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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a term that appears to have been coined by the late [[James W. Prescott]], Ph.D., in 1975. Dr. Prescott related deprivation of physical pleasure to expression of physical violence.<ref name="prescott1975">{{REFjournal
|last=Prescott
|first=
|init=RK
|author-link=R. K. Winkelmann
|etal=no
|title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and its significance
}}</ref> so it is a major source of body pleasure. [[Amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]] results in a deficiency of body pleasure in [[circumcised]] males.
Lloyd de Mause (1996) also observed the aggressive, more violent-prone personality that is more common in [[circumcised]] men, but he attributed the cause to early childhood [[trauma]], which must include [[pain| painful]] [[circumcision]].,<ref name="demause1996">{{REFjournal
|last=deMause
|first=Lloyd
|DOI=
|accessdate=2025-12-01
}}</ref> however, the men also experienced loss of body pleasure, which may have been the true cause of their personality change. The personality of [[circumcised]] men may be affected by both early childhood [[trauma]] and loss of body pleasure.
==International Relations==
The Middle East is populated by both Jews and Muslims. Both [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] require boys to be [[circumcised]]. The nearly ubiquitiousness of [[circumcision]] of boys may help to explain the frequent wars in the Middle East.
{{SEEALSO}}
[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:Male sexuality]]
[[Category:Parental information]]
[[Category:Physiology]]
[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Violence]]