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[[File:UlfDunkel_FBUlf Dunkel 2021.jpg|thumb|Ulf Dunkel 20112021]]'''Ulf Dunkel''' (* August 27pronounced ˈʊlf ˈdʊnkəl, {{LifeData |birth=1962 in -08-27 |birthplace=Löningen, |birthcountry=Germany}}) is a German salesman, politician, author, composer and [[intactivist ]] who engages since Summer 2012 to outlaw the medically not indicated circumcision of boys. He is father of five children and [[Greens ]] politician. In several Open Letters to all members of the Bundestag and with a 'Poem on the Abolition of Human Rights for Children in Germany', he tried to provide the Bundestag with information and to motivate them to disagree with the [[German Circumcision Act|legalization of not medically indicated circumcision of boys]] which German Chancellor Merkel had already required in Summer 2012.

In October 2012 after a longer discussion with [[Volker Beck]], Dunkel wrote an [[Alternative law draft amendment to § 1631 BGB]]. He presented this draft on the 34th Federal Delegates Conference of his Party, the German [[Greens]], in November 2012 in Hannover (Germany). Together with all other requests of others on the topic [[circumcision]], his draft suggestion was moved from the Conference to a so-called "Religion-political Commission". This commission didn't discuss the draft requests to date. == Shitstorm ==His critical statements about the legitimation of [[German Circumcision Act]] § 1631d BGB in many discussions, his burst of rage<ref>Circulated by a denouncer as a ''poem'' in the media, this textual outburst of anger has been claimed time and again since then as an alleged second poem by Ulf Dunkel on the subject of genital mutilation. In the outburst of anger, Dunkel accused all parents around the world who genitally mutilated their children of being a**holes and fanatics.</ref> which he posted on Facebook after having watched the [[circumcision]] documentation film [[It´s A Boy!]], and his poem ''("Gedicht zur Abschaffung der Menschenrechte in Deutschland" - "Poem On the Abolition of Human Rights in Germany")'' caused a media shitstorm with [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism]] accusations, a death threat and other threatening phone calls for Dunkel and his family. To take the pressure from his family, Dunkel declined on a possible seat in parliament, but this waiver was formally no longer possible and therefore invalid. Dunkel therefore still was technically a possible substitute for the parliament of Lower Saxony in the 17th legislative term (2013-2017).

Because of his critical statements about the legitimation of The [[German Circumcision law]] § 1631d BGB in many discussions, because of his burst of rage which he posted on Facebook after having watched the [[circumcisionGreens]] documentation film [[It´s A Boy!]], and because of his "Poem about the abolishment of human rights for children in Germany", Dunkel was denounced by a person from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) in the media and in his party, which led to a party exclusion procedure. The Greens Executive Committee of Lower Saxony had requested Dunkel's exclusion of the party. In late February, 2014, Dunkel and his Executive Committee made a comparison, which waived the reproach of being anti-semitic and xenophobic. Dunkel confirmed that his statements in the [[circumcision debateCircumcision Debate]] in 2012 had served anti-semitic steretypesunintendedly. He again dissociated himself strictly from [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] and xenophobia. The regional party arbitral tribunal warned him because of these expressions. The proceeding was discontinued; revision was not allowed.<ref>https://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/pressemitteilung-zum-pav/</ref>

== Charge rejected Collective Cognitive Dissonance ==In January 2013the [[Circumcision Debate]] 2012, the same person provided criminal complaint against Ulf Dunkel at created the Prosecutor Oldenburg "on suspicion concept of sedition and [[Collective Cognitive Dissonance]] which describes the issue of pretending cognitive dissonance for a crime"group of persons, even existing over generations. The [[Circumpendium]] informs about this psychological phenomenon as follows:<refblockquote>Letter It can frequently be found that the loss is denied, much as happens with the loss of other body parts. This denial can lead to fathers having their sons circumcised in order not to be reminded of their own loss. In this process, their own body is defined as "normal" and the denouncer from 2013-01-12 [[foreskin]] redefined as a foreign object. Their own parents are seen as "good", so that this image is projected onto the circumcision their parents carried out as well, in order to keep the Prosecutor OLpositive emotion intact. The father wants to be a "good" father later in life as well, and so, following an idealised image of his own parents, circumcision, which has been redefined as a "good thing", is passed on to his son by having him circumcised as well.<ref>{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref> according to § 130 + 145 StGB and because <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Goldman |init=R |author-link=Ronald Goldman |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/ |title=The psychological impact of insulting according to § 185 + 186 StGBcircumcision |journal=BJU Int |date=1999 |volume=83 |issue=Suppl.1 |pages=93-103}}</ref></blockquote>

