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|date=2003
|accessdate=2022-11-13
}}</ref> Circumcision causes trauma.<ref>{{REFbook |last=Goldman |first=Ronald |init= |year=1997 |title=Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma: How an American Cultural Practice Affects Infants and Ultimately Us All |url=https://circumcision.org/circumcision-the-hidden-trauma/ |scope= |location= |publisher=Vanguard Publications |ISBN= |accessdate=2024-12-13 }}</ref> <ref>{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}</ref>
== Physical trauma ==
== Psychic trauma ==
Psychic trauma is a psychologically upsetting experience that produces an emotional or mental disorder or otherwise has lasting negative effects on a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior.<ref name="trauma2003" />
== Birth trauma ==
De Mause (1996) argued that early trauma results in aggressive adult behavior.<ref name="demause1996">{{REFjournal
|last=deMause
|first=Lloyd
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|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence
|journal=Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal
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|volume=23
|issue=4
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|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=11609155
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|accessdate=2024-04-03
}}</ref> Jacobsen & Bygdeman (1998) reported an association between birth trauma and adult suicide.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Obstetric care and proneness of offspring to suicide as adults: case-control study
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|journal=BMJ
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|volume=317
|issue=7169
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|pubmedID=9812930
|pubmedCID=28715
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.317.7169.1346
|doi=
|accessdate=2023-10-18
}}</ref>
== Circumcision trauma ==
There are no medical indications for infant [[circumcision]],<ref>{{REFbook |last=Committee on Fetus and Newborn |first= |init= |year=1971 |title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants. 5th ed. |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971 |scope= |location=Evanston |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |ISBN= |accessdate=2024-04-03 }}</ref> which is a [[Pain| painful]], traumatic, non-therapeutic, medically-unnecessary invasive amputative surgery.<ref name="garrett2023-12-17">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/ |title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room |last=Garrett |first=Connor |init= |author-link=Connor Judson Garrett |publisher=Intact America |date=2023-12-17 |accessdate=2024-05-15}}</ref> Infant circumcision still occurs more than 2,000 times a day in the [[United States]]. Circumcision trauma includes ''both'' physical trauma and psychic trauma.,<ref name="boyle2002">{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}</ref> sexual trauma,<ref name="remennick2022">{{REFjournal |last=Remennick |first= |init=L |author-link= |etal=no |title=Joining the tribe: adult circumcision among immigrant men in Israel and its traumatic aftermath |trans-title= |language= |journal=Cult Health Sex |date=2022-05 |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=702-16 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272?needAccess=true |archived= |quote=Although opinions differed, the majority in this small survey said that the exposure of glans penis gradually lowered sensitivity, reducing pleasure both in intercourse and masturbation. In hindsight, many informants regretted their consent to undergo brit under social pressure. |pubmedID=33512277 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1080/13691058.2021.1879272 |format=PDF |accessdate=2024-12-30}}</ref> and psychic trauma.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Aydoğdu
|first=
|page=
|pages=264-71
|url=https://janh.candle.or.id/index.php/janh/article/viewdownload/110/138
|archived=
|quote=
|DOI=10.55018/janh.v4i2.110
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-01-16
}}</ref> <ref name="boyle2015">{{REFjournal
|last=Boyle
|first=
|init=GJ
|author-link=Gregory J. Boyle
|etal=no
|title=Circumcision of Infants and Children: Short-Term Trauma and Long-Term Psychosexual Harm
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Advances in Sexual Medicine
|location=
|date=2015-04-15
|volume=5
|issue=3
|article=
|page=
|pages=22-38
|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2931/bb0b1cd39a0224fff37545c23931679488fd.pdf
|archived=
|DOI=10.4236/asm.2015.52004
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-03-05
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-gone-wrong/
|title=Circumcision Gone Wrong: Damage, Deformity, Death
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-11-04
|accessdate=2024-06-02
}}</ref> Batteley, Metters & Smith (2023) state, in addition to the physical risks, the psychological risks should receive attention.<ref name="batterley2023">{{REFjournal
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|last2=Metters
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|last3=Smith
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|init3=D
|author3-link=David Smith
|etal=no
|title=Male Circumcision-Based Trauma: Should it be Shown Greater Recognition?
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|language=
|journal=PsyArXiv
|location=
|date=2023-01-18
|volume=Preprint
|pages=1-13
|url=https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4yv62
|archived=
|quote=
|DOI=10.31234/osf.io/4yv62
|accessdate=2023-02-25
}}</ref>
[[Dan Bollinger| Bollinger]] (2023) reported a preliminary survey comparing [[intact]] and [[circumcised]] men using the ACE test. The [[circumcised]] men had higher ACE scores than the [[intact]] men. Bollinger has called for additional study to determine if male genital cutting (circumcision) should be classified as an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| Adverse Childhood Experience]].<ref name="bollinger2023">{{REFjournal
|last=Bollinger
|init=D
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|last2=
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|author2-link=
|url=https://kindredmedia.org/2023/02/adverse-childhood-experiences-dysfunctional-households-and-circumcision/
|title=Adverse Childhood Experiences, Dysfunctional Households, and Circumcision.
