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[[Intact]] is displacing circumcised among newborn boys as the new NORM in America.<ref>{{REFweb
[[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#Intact_is_the_new_norm
  |url=https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/United_States_of_America#Intactness_is_the_new_norm
  |title=Intact is the new norm
  |title=Intact is the new norm
  |last=Anonymous
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== 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
Circumcised males experience physical and psychic [[trauma]].<ref name="garrett2023-12-17">{{REFweb
  |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/
  |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/
  |title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room
  |title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room
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  |date=2023-12-17
  |date=2023-12-17
  |accessdate=2024-05-15
  |accessdate=2024-05-15
}}</ref> and have a life-long loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions|physiological functions]]. All have a physical [[circumcision scar]].  
}}</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>


Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. ''Denial of loss'' is common.<ref name="hill2017">{{REFjournal
Psychic scars are not visible, but most experience [[Psychological issues of male circumcision|behavioral changes]]. ''Denial of loss'' is common.<ref name="hill2017">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Circumcised men who become fathers may exhibit [[adamant father syndrome]].
}}</ref> Circumcised men who become fathers may exhibit [[adamant father syndrome]].


Circumcised males lack a [[foreskin]] and 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 of the [[penis]].
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]].


Circumcised males lose most or all of their [[gliding action]].<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal
Circumcised males lose most or all of their [[gliding action]].<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal
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}}</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.  
}}</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.  


For the longer term, non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] may help to improve sensation.
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.


==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]] (circumcision) 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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* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision and violence]]
* [[Circumcision coma]]
* [[Circumcision coma]]
* [[Foreskinned]]
* [[Foreskinned]]
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[[Category:Body modification]]
[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
[[Category:Body modification]]
[[Category:Genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Parental information]]
[[Category:Penis]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Violence]]


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