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Surprisingly, many, perhaps most, circumcised men are ignorant Circumcised males experience physical and psychic [[trauma]] and have a life-long loss of their lost functionvarious [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions|physiological functions]]. They may not know that they are circumcisedAll have a physical [[circumcision scar]]. They frequently believe the claims of health benefits and count themselves fortunate to be circumcised!
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'''Circumcised''' is the [https://www.wordnik.com/words/participle participle] of the verb ''to circumcise''. It functions as an adjective applied to the incomplete [[penis]] and to males with an incomplete [[penis]], which has had an essential, functional part (the [[foreskin]]) excised, resulting in a condition of male genital mutilation ([[MGM]]).
== 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]]. Most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]], however psychic scars are not visible. Circumcised males may experience tight-feeling and painful [[erection]].==
Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. ''Denial of loss'' is common.<ref name="hill2017">{{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=George Hill
|title=The case against circumcision
|journal=Journal of Men's Health and Gender
|date=2007
|volume=4
|issue=3
|pages=318-23
|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=04ace5046cc27f01b8fbe4aa359c059778983912
|quote=
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-10-01
}}</ref> Circumcised men who become fathers may exhibit [[adamant father syndrome]].
Circumcised males lack a [[foreskin]] and do not have a [[preputial sac]]. Circumcised males may experience tight and painful [[erection]] and are more likely to have excess hair on the shaft of the [[penis]].
Circumcised males lose most or all of their [[gliding action]].<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal
|last=Spratling
|init=EJ
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
|author2-link=
|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>
Most circumcised males experience a [[Masturbation#Circumcised_penis| masturbation]] handicap.<ref name="spratling1895" /> <ref name="kimpang2007">{{KimDS PangMG 2007}}</ref>
Laumann et al. (1997) reported, "circumcised men engage in a more elaborated set of sexual practices."<ref name="Laumann1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Laumann
|init=EO
|last2=Masi
|init2=CM
|last3=Zuckerman
|init3=EW
|title=Circumcision in the United States: prevalence, prophylactic effects, and sexual practice
|journal=JAMA
|volume=277
|issue=13
|pages=1052-1057
|url=http://www.circs.org/library/laumann/
|quote=
|pubmedID=9091693
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1001/jama.277.13.1052
|date=1997-04-02
|accessdate=2023-10-30
}}</ref>
Circumcised males may have more difficulty with penetration.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taves
|first=
|init=DR
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=The intromission function of the foreskin
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Med Hypotheses
|location=
|date=2002-08
|volume=59
|issue=2
|pages=180-2
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taves1/
|archived=
|quote=Repeated measurements showed a 10-fold reduction of force on entry with an initially unretracted foreskin as compared to entry with a retracted foreskin.
|pubmedID=12208206
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00250-5
|accessdate=2024-04-10
}}</ref>
Surprisingly, many circumcised men are ignorant of their [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ lost function]. They may not know that they are circumcised. Many men cannot recognize their [[circumcision scar]] as a scar.<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Bigelow, Ph.D
|first=Jim
|init=
|author-link=Jim Bigelow
|year=1995
|title=The Joy of Uncircumcising
|url=
|work=
|editor=
|edition=Second Edition
|volume=
|chapter=Psychological factors related to infant circumcision
|scope=242
|page=110
|pages=
|location=Aptos
|publisher=Hourglass
|ISBN=0-934061-22-X
|quote=
|accessdate=2023-08-13
|note=
}}</ref> They frequently believe the fraudulent claims of health benefits and count themselves fortunate to be circumcised! Others may be in ''denial of loss'' — the first stage of grief.
For the longer term, non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] may help to improve sensation.
==Etymology==
''Circumcised'' is a Biblical term. It occurs 43 times in the Bible. The first occurrence is in Genesis 17:10. It also is used as a noun to refer to the Hebrews.
==Legal opinion==Family Court Judge Sir James Munby ruled in the case of [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3| B & G]] that excision of the functional [[foreskin]] of the [[penis ]] constituted "significant harm".<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Re B and G (Children) (No 2) [2015] EWFC 3
|url=https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/re-b-and-g-children-no-2-2015-ewfc-3
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Alexithemia| Alexithymia]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision coma]]
* [[Foreskinned]]
* [[Intact]]
* [[Regret men]]
* [[Sexual effects of circumcision]]
* [[Uncircumcised]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]