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'''Circumcised''' is the [https://www.wordnik.com/words/participle participle] of the verb ''to circumcise''. It functions as an adjective applied to the incomplete [[penis]] and to males with an incomplete penis, which has had an essential, functional part (the [[foreskin]]) excised, resulting in a condition of male genital mutilation ([[MGM]]).  
'''Circumcised''' is the [https://www.wordnik.com/words/participle participle] of the verb ''to circumcise''. It functions as an adjective applied to the incomplete [[penis]] and to males with an incomplete [[penis]], which has had an essential, functional part (the [[foreskin]]) excised, resulting in a condition of male genital mutilation ([[MGM]]).  
 
[[Intact]] is displacing circumcised among newborn boys as the new NORM in America.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/United_States_of_America#Intactness_is_the_new_norm
|title=Intact is the new norm
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|publisher=IntactiWiki
|date=2024-04-09
|accessdate=2024-05-14
}}</ref>


== Circumcised males ==
== Circumcised males ==
The circumcision procedure used by medical doctors in modern times is essentially the [[periah]] procedure invented by the rabbis in 140 A.D. and designed to inflict the maximum amount of irreversible harm to the [[penis]] to prevent the practice of [[epispasm]].
Circumcised males experience physical and psychic [[trauma]].<ref name="garrett2023-12-17">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/
|title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-17
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}</ref> Prescott (1975) argued that circumcised men are deprived of "physical sensory pleasure" and this is the "principal root cause of violence."<ref name="prescott1975">{{REFjournal
|last=Prescott
|init=JW
|author-link=James W. Prescott
|url=http://www.violence.de/prescott/bulletin/article.html
|title=Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence
|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
|date=1975-11
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=10-20
|accessdate=2025-09-13
}}</ref> Andersen-Giberson (2025) reported circumcised men are disabled.<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=2026-03-13
}}
</ref>
Circumcised men have a life-long loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions|physiological functions]]. All have a physical [[circumcision scar]]. Circumcised men are more likely to have hair on their penile shaft.<ref name="milos2022-09-12">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-it-normal-to-have-hair-on-your-penis/
|title=Ask Marilyn—Is It Normal to Have Hair on Your Penis?
|last=Milos
|first=
|init=MF
|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-09-12
|accessdate=2024-10-24
}}</ref>


Circumcised males experience physical and psychic [[trauma]] and have a life-long loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions|physiological functions]]. All have a physical [[circumcision scar]]. Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. Denial of loss is common. Circumcised men who become fathers may exhibit [[adamant father syndrome]].
Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. ''Denial of loss'' is common.<ref name="hill2017">{{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=George Hill
|title=The case against circumcision
|journal=Journal of Men's Health and Gender
|date=2007
|volume=4
|issue=3
|pages=318-23
|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=04ace5046cc27f01b8fbe4aa359c059778983912
|quote=
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-10-01
}}</ref> Circumcised men who become fathers may exhibit [[adamant father syndrome]].


Circumcised males do not have a [[preputial sac]]. Circumcised males may experience tight and painful [[erection]] and are more likely to have excess hair on the shaft.
Circumcised males lack a [[foreskin]], so cannot have a [[preputial sac]]. Circumcised males may experience tight and painful [[erection]] and are more likely to have excess hair on the shaft of the [[penis]].


