Psychological injury of male circumcision - Revision history

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	Male [[circumcision]] is a surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], which contains more than one-half of the erogenous epithelium of the [[penis]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal		Male [[circumcision]] is a surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], which contains more than one-half of the erogenous epithelium of the [[penis]]. Doctors who perform [[circumcision of the newborn]] do not advise or warn parents of these risks.

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			Links between circumcision status and mental health difficulties include significantly higherscores for circumcised men compared to intact men for alexithymia, reports of significant psychological and emotional harm from circumcision, acute circumcision related distress, disturbed adult socio-affective traits, grief and loss, long-term psychological and psychosocial implications, and significant adverse physical, psychological and sexual consequences.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
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	\|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.		\|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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	</ref> The [[amputation]] is most frequently carried out on infants and small boys who cannot and do not give consent for the loss of so much of their [[penis]].<ref name="andersen2025" /> There are many '''psychological issues of male circumcision''' that arise from the [[pain\| painful]], [[trauma\| traumatic]], involuntary loss of the part of the [[penis]] with the erogenous tissue that provides much sexual sensation.<ref name="andersen2025" /><ref name ="uberoi2022">{{REFjournal		The [[amputation]] is most frequently carried out on infants and small boys who cannot and do not give consent for the loss of so much of their [[penis]].<ref name="andersen2025" /> There are many '''psychological issues of male circumcision''' that arise from the [[pain\| painful]], [[trauma\| traumatic]], involuntary loss of the part of the [[penis]] with the erogenous tissue that provides much sexual sensation.<ref name="andersen2025" /><ref name ="uberoi2022">{{REFjournal
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	Male [[circumcision]] is a surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], which contains more than one-half of the erogenous epithelium of the [[penis]]. The [[amputation]] is most frequently carried out on infants and small boys who cannot and do not give consent for the loss of so much of their [[penis]]. There are many '''psychological issues of male circumcision''' that arise from the painful, traumatic, involuntary loss of the part of the [[penis]] with the erogenous tissue that provides much sexual sensation.<ref name ="uberoi2022">{{REFjournal		Male [[circumcision]] is a surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], which contains more than one-half of the erogenous epithelium of the [[penis]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
			\|last=Andersen-Giberson
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			\|author-link=Dale Andersen
			\|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
			\|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
			\|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
			\|date=2025-12
			\|volume=10
			\|issue=2
			\|pages=1-37
			\|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
			\|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
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			\|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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			</ref> The [[amputation]] is most frequently carried out on infants and small boys who cannot and do not give consent for the loss of so much of their [[penis]].<ref name="andersen2025" /> There are many '''psychological issues of male circumcision''' that arise from the [[pain\| painful]], [[trauma\| traumatic]], involuntary loss of the part of the [[penis]] with the erogenous tissue that provides much sexual sensation.<ref name="andersen2025" /><ref name ="uberoi2022">{{REFjournal
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	}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] men derive comfort from their [[foreskin]] that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.<ref name="prescott1975">{{REFjournal		}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] men derive comfort from their [[foreskin]] that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.<ref name="andersen2025" /> <ref name="prescott1975">{{REFjournal
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	==History==		==History==

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	[[15 Square]], the British charity, has established the [https://15square.org.uk/talking-therapies-circumcision-and-mental-health/ Talking Therapies – Circumcision and Mental Health]. The service is only available to persons in the [[United Kingdom]] due to legislative reasons. 15 Square advises there is an alternative available for persons outside of the United Kingdom through their Discord server.		[[15 Square]], the British charity, has established the [https://15square.org.uk/talking-therapies-circumcision-and-mental-health/ Talking Therapies – Circumcision and Mental Health]. The service is only available to persons in the [[United Kingdom]] due to legislative reasons. 15 Square advises there is an alternative available for persons outside of the United Kingdom through their Discord server.

			[[Intact America]] now has a team of therapists.<ref>{{REFweb
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	==Autism spectrum disorder==		==Autism spectrum disorder==

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	===Feelings and behavior of circumcised men===		===Feelings and behavior of circumcised men===
	[[Foreskinned]] men derive "body pleasure", comfort, and satisfaction from their [[foreskin]] that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.<ref name="prescott1975" /> <ref>{{REFweb		[[Foreskinned]] men [[Foreskin play\| derive "body pleasure", comfort, and satisfaction]] from their [[foreskin]] that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.<ref name="prescott1975" /> <ref>{{REFweb
	\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/FriendsOfTheFrenulum/comments/1ma5zqc/the_data_is_in_the_silence_is_broken_a_first_look/		\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/FriendsOfTheFrenulum/comments/1ma5zqc/the_data_is_in_the_silence_is_broken_a_first_look/
	\|title=The Data is In. The Silence is Broken. A First Look at Our Survey's Staggering Results.		\|title=The Data is In. The Silence is Broken. A First Look at Our Survey's Staggering Results.

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