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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]]. | 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 | ||
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|pages=10-20 | |pages=10-20 | ||
|accessdate=2025-09-13 | |accessdate=2025-09-13 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> Andersen-Giberson (2025) reported circumcised men are disabled.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal | ||
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|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. | |||
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|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 | 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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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Men who received an unwanted, involuntary [[circumcision]] may carry a heavy load of anger regarding their irreversible [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions_of_the_foreskin| function]] and [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| eregonous sensation]].<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-is-making-these-guys-so-angry/ | |||
|title=“What Is Making These Guys So Angry” | |||
|last=Chapin | |||
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|author-link=Georganne Chapin | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2022-06-15 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-29 | |||
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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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Men who voluntarily submitted to [[adult circumcision]] may rue their decision and become [[regret men]]. | 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 circumcised men to improve sensation and protective function. | ||
==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] EWFC 3 | |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 | |url=https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/re-b-and-g-children-no-2-2015-ewfc-3 | ||
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[[Category:Culture]] | [[Category:Culture]] | ||
[[Category:Education]] | [[Category:Education]] | ||
[[Category:Circumcision term]] | [[Category:Circumcision term]] | ||
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]] | [[Category:Foreskin anatomy]] | ||
[[Category:Genital mutilation]] | [[Category:Genital mutilation]] | ||
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[[Category:Penis]] | [[Category:Penis]] | ||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] | ||