The social effects of mass circumcision
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The psychological injury of male circumcision has been fairly well explored in recent years, but comparatively little has been done to document the effects on society when nearly all men have suffered child circumcision.
James W. Prescott (1975) believed that circumcision caused sensory deprivation and loss of body pleasure, which he claimed results in high levels of violence.[1]
The late psychohistorian Lloyd deMause (1996) identified early trauma, of which infant circumcision is a prominent example, as a cause of "war and social violence".[2]
Psychologist Ronald Goldman, (1997) devoted Chapter Seven (pages 139-175) to "the impact of circumcision upon American society" in his landmark book, Circumcision, the Hidden Trauma.
Goldman has pointed to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (secondary to circumcision), low male self esteem, and avoidance of intimacy in male-female relationships.
Under anti-social behavior, Goldman lists adult male violence, domestic violence, rape, child sexual abuse, and suicide.
Goldman note that the effects of circumcision makes nations more likely to make war. We can look at the Midle East, where war seems to be perpetual, and almost all males are circumcised due to the demands of Judaism and Islam.[3]
See also
References
- ↑
Prescott JW. Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 1975; : 10-20. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ↑ deMause, Lloyd. Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence. Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal. 1996; 23(4): 344-92. PMID. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ↑
Goldman, Ronald (1997): Chapter Seven
, in: Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma. Boston: Vanguard Publications. Pp. 139-75. ISBN 0-9644895-3-8. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
