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'''Suicide''' is a serious possible consequence of [[circumcision]] or circumcision trauma.
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'''Suicide''' is a serious possible consequence of [[circumcision]] or circumcision [[trauma]].<ref name="lowbridge2019">{{REFnews
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|title=My son killed himself after circumcision
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== [[Circumcision coma]] ==
 
== [[Circumcision coma]] ==
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New Zealand researcher [[Lindsay R. Watson]] describes a state of denial in grown-up men who have not yet realized that in their earliest childhood, the [[circumcision]] gave them a highly traumatic experience that they have not yet realized or even processed. When genitally mutilated men realize for the first time (often through a trigger impulse from the outside) what has been done to them, it is often like an "awakening from a coma" to them.
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[[New Zealand]] researcher [[Lindsay R. Watson]] describes a state of denial in grown-up men who have not yet realized that in their earliest childhood, the [[circumcision]] gave them a highly [[Trauma| traumatic experience]] that they have not yet realized or even processed. When genitally mutilated men realize for the first time (often through a trigger impulse from the outside) what has been done to them, it is often like an "awakening from a coma" to them.<ref name="watson2014">{{REFbook
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|title=[[Unspeakable Mutilations]]
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|isbn=978-1495266577
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This is often followed by extreme feelings of hate, anger and loss. Chances are that these men find no way to channel their anger constructively to protect others from genital mutilation. Some of these simply give up themselves by committing suicide.
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This is often followed by extreme feelings of hate, anger and loss. Chances are that these men find no way to channel their anger constructively to protect others from [[MGM| genital mutilation]]. Some of these simply give up themselves by committing suicide.<ref name="watson2014" />
  
 
== Documented cases of suicide due to circumcision ==
 
== Documented cases of suicide due to circumcision ==
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}}</ref> || {{Age|1983|10|07|2011|11|02}} || Hated himself and his mother over a very aggressive [[circumcision]] conducted while he was an infant.
 
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| Cagle, Kevin Lloyd<ref>{{REFweb
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| [https://intaction.org/kevin-cagle-circumcision-suicide/ Cagle, Kevin Lloyd]<ref>{{REFweb
 
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| [[Jonathon Conte|Conte, Jonathon]] || {{Age|1981|06|14|2016|05|09}} || Botched circumcision and resulting depression.
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| [[Jonathon Conte|Conte, Jonathon]] || {{Age|1981|06|14|2016|05|09}} || Botched [[circumcision]] and resulting [[depression]].
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| Hardy, Alex<ref name="lowbridge2019"/> || 23 || "It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe... I died in 2015, not now."
 
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| Lwane, Dontsa || 19 || Botched circumcision.
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|[[Hans Herzl| Herzl, Hans]] || 39 || Resented teen age [[Brit Milah| circumcision]]. Suicide after sister's death.
 
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| Lwane, Wandile || 21 || Suicide after learning of his brother Dontsa's death.
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| [[Fatalities#2005|Lwane, Dontsa]] || 19 || Botched [[circumcision]].
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| [[Fatalities#2005|Lwane, Wandile]] || 21 || Suicide after learning of his brother Dontsa's death.
 
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| [[David Reimer|Reimer, David]] || {{Age|1965|08|22|2004|05|04}} || Never felt complete.
 
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== Suicide attempts ==
 
== Suicide attempts ==
 
There are some documented suicide attempts but surely most attempts never come to light.
 
There are some documented suicide attempts but surely most attempts never come to light.
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* {{REFbook
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|first=Linda
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|year=2013
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|chapter=Male Circumcision and the Potential for Unexplained Male Adolescent Suicide in Northern Ireland
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston|Denniston GC]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Hodges FM]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos|Milos MF]]
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|title=Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements
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|publisher=Springer
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|location=Dordrecht
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|pages=101-106
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|DOI=10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_7
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|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_7
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|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/317/7169/1346.full
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|title=Obstetric care and proneness of offspring to suicide
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|date=1998
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/salk1/
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|title=Relationship of maternal and perinatal conditions to eventual adolescent suicide
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|date=1985
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|volume=i
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|pages=624-627
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{{SEEALSO}}
 
{{SEEALSO}}
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* [[Depression]]
 
* [[Documented severe complications of circumcision]]
 
* [[Documented severe complications of circumcision]]
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* [[Fatalities]]
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* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
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* [[Trauma]]
  
 
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{{REF}}
  
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[[Category:Circumcision risk]]
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[[Category:Psychology]]
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[[Category:Suicide]]
 
[[Category:Term]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 13 September 2024

Suicide is a serious possible consequence of circumcision or circumcision trauma.[1]

Circumcision coma

New Zealand researcher Lindsay R. Watson describes a state of denial in grown-up men who have not yet realized that in their earliest childhood, the circumcision gave them a highly traumatic experience that they have not yet realized or even processed. When genitally mutilated men realize for the first time (often through a trigger impulse from the outside) what has been done to them, it is often like an "awakening from a coma" to them.[2]

This is often followed by extreme feelings of hate, anger and loss. Chances are that these men find no way to channel their anger constructively to protect others from genital mutilation. Some of these simply give up themselves by committing suicide.[2]

Documented cases of suicide due to circumcision

There are not so many records of men who could no longer endure their condition after forced circumcision and who took their own lives. This article tries to collect a list of these tragedies.

Name Age Reason
Brandt, Brian Mathew[3] 28 Hated himself and his mother over a very aggressive circumcision conducted while he was an infant.
Cagle, Kevin Lloyd[4] 20 I hate my body. I don't feel whole.
Conte, Jonathon 34 Botched circumcision and resulting depression.
Hardy, Alex[1] 23 "It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe... I died in 2015, not now."
Herzl, Hans 39 Resented teen age circumcision. Suicide after sister's death.
Lwane, Dontsa 19 Botched circumcision.
Lwane, Wandile 21 Suicide after learning of his brother Dontsa's death.
Reimer, David 38 Never felt complete.
Terrebonne, Beasley Allen[5] 48 Botched circumcision and resulting depression.

Suicide attempts

There are some documented suicide attempts but surely most attempts never come to light.

Publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ a b REFnews Lowbridge, Caroline (17 April 2019)."My son killed himself after circumcision", BBC, BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ↑ a b REFbook Watson LR (2014): Unspeakable Mutilations. 218 pages. ISBN 978-1495266577. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ↑ REFweb (2012). Letters to Editor, NOCIRC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ↑ REFweb (1 April 2015). Circumcision Suicide: Kevin Cagle - 20 years old, Facebook. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ↑ REFweb DeSantis, John (25 December 2008). Man found dead near Nicholls campus (archive URL), Houma Today. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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