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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name given to the common practice of [[foreskinned]] males of gently manipulating their [[foreskin]] to obtain body pleasure and comfort while relaxing privately. The practice is distinguished from [[masturbation]], as it does not include stimulating an [[erection]] and/or [[ejaculation]].

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name given to the common practice of [[foreskinned]] males of gently manipulating their [[foreskin]] to obtain [[body pleasure]] and comfort while relaxing privately. The practice is distinguished from [[masturbation]], as it does not include stimulating an [[erection]] and/or [[ejaculation]].

The practice originates in early childhood, as it is well known that [[Care_of_intact,_foreskinned_boys#Behavior_of_young_intact_boys| young intact boys will tug and play]] with their [[foreskin]].<ref name="4play">{{REFweb

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[[James W. Prescott| Prescott]] (1975) suggested lack of body pleasure is a 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=2022-11-05

}}</ref>

[[Amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]] disables foreskin play and receipt of [[body pleasure]] from the foreskin.<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>

* [[Acroposthion]]

* [[Body pleasure]]

* [[Circumcision and violence]]

* [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin]]

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-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name given to the common practice of [[foreskinned]] males of gently manipulating their [[foreskin]] to obtain body pleasure and comfort while relaxing privately. The practice is distinguished from [[masturbation]], as it does not include stimulating an [[erection]] and/or [[ejaculation]].
+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name given to the common practice of [[foreskinned]] males of gently manipulating their [[foreskin]] to obtain [[body pleasure]] and comfort while relaxing privately. The practice is distinguished from [[masturbation]], as it does not include stimulating an [[erection]] and/or [[ejaculation]].
 The practice originates in early childhood, as it is well known that [[Care_of_intact,_foreskinned_boys#Behavior_of_young_intact_boys| young intact boys will tug and play]] with their [[foreskin]].<ref name="4play">{{REFweb
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 }}</ref>
+[[James W. Prescott| Prescott]] (1975) suggested lack of body pleasure is a 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=2022-11-05
+}}</ref>
+[[Amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]] disables foreskin play and receipt of [[body pleasure]] from the foreskin.<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>
 {{SEEALSO}}
 * [[Acroposthion]]
+* [[Body pleasure]]
 * [[Circumcision and violence]]
 * [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin]]