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{{Construction Site}}[[File:Davidpakanrebelwisom2019.png|thumb|Pakman in 2019]]'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=1939-09-23|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.==Effects of trauma==Trauma causes behavior change. Famed trauma expert [[Bessel van der Kolk]], {{MD}} (1989) reports that traumatized persons tend to repeat the [[trauma]] on themselves or others, resulting in harm to others, harm to self, or being re-victimized. He writes:<blockquote>Some traumatized people remain preoccupied with the [[trauma]] at the expense of other life experiences and continue to re-create it in some form for themselves or for others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref> </blockquote>==Promotion of non-therapeutic circumcision==Pakman immigrated to the [[United States]] at the age of 5 and is now a naturalized citizen.

Trauma causes In his adult life he became a television journalist and political pundit. His usual subject matter is American politics. He has turned from his usual political fare to do promotional videos for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys. In these videos he has closely adhered to the [[Bias| biased]] advocacy positions of the [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]], which promote the income and welfare of doctors. * In one video he praised the 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement<ref name="aap2012">{{REFjournal |last=AAP Task Force on Circumcision |title=Circumcision policy statement |url=http://gentleproceduresdallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Manual-Infant-Circumcision.pdf |journal=Pediatrics |date=2012 |volume=130 |pages=585-6 |DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1989 |format=PDF}}</ref> of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), which is a [[medical trade association]]. He is seemingly unaware that the 2012 AAP statement has received [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| severe and unrelenting critical comment from both domestic and foreign sources]], so was allowed to expire without being reaffirmed, because it was so bad. * In another video, he praised the 2015 Circumcision Policy Statement<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal |last=Sorokin |first=S. Todd |init=ST |author-link= |last2=Finlay |init2=JC |author2-link= |last3=Jeffries |init3=AL |author3-link= |etal=yes |title=Newborn male circumcision |journal=Paediatr Child Health |location= |date=2015-08 |volume=20 |issue=6 |pages=311-20 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578472/ |quote= |pubmedID=26435672 |pubmedCID=4578472 |DOI=10.1093/pch/20.6.311 |accessdate=2023-05-31}}</ref> of the [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS), was was based on the hopelessly flawed 2012 AAP statement, seemingly unaware that the CPS is another [[medical trade association]]. * In a third video, he quoted from the work of Australian Professor [[Brian J. Morris]], Ph.D., whose claims have been rejected in his home nation of [[Australia]]. Morris is another traumatized victim of infant [[circumcision]], who has followed a similar pattern of promoting injurious, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. * In a fourth video, he absurdly claimed that circumcision does not reduce [[foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]]. This is a mistake that only a man [[circumcised]] in infancy and in '''''denial of loss''''' could make — again similar to Brian J. Morris. Pakman, so far, has produced nine videos in which he promotes the official stance of the [[circumcision industry]]. Pakman's behavior changeis representative of the behavior of men deeply affected by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of infant non-therapeutic circumcision. He appears to be engaged in '''''denial of loss''''' from his own circumcision. ==Rebuttal video==An hour-long video to rebut Pakman's absurd claims has been published. <br>* <youtube>v=s9A6gPT55zQ</youtube>{{SEEALSO}}* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]]* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]* [[United States of America]]{{ABBR}}

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