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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 "specific erogenous zone",<ref>{{REFjournal

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 "specific erogenous zone",<ref name="winkelmann1959=>{{REFjournal

|last=Winklemann

|first=

|init=RK

|author-link=

|author-link=R. K. Winkelmann

|etal=no

|title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and its significance

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|accessdate=2025-12-01

}}</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.

}}</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

|init=D

|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

|accessdate=2026-03-12

|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.

|format=PDF

|accessdate=2026-03-12

}}</ref>

The foreskin is an important contributor to [https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/forepleasure forepleasure].<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://intactaus.org/information/functions-of-the-foreskin/

|title=Functions of the foreskin

|publisher=Intact Australia

|accessdate=2026-03-24

}}</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

|last=deMause

|first=Lloyd

|init=

|author-link=

|etal=no

|title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence

|journal=Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal

|location=

|date=1996

|volume=23

|issue=4

|pages=344-92

|url=http://www.mattes.de/buecher/praenatale_psychologie/PP_PDF/PP_08_2_deMause.pdf

|archived=

|quote=

|pubmedID=11609155

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|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 in the Middle East may help to explain the frequent wars in that part of the world.

* [[Circumcision and violence]]

* [[Foreskin play]]

* {{REFjournal

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[[Category:Psychology]]

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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
   |last=Prescott
   |init=JW
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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>{{REFjournal
+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
   |last=Winklemann
   |first=
   |init=RK
-  |author-link=
+  |author-link=R. K. Winkelmann
   |etal=no
   |title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and its significance
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   |doi=
   |accessdate=2025-12-01
-}}</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.
+}}</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
+ |init=D
+ |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
+ |accessdate=2026-03-12
+ |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.
+ |format=PDF
+ |accessdate=2026-03-12
+}}</ref>
+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>
+[[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
+ |last=deMause
+ |first=Lloyd
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence
+ |journal=Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal
+ |location=
+ |date=1996
+ |volume=23
+ |issue=4
+ |pages=344-92
+ |url=http://www.mattes.de/buecher/praenatale_psychologie/PP_PDF/PP_08_2_deMause.pdf
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=11609155
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |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 in the Middle East may help to explain the frequent wars in that part of the world.
 {{SEEALSO}}
 * [[Circumcision and violence]]
+* [[Foreskin play]]
 {{LINKS}}
 * {{REFjournal
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+[[Category:Circumcision term]]
+[[Category:Male sexuality]]
+[[Category:Parental information]]
+[[Category:Physiology]]
 [[Category:Psychology]]
+[[Category:Sociology]]
 [[Category:Term]]
 [[Category:Violence]]