Many circumcised males experience a [[Masturbation#Circumcised_penis| masturbation]] handicap.<ref>{{REFjournal
Circumcised males lose most or all of their [[gliding action]].<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal
  |last=Spratling
  |last=Spratling
  |init=EJ
  |init=EJ
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  |accessdate=2023-08-06
  |accessdate=2023-08-06
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
Most circumcised males experience a [[Masturbation#Circumcised_penis| masturbation]] handicap.<ref name="spratling1895" /> <ref name="kimpang2007">{{KimDS PangMG 2007}}</ref>
Laumann et al. (1997) reported, "circumcised men engage in a more elaborated set of sexual practices."<ref name="Laumann1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Laumann
|init=EO
|last2=Masi
|init2=CM
|last3=Zuckerman
|init3=EW
|title=Circumcision in the United States: prevalence, prophylactic effects, and sexual practice
|journal=JAMA
|volume=277
|issue=13
|pages=1052-1057
|url=http://www.circs.org/library/laumann/
|quote=
|pubmedID=9091693
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1001/jama.277.13.1052
|date=1997-04-02
|accessdate=2023-10-30
}}</ref>
Circumcised males may have more difficulty with penetration.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taves
|first=
|init=DR
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=The intromission function of the foreskin
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Med Hypotheses
|location=
|date=2002-08
|volume=59
|issue=2
|pages=180-2
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taves1/
|archived=
|quote=Repeated measurements showed a 10-fold reduction of force on entry with an initially unretracted foreskin as compared to entry with a retracted foreskin.
|pubmedID=12208206
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00250-5
|accessdate=2024-04-10
}}</ref>
A few circumcised males report difficulty in reaching a climax during sexual intercourse.


Surprisingly, many circumcised men are ignorant of their [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ lost function]. They may not know that they are circumcised. Many men cannot recognize their [[circumcision scar]] as a scar.<ref>{{REFbook
Surprisingly, many circumcised men are ignorant of their [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ lost function]. They may not know that they are circumcised. Many men cannot recognize their [[circumcision scar]] as a scar.<ref>{{REFbook
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  |edition=Second Edition
  |volume=
  |volume=
  |chapter=Psychological factors related to infant circumcision.
  |chapter=Psychological factors related to infant circumcision
  |scope=
  |scope=242
  |page=110
  |page=110
  |pages=
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  |accessdate=2023-08-13
  |accessdate=2023-08-13
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}}</ref>  They frequently believe the fraudulent claims of health benefits and count themselves fortunate to be circumcised! Others may deny the obvious loss.  
}}</ref>  They frequently believe the fraudulent claims of health benefits and count themselves fortunate to be circumcised! Others may be in ''denial of loss'' — the first stage of grief.
 
Other circumcised males, however, become aware of their lost function, including loss of [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| sexual sensation]],<ref name="garrett2024-05-15">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/negative-effects-of-circumcision-in-later-life/
|title=Negative Effects of Circumcision in Later Life: Long-term Implications
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-05-15
|accessdate=2024-08-16
}}</ref> and develop deep resentment and rage because of their parent's decision to order irreversible infant [[circumcision]].
 
Men who voluntarily submitted to [[adult circumcision]]  may rue their decision and become [[regret men]].
 
For the longer term, non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] may help circumcised men to improve sensation.


For the longer term, non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] may help to improve sensation.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Circumcised'' is a Biblical term. It occurs 43 times in the Bible. The first occurrence is in Genesis 17:10. It also is used as a noun to refer to the Hebrews.  
''Circumcised'' is a Biblical term. It occurs 43 times in the Bible. The first occurrence is in Genesis 17:10. It also is used as a noun to refer to the Hebrews.  
==Legal opinion==
==Legal opinion==
Family Court Judge Sir James Munby ruled in the case of [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3| B & G]] that excision of the functional [[foreskin]] of the penis constituted "significant harm".<ref>{{REFweb
Family Court Judge Sir James Munby ruled in the case of [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3| B & G]] that [[excision]] of the functional [[foreskin]] of the [[penis]] (circumcision) constituted "significant harm".<ref>{{REFweb
  |title=Re B and G (Children) (No 2) [2015&#93; EWFC 3
  |title=Re B and G (Children) (No 2) [2015&#93; EWFC 3
  |url=https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/re-b-and-g-children-no-2-2015-ewfc-3
  |url=https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/re-b-and-g-children-no-2-2015-ewfc-3
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Alexithemia| Alexithymia]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision and violence]]
* [[Circumcision coma]]
* [[Foreskinned]]
* [[Foreskinned]]
* [[Intact]]
* [[Intact]]
* [[Regret men]]
* [[Regret men]]
* [[Sexual effects of circumcision]]
* [[Uncircumcised]]
* [[Uncircumcised]]


{{REF}}
{{REF}}


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