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  |title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and its significance
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}}</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
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|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
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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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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
The foreskin is an important contributor to <i>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/forepleasure forepleasure]</i>.<ref>{{REFweb
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[[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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}}</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.
 
The personality of [[circumcised]] men may be affected by both early childhood [[trauma]] and loss of body pleasure.


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.
==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.
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* [[Circumcision and violence]]
* [[Circumcision and violence]]
* [[Foreskin play]]
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