The procedure was stopped by == Political engagement ==Since 1998, Ulf Dunkel is member of the Prosecutor OL as being unfounded according to § 170 Abs. 2 StPO. The denouncer appealed German [[GREENS]] party (with a complaint against thisbreak of five years), which was also dismissed by member of the District Association of Cloppenburg, elected member of local parliaments like the General Prosecutor Oldenburg as unfoundedcity council, and candidate for the German Bundestag and Landtag of Lower Saxony. The complained offenses were not present. Dunkel had "just critized From July 2015 to March 2018, he was the untenable influence organizational manager of the Jewish community or individuals [[GREENS]] District Association of Jewish life in the legislative process"Cloppenburg<ref>Reply {{REFweb |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160608073954/http://www.gruene-cloppenburg.de/geschaeftsfuehrung/ |url=https://gruene-cloppenburg.de/geschaeftsfuehrung/ |archived=no |title=GRÜNE KV Cloppenburg: Geschäftsführung des Kreisverbands |trans-title=GREENS Cloppenburg: Management of the GP OL to the denouncer, 2013district association |language=German |accessdate=2021-0810-02, page 430}}</ref>.

The GP OL practiced clear criticism of He still engages in his party for the objections integrity of the denouncer: "As far as you try beyond the accused to prove Nazi agitation, your conclusions appear designedall children, such including as the identification a member of utilizing the concept [[Bundesweiter Arbeitskreis Säkulare Grüne|BAK Säkulare Grüne]], through educational work and sharp criticism of German guilt in quotation marks with the denial proponents of the Holocaust. [...[German Circumcision Act]] Your complaint is simply based on assumptionsin his political party."<ref>Reply of the GP OL to the denouncer, 2013-08-02, page 4</ref>

