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The relationship of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has not been well explored. Violence is defined as "behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury",<ref>{{REFweb
The relationship of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is becoming clear. Violence is defined as "behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury",<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/violence
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}}</ref> however there is some information available. The New York Times (1995) reported:
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The first recorded use of [[circumcision]] to cause violence was at [[Gilgal]] (1406 BCE), where Joshua ordered the Israelites to be [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%205&version=HCSB
|title=Joshua 5
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|accessdate=2026-06-02
}}</ref> The [[adult circumcision| circumcision]] event occured just before the military action to take possession of the land of Canaan.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%207&version=HCSB
|title=joshua 7
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The New York Times (1995) reported:
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Several strands of findings presented by researchers at the weekend conference pointed to the same conclusion: brutality and cruelty to children can leave a clear mark on the chemistry of the brain. And those changes in brain chemistry may be the route by which a brutalized child becomes a violent adult.<ref name="goleman1995">{{REFnews
Several strands of findings presented by researchers at the weekend conference pointed to the same conclusion: brutality and cruelty to children can leave a clear mark on the chemistry of the brain. And those changes in brain chemistry may be the route by which a brutalized child becomes a violent adult.<ref name="goleman1995">{{REFnews
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[[Alice Miller]] said:
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"We do not need books about psychology in order to learn to respect our children. What we need is a total revision of the methods of child rearing and our traditional view about it.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Alice Miller Interview: The Roots of Violence
|url=https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/alice_miller/roots_violence.html
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|last=Conners
|first=Diane
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|publisher=The Natural Child Project
|website=https://www.naturalchild.org
|date=1987-03
|accessdate=2026-05-26
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==Violence due to loss of body pleasure==
==Violence due to loss of body pleasure==
The human [[prepuce]] is highly innervated tissue<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> and has long been known for its erogenous quality.<ref name="ErogenousZones">{{WinkelmannRK 1959}}</ref> Falliers (1970) commented on the "sensory pleasure induced by tactile stimulation of the [[foreskin]]."<ref name="falliers1970">{{REFjournal
The human [[prepuce]] is highly innervated tissue<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> and has long been known for its erogenous quality.<ref name="ErogenousZones">{{WinkelmannRK 1959}}</ref> Falliers (1970) commented on the "sensory pleasure induced by tactile stimulation of the [[foreskin]]."<ref name="falliers1970">{{REFjournal
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Lloyd deMause (1996) argued that early childhood [[trauma]] results in aggressive adult behavior.
[https://psychohistory.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/5.-Final-Elovitz-on-LLoyd-deMauses-Contributions-to-Psycohhistory.pdf Lloyd deMause] (1996) argued that early childhood [[trauma]] results in aggressive adult behavior.
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''That America has arranged to have more people on welfare'' – ''Gingrich’s dreaded “underclass”'' – ''than any other industrialized country is a clue to why nations need poor people to punish for their prosperity. Since it is prosperity and threats of intolerable individuation that trigger the restaging of trauma, it makes psychohistorical sense that America today'' – ''the most prosperous and freest nation of any in history'' – ''has more women and children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation. Nor is it coincidental that the world’s wealthiest country has the highest child homicide rate and the most newborn boys [[circumcised]], both indices of society’s hostility towards children.''<ref name="demause1996">{{REFjournal
''That America has arranged to have more people on welfare'' – ''Gingrich’s dreaded “underclass”'' – ''than any other industrialized country is a clue to why nations need poor people to punish for their prosperity. Since it is prosperity and threats of intolerable individuation that trigger the restaging of trauma, it makes psychohistorical sense that America today'' – ''the most prosperous and freest nation of any in history'' – ''has more women and children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation. Nor is it coincidental that the world’s wealthiest country has the highest child homicide rate and the most newborn boys [[circumcised]], both indices of society’s hostility towards children.''<ref name="demause1996">{{REFjournal
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==Circumcision and violence in American society==
[[Ronald Goldman]], Ph.D., (1997) conducted a thorough review of the effect of the American practice of [[child circumcision]] on American society. He reported greatly increased levels of adult male violence, domestic violence, rape, child sexual abuse, suicide, theft, and warfare.<ref name="goldman1997">{{REFbook
|last=Goldman
|first=Ronald
|year=1997
|title=Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma
|url=https://circumcision.org/circumcision-the-hidden-trauma/
|chapter=7. The impact of circumcision on American society
|pages=157-75
|location=Boston
|publisher=Vanguard
|ISBN=0-9644895-3-8
|accessdate=2026-07-15
}}</ref>


==Is circumcision itself violence?==
==Is circumcision itself violence?==
The performance of a circumcision operation takes minimal physical force, but it makes up for the lack of force by the great damage to the [[penis]] and its many protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual functions,<ref>{{REFweb
The performance of a circumcision operation takes minimal physical force, but it makes up for the lack of force by the great damage to the [[penis]] and its many protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual functions,<ref name="goldman1992">{{REFweb
  |url=http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/
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According to Professor [[Leonard Glick]], Chapter 17 (containing the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]]) was not added to the book of Genesis until after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 BCE.
According to the late Professor [[Leonard Glick]], Chapter 17 (containing the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]]) was not added to the book of Genesis until after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 BCE.


The [[Brit Milah]] in which a [[circumcised]] [[mohel]] reenacts his own traumatic circumcision upon a newborn boy on the eighth day of life is a standard feature of [[Judaism]].
The [[Brit Milah]] in which a [[circumcised]] [[mohel]] reenacts his own traumatic circumcision upon a newborn boy on the eighth day of life is a standard feature of [[Judaism]].


Jewish philosophers [[Philo]] and [[Moses Maimonides]] both believed that reduction of body pleasure was a positive attribute of circumcision.
Jewish philosophers [[Philo]] and [[Moses Maimonides]] both believed that reduction of [[body pleasure]] was a positive attribute of [[Brit Milah| circumcision]].


===Islam===
===Islam===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]]
* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]]
* [[Alice Miller]]
* [[Body pleasure]]
* [[Body pleasure]]
* [[Injury]]
* [[Injury]]
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* {REFweb
* {{REFweb
  |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivists/comments/1sfbllc/the_violence_in_the_middle_east_forced/
  |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivists/comments/1sfbllc/the_violence_in_the_middle_east_forced/
  |title=The violence in the Middle East. Forced circumcision. Could there be a connection?  
  |title=The violence in the Middle East. Forced circumcision. Could there be a connection?  
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