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== 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

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|pages=10-20

|accessdate=2025-09-13

}}</ref>

}}</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

}}

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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

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''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==

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] 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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[[Category:Body modification]]

[[Category:Culture]]

[[Category:Education]]

[[Category:Circumcision term]]

[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]

~~[[Category:Body modification]]~~

[[Category:Genital mutilation]]

[[Category:Parental information]]

[[Category:Penis]]

[[Category:Religion]]

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 == 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
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   |pages=10-20
   |accessdate=2025-09-13
-}}</ref>
+}}</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
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 ''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==
-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
   |url=https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/re-b-and-g-children-no-2-2015-ewfc-3
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 {{REF}}
+[[Category:Body modification]]
 [[Category:Culture]]
 [[Category:Education]]
 [[Category:Circumcision term]]
 [[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
-[[Category:Body modification]]
 [[Category:Genital mutilation]]
+[[Category:Parental information]]
 [[Category:Penis]]
 [[Category:Religion]]