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Circumcised males experience physical and psychic [[trauma]] and have a life-long loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions|physiological functions]]. All have a physical [[circumcision scar]]. Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. Circumcised males may experience tight and painful [[erection]].
Many circumcised males experience a [[masturbation]] handicap.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Spratling
|init=EJ
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
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|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/9a247c3410d34390e418dc970faa3b87/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=40146
|title=Masturbation in the Adult
|journal=Medical Record
|date=1895
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=442-3
|accessdate=2023-08-06
}}</ref>
Surprisingly, many, perhaps most, circumcised men are ignorant of their [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ lost function]. They may not know that they are circumcised. They frequently believe the fraudulent claims of health benefits and count themselves fortunate to be circumcised! Others may deny the obvious loss.