to the fine anatomy, including your genitals.
If your brain body image does not match...normally your brain body image and your external morphology are synchronised in early development through hormones, through genetic mechanisms. If this gets uncoupled and they aren't in synchrony you end up with a body image that's morphologically male, so they experience a phantom *****. What's amazing is that all these years of culture being raised as a woman, as a girl, and even seeing that they don't have a ***** does not correct this body image. This shows that even though your body image is extremely malleable, as we have shown with phantom limbs and mirrors and that sort of thing, it also turns out that there's a strong genetic contribution to your body image. This has, of course, great implications for understanding how your brain represents sexual behaviour and constructs body image.
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/transsexuals-and-phantom-*****.html
tl;dr version: Most cisgendered males experience phantom ***** if it is removed, but most male to female transsexuals do not because their self image didn't include a dick.
But it is curious that most normal people who have carcinoma of the *****, which is not rare, and they have an amputation of the ***** as a life saving measure, a majority of them, maybe about 80%, 85% of them, experience a phantom *****, including phantom erections. This is well known. Since this chap is saying his ***** doesn't belong to him in the first place, what if his ***** is amputated because he wants to become a woman, what happens then?
The answer is the majority of them don't experience a phantom *****. What's amazing is that your body image, which includes your genitals, is at least in part programmed by genes and your brain is hard-wired to incorporate the genitals as part of your body image. Even more amazing is the observation that women who undergo transgender sexual surgery who acquired an artificial *****, a majority of them since early childhood have experienced a phantom *****. This is absolutely extraordinary because it means that each of us has a brain-based body image which is detailed down to the fine anatomy, including your genitals.
If your brain body image does not match...normally your brain body image and your external morphology are synchronised in early development through hormones, through genetic mechanisms. If this gets uncoupled and they aren't in synchrony you end up with a body image that's morphologically male, so they experience a phantom *****. What's amazing is that all these years of culture being raised as a woman, as a girl, and even seeing that they don't have a ***** does not correct this body image. This shows that even though your body image is extremely malleable, as we have shown with phantom limbs and mirrors and that sort of thing, it also turns out that there's a strong genetic contribution to your body image. This has, of course, great implications for understanding how your brain represents sexual behaviour and constructs body image.
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/transsexuals-and-phantom-*****.html
tl;dr version: Most cisgendered males experience phantom ***** if it is removed, but most male to female transsexuals do not because their self image didn't include a dick.