In 2021, Dunkel ran as a GREEN candidate for the local city council and district council.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://gruene-cloppenburg.de/wir-kandidieren/ulf-dunkel/ |title=Wir kandidieren: Ulf Dunkel |trans-title=We are running: Ulf Dunkel |language= Collective Cognitive Dissonance German |website=GRÜNE Cloppenburg |date=2021-06In |accessdate=2021-06-07}}</ref> He did not win a mandate, but has been a member of the district council again as the first successor since July 2022 and parliamentary group leader since December 2022. {{PUB}}* "[[Komikernation Deutschland]]: Die Beschneidungsdebatte 2012 in Deutschland und die weltweiten Folgen" (''"Comedian Nation Germany: The 2012 circumcision debatein Germany and the global consequences"''), 2023.* "Beschneidung ist Betrug: Und die bevorstehende rechtliche Abrechnung", German translation of the English book "[[Circumcision Is A Fraud: And The Coming Legal Reckoning]]" by [[Peter W. Adler]], 2022.* "[[de_intactiwiki:Beschneidung: Das schmerzhafte Dilemma|Beschneidung: Das schmerzhafte Dilemma]] 2012", Ulf Dunkel created German translation of the concept 2nd edition of the standard work by the late [[Collective Cognitive DissonanceRosemary Romberg]] which describes the issue of cognitive dissonance for a group of persons, even existing over generations2021. * "[[Circumcision: The Painful Dilemma]]", 2nd edition of the standard work by the late [[CircumpendiumRosemary Romberg]] informs about this psychological phenomenon as follows, 2021.* "Beschneidung infragestellen: Eine jüdische Perspektive", German translation of the English book "[[Questioning Circumcision:A Jewish Perspective]]"<blockquoteref>It can frequently be found that the loss is denied, much as happens with the loss of other body partshttps://www. This denial can lead to fathers having their sons circumcised in order not to be reminded of their own lossamazon. In this processcom/gp/product/0964489562/</ref> by [[Ronald Goldman]], their own body is defined as 2019.* "normalBeschneidung - das verborgene Trauma" and , German translation of the English book "[[Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma]]"<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Circumcision-Hidden-Trauma-American-Ultimately/dp/0964489538/</ref> by [[foreskinRonald Goldman]] redefined as a foreign object, 2019.* [https://www.amazon. Their own parents are seen as de/Unaussprechliche-Verstümmelungen-Beschnittene-sprechen-darüber/dp/1516854705/ "goodUnaussprechliche Verstümmelungen"], so that this image is projected onto German translation of the circumcision their parents carried out as wellEnglish book "[[Unspeakable Mutilations]]" by [[Lindsay R. Watson]], in order to keep the positive emotion intact2015. The father wants to be a * "goodBeschneidung: Mythen und Fakten" father later in life as well, (''"Circumcision: Myths and soFacts"'', following an idealised image unreleased yet) == Other publications about intactivism ==* {{REFweb |url=https://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/10-years-of-circumcision-debate-in-germany/ |title=10 years of his own parentscircumcision debate in Germany |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |publisher=[[Intact America]] |date=2022-07-28 |accessdate=2022-11-15}}* {{REFweb |url=https://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2022/05/18/intactivism-is-not-about-jews-but-about-childrens-rights/ |title=Intactivism is not about Jews, circumcisionbut about children’s rights |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2022-05-18 |accessdate=2022-05-18}}* {{REFweb |url=https://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2021/07/18/unicef-bitte-keine-doppelmoral-mehr/ |title=UNICEF, which has been redefined as a "good thing"bitte keine Doppelmoral mehr |trans-title=UNICEF, is passed on to his son by having him circumcised as wellplease no more double standards |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2021-07-18 |accessdate=2021-07-19}}* {{REFnews |url=http://www.<ref>van der Kolk BAfreitag. The compulsion to repeat the trauma: rede/autoren/kanada/fangt-endlich-an-vom-kind-her-zu-enactmentdenken |title=Fangt endlich an, revictimizationvom Kind her zu denken |trans-title=At last, and masochismstart thinking from the child's point of view |language=German |publisher=Der Freitag |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2016-03-20 |accessdate=2020-05-02}}* {{REFweb |url=http://ulfdunkel.wordpress. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1989;com/2015/12/12/noch-mehr-doppelmoral/ |title=Noch mehr Doppelmoral |trans-title=Even more double standards |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2015-12(2)-12 |accessdate=2020-05-02}}* {{REFweb |url=http:389//ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/gruene-doppelmoral/ |title=Grüne Doppelmoral |trans-title=Green Double Standards |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2015-11-41124 |accessdate=2020-05-02}} - see also: [[Double standard]]* {{REFweb |url=http://ulfdunkel.<wordpress.com/2015/08/18/unaussprechliche-verstuemmelungen/ |title=Unaussprechliche Verstümmelungen |trans-title=[Unspeakable Mutilations] |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2015-08-18 |accessdate=2020-05-02}}* {{REFnews |url=http://ref><ref>Goldman Rwww.hpd. The psychological impact de/artikel/11677 |title=Pressemeldung zur Veröffentlichung von Celebrating Brit Shalom: Brit Shalom statt Beschneidung |trans-title=Press release for Celebrating Brit Shalom release: Brit Shalom instead of circumcision |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |publisher=[[HPD|Humanistischer Pressedienst]] |date=2015-05-15 |accessdate=2020-05-02}}* {{REFweb |url=http://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/fgm-folgt-mgm-fgm-follows-mgm/ |title=FGM folgt MGM |trans-title=FGM follows MGM |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2014-07-25 |accessdate=2020-05-02}}* {{REFweb |url=http://ulfdunkel. BJU Int 1999;83 Supplwordpress. 1com/2012/10/30/beschneidungsdebatte-alternativer-gesetzesanderung-entwurf-%C2%A7-1631-bgb/ |title=Alternativer Gesetzesänderung-Entwurf § 1631 BGB |trans-title=Alternative law draft amendment to § 1631 BGB |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |date=2012-10-30 |accessdate=2020-05-02}} proposed law enhancement for the 31st Federal Delegate Conference of the German [[Greens]] at the end of 2012 ([[Alternative law draft amendment to § 1631 BGB|English text here]])* {{REFweb |original-url=http:93//www.mogis.info/blog/2012/08/27/gastartikel-mein-kommentar-an-den-deutschen-ethikrat-103wegen-seiner-empfehlung-an-die-bundesregierung/ |url=https://ulfdunkel.wordpress.com/2022/03/30/gastartikel-mein-kommentar-an-den-deutschen-ethikrat-wegen-seiner-empfehlung-an-die-bundesregierung/ |title=Gastartikel: Mein Kommentar an den Deutschen Ethikrat wg. seiner Empfehlung an die Bundesregierung |trans-title=Guest article: My comment to the German Ethics Council on their recommendation to the German Federal Government |language=German |last=Dunkel |first=Ulf |author-link=Ulf Dunkel |publisher=[[MOGiS e.<V.]] |date=2012-08-27 |accessdate=2020-05-02}} {{LINKS}}* [https://www.youtube.com/ref>watch?v=3ODplGaNtZw Greens Party Convent #34, Nov. 2012: Introducing V48 by Ulf Dunkel and others, speaker: Ulf Dunkel]<* [https://www.youtube.com/blockquote>watch?v=w_smfQqaPXc Greens Party Convent #34, Nov. 2012: Reply to V24 by Sergey Lagodinsky, speaker: Ulf Dunkel] {{REF}}

== Political Engagement ==Ulf {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkel still engages in his party for the integrity of all children, including as a member of the [[Bundesweiter Arbeitskreis Säkulare Grüne|BAK Säkulare Grüne]], through educational work and sharp criticism of the proponents of the [[circumcision law]] it in his party.Ulf}}