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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
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}}</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.
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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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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
|first
|init=G
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-06-15
|accessdate=2026-03-29
}}
</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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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&#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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