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[[File:Davidpakanrebelwisom2019.png|thumb|Pakman in 2019]]
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.
==Effects of trauma==
==Effects of trauma==
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In his adult life he became a television journalist and political pundit. His usual subject matter is American politics.
In his adult life he became a television journalist and political pundit. His usual subject matter is American politics.


He has turned from his usual political fare to do promotional videos for non-therapeutic circumcision of boys. In these videos he has closely adhered to the [[Bias| biased]] advocacy positions of the [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]], which promote the income and welfare of doctors.
He has turned from his usual political fare to do promotional videos for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys. In these videos he has closely adhered to the [[Bias| biased]] advocacy positions of the [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]], which promote the income and welfare of doctors.


* In one video he praised the 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), which is a [[medical trade association]]. He is seemingly unaware that the 2012 AAP statement has received severe and unrelenting critical comment from both domestic and foreign sources and was allowed to expire without being reaffrimed, because it was so bad.
* In one video he praised the 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement<ref name="aap2012">{{REFjournal
|last=AAP Task Force on Circumcision
|title=Circumcision policy statement
|url=http://gentleproceduresdallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Manual-Infant-Circumcision.pdf
|journal=Pediatrics
|date=2012
|volume=130
|pages=585-6
|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1989
|format=PDF
}}</ref> of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), which is a [[medical trade association]]. He is seemingly unaware that the 2012 AAP statement has received [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| severe and unrelenting critical comment from both domestic and foreign sources]], so was allowed to expire without being reaffirmed, because it was so bad.


* In another video, he praised the 2015 Circumcision Policy Statement of the [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS), was was based on the hopelessly flawed 2012 AAP statement, seemingly unaware that the CPS is another [[medical trade association]].
* In another video, he praised the 2015 Circumcision Policy Statement<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal
|last=Sorokin
|first=S. Todd
|init=ST
|author-link=
|last2=Finlay
|init2=JC
|author2-link=
|last3=Jeffries
|init3=AL
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Newborn male circumcision
|journal=Paediatr Child Health
|location=
|date=2015-08
|volume=20
|issue=6
|pages=311-20
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578472/
|quote=
|pubmedID=26435672
|pubmedCID=4578472
|DOI=10.1093/pch/20.6.311
|accessdate=2023-05-31
}}</ref> of the [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS), was was based on the hopelessly flawed 2012 AAP statement, seemingly unaware that the CPS is another [[medical trade association]].


* In a third video, he quoted from the work of Australian Professor [[Brian J. Morris]], whose claims has been rejected in his own nation. Morris is another traumatized victim of infant [[circumcision]], who has followed a similar pattern of promoting injurious, non-therapeutic circumcision.
* In a third video, he quoted from the work of Australian Professor [[Brian J. Morris]], Ph.D., whose claims have been rejected in his home nation of [[Australia]]. Morris is another traumatized victim of infant [[circumcision]], who has followed a similar pattern of promoting injurious, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].


* In a fourth video, he  absurdly claimed that circumcision does not reduce [[foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]]. This is a mistake that only a man [[circumcised]] in infancy and in ''denial of loss'' could make.
* In a fourth video, he  absurdly claimed that circumcision does not reduce [[foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]]. This is a mistake that only a man [[circumcised]] in infancy and in '''''denial of loss''''' could make — again similar to Brian J. Morris.


Pakman's behavior is representative of the behavior of men deeply affected by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of infant non-therapeutic circumcision.
Pakman, so far, has produced nine videos in which he promotes the official stance of the [[circumcision industry]]. Pakman's behavior is representative of the behavior of men deeply affected by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of infant non-therapeutic circumcision. He appears to be engaged in '''''denial of loss''''' from his own circumcision.


==Rebuttal video==
==Rebuttal video==
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{{SEEALSO}}
 
* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[United States of America]]
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