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[[Ronald Goldman |Goldman]] (1999) reports that [[circumcision]] is trauma and that trauma tends to repeat itself:
<blockquote>The behavioural re-enactment of the trauma is a compulsion for some trauma victims. Circumcision of infants may be regarded as an example of re-enacting the trauma of one's own circumcision. A survey of randomly selected primary care physicians showed that circumcision was more often supported by doctors who were older, male and circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Goldman
|first=Ronald
|author-link=Ronald Goldman
|etal=yes
|title=The psychological impact of circumcision
}}</ref> the circumcision status of the father is the most important determining factor in whether a boy is circumcised after birth.
[[George Hill |Hill]] (2012) commented:
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The best way to stop the cycle of trauma is to stop circumcising infants. Non-traumatized intact infants usually do not grow up to become circumcisers, so the cycle of trauma would end.<ref name="hill2012"/></blockquote>