|journal=Kindred
|date=2023-02-28
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=
|accessdate=2023-03-01
}}</ref>
Although the [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]], which promote harmful child circumcision for their profit, minimize its effects, the trauma from [[circumcision]] is an extremely serious matter. Professor [[Jonathan A. Allan]] (2024) has devoted an entire chapter in his book to the issue of circumcision trauma.<ref name="allan2024">{{REFbook
|last=Allan
|first=
|init=JA
|author-link=Jonathan A. Allan
|year=2024
|title=Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin
|url=https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Uncut
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|volume=
|chapter=Chapter 8: Intactivism and the Logic of Trauma
|scope=
|page=
|pages=217-55
|location=Regina
|publisher=University of Regina Press
|ISBN=978-1779400307
|quote=
|accessdate=2024-12-29
|note=
}}</ref>
=== Physical circumcision trauma ===
Circumcision, more properly described as ''posthectomy'', is the surgical excision and amputation of the [[foreskin ]] of the [[penis]], which permanently removes a significant portion of the epithelium of the [[penis ]] and destroys the significant and important [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protective]], [[Foreskin#Immunological_functions| immunological]], [[Foreskin#Sexual_functions| sexual]], and [[Foreskin#Sexual_behavior| sensory]] physiological functions of that structure, and leaves the patient permanently and irreversibly impaired by the loss of those functions.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref>
==== Results of physical circumcision trauma ====
=== Psychic circumcision trauma ===
According to [[Marilyn Milos]], "every man who has a scar on his [[penis]] also has a scar on his psyche." The medical community , however, has been slow to recognize the trauma of [[circumcision]].<ref name="batterley2023" /> <ref name="goldman1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Goldman
|first=
|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1093.x
|accessdate=2022-11-14
}}</ref>
Although a [[circumcision]] may be performed at any age, circumcisions are most commonly performed on newborn boys in the first month of life outside of the mother's womb. At that tender age general anesthesia is too dangerous to administer, so newborn boys receive only minimal [[pain]] relief at best and, in many cases, none at all.
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Boyle & Ramos (2019) reported [[PTSD]] in [[circumcised]] boys in the Philippine Islandswhere [[Tuli]] remains the usual practice.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Boyle
|first=Gregory J.
==== Results of psychic circumcision trauma ====
Results of psychic circumcision trauma include:
* [[Posttraumatic Post-traumatic stress disorder]]
* [[Adamant father syndrome]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
== Ethics ==
Two ethicists, Myers & Earp (2020), have conducted a detailed review and analysis of the claimed medical benefits of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. They have determined that the alleged benefits are not material, so they do not support granting of consent by a surrogate. Moreover, they comment that even the most perfectly executed surgery produces trauma and harm to the patient. Circumcision also produces tissue loss and loss of function, therefore, circumcision should be performed only after the individual reaches the age of consent.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
|last=Myers
|first=
|init=A
|author-link=
|last2=Earp
|first2=
|init2=BD
|author2-link=Brian D. Earp
|etal=no
|title=What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=J Biosoc Sci
|location=
|date=2020-09
|volume=34
|issue=7
|pages=560-72
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Earp-2/publication/337720859_What_Is_the_Best_Age_to_Circumcise_A_Medical_and_Ethical_Analysis/links/5f815f61a6fdccfd7b555395/What-Is-the-Best-Age-to-Circumcise-A-Medical-and-Ethical-Analysis.pdf
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|pubmedID=32068898
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1111/bioe.12714
|accessdate=2023-05-18
}}</ref> Consent by a surrogate for a non-therapeutic circumcision is an unethical practice.
== Video ==
===Circumcision: Trauma, Psychological Effects, Cultural Beliefs===
<youtube>v=lNItNHs9PR8&list=PLmrnvFzPoEloNFlh1lNKzig41vqprZnoc&index=1</youtube>
===Therapy Uncovers Circumcision Trauma===
<youtube>v=n5NDYG6w2eA</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumstraint]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Psychological literature about male circumcision]]
* [[Ronald Goldman Testifies On Circumcision Trauma At Historic PACE Hearing]]
* [[Sexual effects of circumcision]]* [[Vagina]]
{{LINKS}}
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* {{REFweb
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|title=Extreme trauma from male circumcision causes damage to areas of the brain
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/
|title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-17
|accessdate=2023-12-31
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/timeline-of-circumcision-suffering/
|title=A Timeline of Circumcision Suffering: A Detailed Look
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
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|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-02
|accessdate=2024-02-09
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-in-bedroom/
|title=Severed Intimacy: Navigating Circumcision Trauma in The Bedroom
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|publisher=Intact America
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.verywellmind.com/signs-of-childhood-trauma-in-adults-5207979?hid=3004559afef75db5631e964d1212ec175a774c9e&did=18229677-20250627&lctg=3004559afef75db5631e964d1212ec175a774c9e&lr_input=26e7f2434137ffb0e492a98b870be0a76eb8bfe817d1bc8584c36552ebd17582
|title=Signs of Childhood Trauma in Adults
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|publisher=Verywell Mind
|date=2023-12-04
|accessdate=2025-06-27
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-suicide-son/
|title=A Mother’s Grief: Circumcision Added to My Son’s Trauma Burden
|last=Couture
|first=Laurie A.
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-09-28
|accessdate=2025-10-03
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