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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 | |||
'''{{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>{{REFjournal | |||
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The term "body pleasure" is understood to be pleasure experienced from stimulation of the erogenous areas of the body. Winkelmann (1959) identified the foreskin (prepuce) to be a "<i>specific erogenous zone</i>",<ref name="winkelmann1959=>{{REFjournal | |||
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|author-link=R. K. Winkelmann | |||
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|title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and its significance | |||
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|journal=Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin | |||
|date=1959-01-21 | |||
|volume=34 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=39-47 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/ | |||
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}}</ref> so it is a major source of body pleasure. [[Amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]] disables receipt of body pleasure from the foreskin in [[circumcised]] males.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Andersen-Giberson | |||
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|author-link=Dale Andersen | |||
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework | |||
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses | |||
|date=2025-12 | |||
|volume=10 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=1-37 | |||
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786 | |||
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|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens. | |||
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The foreskin is an important contributor to <i>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/forepleasure forepleasure]</i>.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactaus.org/information/functions-of-the-foreskin/ | |||
|title=Functions of the foreskin | |||
|publisher=Intact Australia | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-24 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
[[Lloyd Demause]] (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 | |||
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|title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence | |||
|journal=Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal | |||
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|date=1996 | |||
|volume=23 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=344-92 | |||
|url=http://www.mattes.de/buecher/praenatale_psychologie/PP_PDF/PP_08_2_deMause.pdf | |||
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}}</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 in the Middle East may help to explain the frequent wars in that part of the world. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Circumcision and violence]] | * [[Circumcision and violence]] | ||
* [[Foreskin play]] | |||
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* {{REFjournal | |||
|last=Prescott | |||
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|author-link=James W. Prescott | |||
|url=http://www.violence.de/prescott/letters/Sixteen_Principles.pdf | |||
|title=Sixteen Principles For Personal, Family and Global Peace | |||
|journal=The Truth Seeker | |||
|date=March 1989 | |||
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|pages=33 | |||
|format=PDF | |||
|accessdate=2022-11-02 | |||
}} | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Circumcision term]] | |||
[[Category:Male sexuality]] | |||
[[Category:Parental information]] | |||
[[Category:Physiology]] | |||
[[Category:Psychology]] | [[Category:Psychology]] | ||
[[Category:Sociology]] | |||
[[Category:Term]] | [[Category:Term]] | ||
[[Category:Violence]] | [[Category:Violence]] | ||