Psychological injury of male circumcision: Difference between revisions

Line 827:

===Circumcised medical doctors===

Most male doctors in the United States are men who were ~~circumcsed~~ as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal

Most male doctors in the United States are men who were circumcised as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=LeBourdais

|first=Eleanor

Line 880:

==Depression, rage, and grief in circumcised men==

Circumcised men historically have protected their feelings by denying that they have lost anything.

Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of denial of loss,<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal

@@ Line 827: / Line 827: @@
 ===Circumcised medical doctors===
-Most male doctors in the United States are men who were circumcsed as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal
+Most male doctors in the United States are men who were circumcised as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal
   |last=LeBourdais
   |first=Eleanor
@@ Line 880: / Line 880: @@
 ==Depression, rage, and grief in circumcised men==
+Circumcised men historically have protected their feelings by denying that they have lost anything.
 Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of denial of loss,<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal